QA Lead: Testing & Automation Champion

Compunnel Inc.; Aliso Viejo (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Compunnel, Inc. is looking for a Test Manager in Aliso Viejo, California. The role involves creating and organizing testing processes, managing test activities, and ensuring adherence to practices to improve quality. The ideal candidate will manage schedules, track progress, and conduct root cause analysis.

Preferred qualifications include knowledge of test automation tools. This position requires identifying scope and managing governance for the testing process.

Qualifications

• Ability to create and manage a test plan.
• Ability to prepare schedules based on estimates.
• Ability to track and report progress, and take corrective measures.
• Ability to identify test scenarios and prepare RTM.
• Ability to analyze requirement/user stories and prioritize testing.

Responsibilities

• Create and organize the testing process based on project requirements.
• Manage test activities within the team.
• Ensure adherence to test practices and processes to improve test coverage.
• Contribute to test automation and performance testing.
• Identify risks/issues and prepare mitigation and contingency plans.

Skills

Test plan management

Progress tracking and reporting

Root Cause Analysis (RCA)

Estimation techniques

Test design techniques

Tools

Test automation tools

Job description

JOB SUMMARY
Responsible for creating and organizing testing processes based on project requirements and managing test activities within a team. Ensuring adherence to test practices and processes to improve test coverage and quality of deliverables.

Key Responsibilities
• Create and organize the testing process based on project requirements.
• Manage test activities within the team.
• Ensure adherence to test practices and processes to improve test coverage.
• Create test estimates and schedules.
• Identify business processes, conduct risk analysis, and ensure test coverage.
• Ensure adherence to processes and standards.
• Produce test results, defect reports, test logs, and reports for evidence of testing.
• Publish RCA reports and preventive measures.
• Report progress of testing and project metrics.
• Ensure quality of deliverables.
• Contribute to test automation and performance testing.
• Work with DevOps teams to understand testing frameworks and QA processes for continuous testing.
• Coordinate test environment and test data provisioning.
• Participate in review, walkthroughs, and demos for test design sign-off.
• Prepare test summary reports for modules/features.
• Analyze, prioritize, and identify gaps in requirements/user stories, creating workflow diagrams.
• Participate in test management.
• Identify dependencies for estimates and schedules.
• Consume, contribute, and review best practices, lessons learned, and retrospectives.
• Prepare test plans, test cases/scripts, and execute tests.
• Conduct root cause and trend analysis of defects.
• Identify test scenarios with an understanding of systems, interfaces, and applications.
• Identify end-to-end business critical scenarios.
• Create and review test scenarios and prepare RTM.
• Prepare estimates (time/effort) based on requirements/user stories.
• Identify the scope of testing.
• Identify risks/issues and prepare mitigation and contingency plans.
• Define KPIs for the engagement and ensure adherence.
• Handle governance calls and represent team issues.

Required Qualifications
• Ability to create and manage a test plan.
• Ability to prepare schedules based on estimates.
• Ability to track and report progress, and take corrective measures.
• Ability to identify test scenarios and prepare RTM.
• Ability to analyze requirement/user stories and prioritize testing.
• Ability to carry out Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
• Ability to capture and report metrics.
• Ability to identify Test Data and Test Environment Specifications.
• Knowledge of Estimation techniques.
• Knowledge of Testing standards.
• Knowledge of identifying the scope of testing.
• Knowledge of RCA Techniques.
• Knowledge of Test design techniques.
• Knowledge of Test methodologies.
• Knowledge of scope identification and planning.

Preferred Qualifications
• Knowledge of Test automation tools and frameworks.

Certifications
• None specified.