Test Lead

Primary Objectives

·       Support clarity of testing requirements and assist Test Manager in overall test management activities.

·       Coordinate test data preparation, defect triage, and track defects through to closure.

·       Develop and provide daily/weekly test progress and operational status reports to stakeholders.

·       Facilitate communication between project teams and ensure compliance with test processes, standards, and tools (JIRA, Confluence, Zephyr).

·       Collaborate with IT and project managers to identify risks, resolve environment issues, and maintain quality of testing deliverables.

Qualifications

·       At least 7 - 9 years of working experience in Banking/Financial Institution environment including 5 years in a lead or management position in areas relevant to testing and possesses business acumen and test planning abilities

·       At least 5-8 years of experience in leading large IT program teams in Enterprise Systems related domains in testing areas

·       Has experience to lead and manage a team of Testers

·       Has experience in a wide variety of testing efforts, techniques and testing tools for functional and non-functional

·       ISTQB - CTFL Certification is mandatory

·       Mandatory knowledge on Jira and Confluence

·       Familiar with STLC

·       Experience working in Waterfall and Agile project

·       Expected to be available to work extended hours, when necessary, to support critical delivery timelines and ensure timely completion of project deliverables

Job Description

·       Support getting the clarity on testing requirements

·       Provide support during testing escalations

·       Assist in Test Manager in Test Management activities

·       Coordinate Test Data preparation

·       Develop daily/weekly test progress report

·       Facilitate in defect triage meetings, classification of defects and track defects until closure.

·       Facilitate communication between different stakeholder teams of project.

·       Work closely with Project Manager/ Test Manager in identifying the potential risks and challenges

·       Ensure quality of deliverables by review all the Testing Artifacts

·       Provide operational / day to day status reports to Test Manager, ITPM, Business PM

·       Ensure compliance to the mandated test processes, standards and methodologies

·       Interacting with IT team for resolving environment related issues and any support requirements

·       Ensure accurate and timely update of Defect information and defect status in defect tracking tool (JIRA)

·       Provide guidance to project team to use JIRA, Confluence, Zephyr as bank's test management tool