QA Automation Lead in Chicago, Illinois

Global QA Lead

We are looking for a Global QA Lead who is self-motivated, creative, and proactive, to work successfully in a fast-paced environment including multiple platforms and architectures, diverse technologies, and Cloud environments. The individual will work closely with various stakeholders throughout the SDLC, executing automated test iterations, tracking & reporting test results, troubleshooting and coordinating the bug fixes. The individual should have a strong understanding of agile processes and the related Quality lifecycle and automation methodology.

• Advance product quality via testing innovations and process improvement.
• Collaborate with BAs, Architects & Developers in designing testable applications.
• Technical roadmaps & plans for implementing enterprise/program test strategies.
• Design & manage technical proof-of-concept and feasibility studies.
• Resolve technical issues, anticipate risks, and ensure timely management escalation.
• Utilize analytical skills in determining the root cause of defects & issues.
• Influence and communicate effectively with both technical & non-technical audiences.
• Analysis, optimization, improvement & maintenance of current test automation suites.
• Master enterprise/program high-level business workflows.
• Guarantee compliance to automation framework, standards & best practices.
• Facilitate automated, on-demand test automation metrics.
• Ensure automated tests are run early & often providing quick feedback to the team.
• Seek stakeholder feedback via test automation demos.
• Recruiting and building high-performance teams and dealing with multiple staffing needs.
• Resource management - devising DEV Plans, defining goals for team, performance feedback, year-end discussions, recommending promotions etc.
• Monitoring & reporting - goal based, execution Status & delivery reports on weekly, monthly & quarterly basis.
• Devising & implementing plans for leveraging & enhancing Automation - for regression, and system testing on release basis.

• Expert in writing automated scripts using scripting languages like SQL, Java, Python and Java Script
• Expert in designing and building automated testing framework using Behavior Driven Development and Test-Driven development tools like Cucumber, JBehave, Jasmine, Selenium.
• Expert in building and implementing CI/CD automation strategies for testing using tools like Jenkins, Bamboo, Azure Dev Ops
• Expert in designing automated test scripts testing Operational/Relational/OLAP databases and data warehouses.
• Expert in designing automated test scripts and validations for ETL/ELT solutions for multiple parallel processing pipelines.
• Expert in testing APIs and Micro-services for both UI layer and data layer for data extraction, preparations, and consumption modules.
• Good Understanding and familiarity with SQL databases (Azure SQL DB, Azure DW), ETL tools like (talend, Azure Data Factory) and Cloud Storage tools like Azure Data Lake, Blob Storage.
• Minimum 7 years of experience in Financial Domain and at least 5 years of experience in Capital markets and 3 years of experience in Foreign Exchange
• Expert is Data Testing covering all Data Dimensions and Data Flows.
• Strong Analytical skills to understand complex business logic and calculations.
• Expert in Performance Testing at program level
• Expert in QA process, techniques & Methodologies.
• Expert in Forecasting, estimation & ROI analysis.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Both attention to detail & ability to rise above details to see broader implications & recommend strategic solutions.
• Proven interpersonal and communication skills with technical & business partners.
• Self-starter;
  Positive & adaptable; multi-task in a continually changing environment.
• Exposure to financial domain would be preferred.
• Azure Certification would be preferred.

• 14+ years of relevant experience