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City of New York · 2 weeks ago

QA Automation Lead

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Mid, Senior Level

$130K/yr - $140K/yr

4+ years exp

The City of New York's Department of Finance is responsible for administering tax revenue laws and providing exceptional customer service. They are seeking a QA Automation Lead to drive the creation of an enterprise strategy for test automation and quality management, overseeing the development and execution of quality assurance initiatives across various software systems.

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Responsibilities

Automate end-to-end testing capabilities across all applications

Leverage developer tools and test automation to transform our software release processes and enable the development teams to get capabilities to customers faster

Define, champion quality and testing best practices among business and technology teams

Completes all assigned functional, regression, performance, and automation tests of applications within the appropriate timeline

Provide senior-level technical responsibility for extremely complex and ongoing software functions

Participate in all project-level planning and reviews and approvals sessions, which include business requirements and Application Software Requirements/Design review meetings

Create and design the following deliverables: Test Strategy & Test Plan, Detailed Test Cases, Test Scripts, Traceability matrix, test estimates, progress reports for test execution, various defect and statistical data reports, etc

Develop test approach based on established standards and the analysis of design documentation and requirements

Establish and gain acceptance for Key Results indicated by our development pipeline and automation test frameworks

Create and execute test cases, log and assign defects and keep track of the defect status

Develop and execute test scripts using tools like Azure, Selenium, Appium and Junit

Support user acceptance testing conducted by business partners or end users

Prepare detailed reports on testing outcomes and quality metrics

Ensure that automated tests are integrated and execute reliably in the CI/CD environment

Participate in code review with Dev, QA, and Automation team

May supervise staff engaged in similar work and/or cross train and mentor other team members on automation framework and scripts development

Assist in performance test effort using tools such as LoadRunner, JMeter, etc

Using SQL, verify database design and data integrity through backend testing

Participate in FIT's System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process improvement initiatives with the Project Management Office and the Application Development teams to provide gap analysis and recommendations for the resolution of issues

Qualification

Test AutomationQuality AssuranceCI/CD IntegrationSeleniumSQLLeadershipMentoringCommunication

Required

A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of satisfactory full-time experience related to the area(s) required by the particular position; or

Education and/or experience which is equivalent to '1' above