Principal Quality Engineer

Principal Quality Analyst/Engineer

Pleasanton, CA (Find local first)

Deliverables or Tasks:

	Deliverables or Tasks
	Principal Quality Analyst/Engineer perform exploratory, functional, regression and end to end integration testing, root cause analysis and provide concise project status reports with risks and mitigation plan towards quality delivery. Participate cross-functionally in agile and/or waterfall SDLC phases, including business requirements analysis and requirements-based test planning, sprint planning, test design and execution. Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders for an efficient QE deliverables and provide technical/tactical expertise to solve any challenges and improve overall quality. Become an application SME and provide QE efforts estimation, optimize test design/ test execution, RCA, defects triage, prioritize and drive resolution of defects. Review and provide constructive feedback on BRDs, TDDs and/or agile project documents, develop test strategy and QE capacity / test plans and update project / defect tracking tools like JIRA, Confluence, etc. and provide QE testing status with success metrics/KPIs. Constantly look for opportunities to improve testing methodologies, test coverage and efficiency of both manual and automation tests with high standards. Required Time Allocation: 70% - Functional test project execution Participate in Agile/Waterfall SDLC, Co-ordinate with Module Leads in Design, Development, Execution of Test Scenarios and Test cases. 10% - Support in building Test Strategy, Test Plan, QE Handbook, Release Notes and maintain Jira Dashboard. 10% - Peer review test design, test execution, RCA and overall standards of QE deliverables. 10% - Close coordination with multiple IT & business stakeholder, Functional guidance for automation team, connecting dots and ROI assessments.

Technical Knowledge and Skills:

• Master s or Bachelor s Degree with 8+ years of Software Development Engineer in Test (SDET) or Quality Engineering (QE) experience in delivering quality products or software applications.
• Hands-on web/cloud/mobile based applications testing skills, expertise in conducting E2E testing for large scale and complex applications with micro services / APIs.
• Prior work experience in Insurance Industry and having good knowledge on workers compensation insurance is a plus.
• Well versed with SDLC Waterfall and Agile methodologies, Requirements analysis, Test Strategy, Test design, Test optimization, QE Deliverables Roadmap, test plan and test results.
• Expertise in JIRA, Confluence and other test/defect management tools.
• Good knowledge of Java, Linux, Windows and debugging / technical troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent communication, presentation, documentation and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated skills in decision making and problem solving.
• Demonstrated ability in coaching/developing and mentoring QE team members.
• Track record of good time management, prioritizing projects and estimating work.
• Experience with Mobile Testing via Manual or Automation (Appium & Android SDK) including any of integration solutions such as Browserstack is a plus.
• Proficient with SQL for adding, modifying and extracting data from a RDBMS database including No-SQL or JSON formatted DBs.
• Good to have TestNg/Junit, Maven/Ant, also Jenkins inclusive of Shell Scripting understanding for CI/CD/CT integrations with DevOps / DevSecOps.
• Understanding Data Driven, Keyword Driven, Hybrid, ATDD frameworks inclusive of BDD & TDD techniques and POM based approach.
• Working knowledge with version control tools (TFS, GIT or SVN) is a plus.
• Working knowledge of AI, Machine Learning techniques and framework such as (CNTK, etc.)

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