Senior Plex MES Test Lead | End-to-End Quality Architect

NTT DATA, Inc.; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 75,000 - 131,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Job summary

NTT DATA seeks a Sr. Test Lead - Plex to join our San Diego team. Lead testing strategy, scope, and schedules across Plex MES, LN, Windchill integrations, and related systems. Drive SIT, UAT, and cutover validation with strong defect management and stakeholder coordination.

You will oversee data conversion validation, test execution across teams, and provide status updates to leadership. Remote/hybrid options may apply based on client needs and project requirements.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in test planning/strategy, execution & management.
• 3+ years leading testing activities in Plex MES or equivalent MES platforms.
• 5+ years of experience with SIT, UAT, End-to-End Process Testing, and Cutover Validation.
• Hands-on experience with defect management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or ALM.

Responsibilities

• Create and manage the overall testing approach, schedule, scope, resources, and milestones.
• Ensure end-to-end business processes are covered with complete test scenarios and scripts.
• Coordinate SIT, E2E, regression, and UAT testing activities across business and IT teams.
• Run defect triage, track issue resolution, elevate risks, and drive defects to closure.
• Lead UAT preparation, execution, training support, and signoff activities.
• Validate converted data and test integrations between Plex, LN, Windchill, and other connected systems.
• Provide testing metrics, defect trends, risks, readiness assessments, and executive status updates.
• Assess overall testing completion and provide go/no-go recommendations.
• Support cutover testing, production validation, issue management, and post-go-live stabilization.

Skills

Test planning & strategy

Test execution management

Plex MES experience

SIT/UAT/End-to-End testing

Defect management tools

Vendor management

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

ALM

Job description

NTT DATA seeks a Sr. Test Lead - Plex to join our San Diego team. Lead testing strategy, scope, and schedules across Plex MES, LN, Windchill integrations, and related systems. Drive SIT, UAT, and cutover validation with strong defect management and stakeholder coordination.

You will oversee data conversion validation, test execution across teams, and provide status updates to leadership. Remote/hybrid options may apply based on client needs and project requirements.