Senior QE Lead – Halifax
Job Description
This is a people manager role with hands-on QE automation.
WHAT IS THE OPPORTUNITY?
- Manage QE teams in terms of HR responsibilities, work program planning and project assignments.
- Accountable to work with project/program teams in the implementation of defined test strategies across application lifecycle, utilizing QE processes and tools.
- Develop and execute test strategies and plans across all levels of testing (component, integration, end-to-end) for the portfolio.
- Leveraging automation, test cases optimization, API testing, test data management, test environment management and continuous integration/delivery where applicable.
- Provide expertise, direction, coaching and development to build team capabilities in areas such as QE, Agile, DevOps and other RBC processes and practices.
- Accountable for maximizing automation for all project functional and non-functional testing deliverables in portfolio.
- Support in all aspects of automation testing (plan, script, execute, analyze and report) using organization’s framework/tools and standards
- Design and develop new automation framework or maintain existing one to ensure testing process is comprehensive and add value to team’s goal under the direction of overall QE vision and strategy
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?
MUST HAVE:
- A Bachelor of Science/Engineering Degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent field of study.
- 5+ years’ experience in QA/QE for Technology (with strong technical acumen), with minimum 2 years in test automation.
- Must have 3+ years of people management experience.
- Experience in developing and implementing program/project end to end, functional and non-functional testing strategies.
- Hands-on experience with Data related testing, including Data Ingestion, Lineage, Quality, and Transformation.
- Good knowledge in a variety of test tools (e.g Robot Framework, Selenium, LoadRunner, Jira) and script development using scripting languages (e.g., Python, Bash, etc.);
- Experience with CI/CD pipeline and DevOps tools like GitHub, Jenkins, UrbanCode, Helios, Knowledge of web services and API testing – REST API and SOAP.
- Having Test Automation vision and leadership skills for innovation
NICE TO HAVE
- Hands-on experience in development (e.g., Java, C++, SQL DB querying)
- Experience with Cloud technologies like Openshift containerization
- Business domain knowledge on Finance and Capital Market
- Experience in vendor management
- QA implementations using Agile methodology
- Experience with Big Data technologies
WHAT’S THE OPPORTUNITY?
- A comprehensive Total Rewards Program including bonuses and flexible benefits, competitive compensation, commissions, and stock where applicable
- Leaders who support your development through coaching and managing opportunities
- Ability to make a difference and lasting impact
- Work in a dynamic, collaborative, progressive, and high-performing team
- Flexible work/life balance options
- Opportunities to do challenging work
- Opportunities to take on progressively greater accountabilities
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Job Skills
Agile Methodology, Automation, Automation Frameworks, Automation Testing, Critical Thinking, Decision Making, Design, Detail-Oriented, DevOps, End-to-End Testing, IT Quality Assurance, Leadership, Long Term Planning, Process Management, Quality Engineering, Quality Engineering Strategy, Risk Management, Software Product Testing, Test Automation