Specialist QA Architect

How will you make an impact?

A subject matter expert for a technology or feature area. 
Participate in feature design to define test plans within and across teams, with a focus on functional, business, complex scenarios, high impact projects, usability, and accessibility. 
Review test plans for end-to-end testing based on real customer use cases. 
Enable team to automate all test cases and improve / develop test automation frameworks
Monitor product and/or feature-level quality health metrics (test-ability, test health, test coverage, etc). 
Define BU level Quality KPIs and enable teams to achieve them. 
Troubleshoot production issues. 
Installation and staging of product deployments in a variety of configurations to testing environments. 
Influence and drive quality, product, and proceses. 
Provide leadership and coaching to others QA. 
Build automation test suits for regression and new features. Testing UI components, Checking data in databases, automating deployment and data generation. 
Interact closely with Build Engineers on the evolution of Continuous Integration and Deployment
Adhere to agile development principles while following and improving all aspects of the scrum process.

Have you got what it takes?

B.Tech in Computer Science, Information Technology/Electronic Engineering
Total 11+ years of experience in testing distributed systems with web based front end and backend web services as QA engineer with very good test automation skills. 
Must have experience in coding of the Automation Framework (TestNG, Selenium or any other UI/Backend Framework)
Hands on experience in programming language in any of Java, Git/Bitbucket/SVN, Test Management tools like XRay. 
Database skills required with hands-on experience in SQL. 
Experience in Performance Testing. 
Experience with installing software builds/Configuration
Hand-on experience on AWS and Jenkins is added advantage. 
Develop and implement a comprehensive QA strategy to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products. 
Define testing processes, methodologies, and metrics to align with organizational goals. 
Design, build, and maintain scalable test automation frameworks for functional, regression, performance, and security testing. 
Evaluate and integrate advanced QA tools and technologies into the testing lifecycle. 
Guide and oversee test planning, execution, and reporting. 
Ensure alignment of testing efforts with business requirements, functional specifications, and technical designs. 
Define acceptance criteria and establish standards for quality gates. 
Partner with product managers, developers, DevOps, and stakeholders to improve software quality. 
Mentor QA team members and drive skill development in automation, tools, and processes. 
Promote a culture of quality and continuous improvement within the organization. 
Establish performance benchmarks and oversee performance testing activities. 
Work closely with security teams to integrate security testing into the QA pipeline. 
Define, track, and report QA metrics (e.g., defect densities, code coverage, and test effectiveness). 
Provide detailed reports on testing outcomes, highlighting risks and mitigation strategies. 
Have excellent communication skills. 
Be a self-motivated, rapid learner with an active interest in the latest tools, technologies and processes.

Education Qualification:

ISTQB/ISEB qualifications. 
Hands on coding experience in any software development or scripting language
Domain knowledge - Capital Markets / Trading / Fraud Detections / Compliance
Knowledge of Actimize AIS, RCM and UDM tools