Lead Quality Engineer
Qualification :
Graduate
Responsibility :
Test Requirement Analysis :
• Identify requirement defects by adopting shift left levers eg :
Requirement Ambiguity Matrix, ADPART ,and other cognizant solution accelerators
1. * Perform KT on user stories.
2. • Design estimates (time /effort) based on the requirements analysis.
3. In case of critical technology, create test scripts and seek review inputs from the test lead.
4. • Understand and analyze the requirements (through review of requirement document) to identify the testable requirements.
5. • Prioritize the requirements based on the time required.
6. • Prepare highlevel flow documents.
7. • Organize and drive the requirement walkthrough session.
8. Prepare/Review the flow diagrams.
9. • Seek clarification on the requirements from the customer.
10. Perform Proof of concepts or evaluate different tools if required.
Test Strategy and Test Planning :
11. • Document the test plan based on the understanding of test strategy (covering project details, items under scope, items out of scope, type of testing, assumptions, dependencies, risks foreseen, entry/exit criteria) for each cycle.
12. • Seek signoff on the test plan from the client.
13. • Provide inputs for test plan creation including number of test scenarios and test cases used for estimation of the test cycles /schedule, dependencies etcin addition to the other dependencies from various teams like environment availability, third party interfaces and test data etc.
14. * Participate in collaborative sprint goal definition session to determine what the team plans to achieve during the sprint.
15. Participation in status calls/meetings between onsite and offshore teams to discuss the project status.
Test Design Techniques (Design principles/tools/patterns) :
16. • Identify the test scenarios based on the understanding of systems, interfaces and application.
17. • Identify end to end business critical scenarios.
18. * Assist / support development team in unit test automation, identify environment dependencies, deployment strategies, build release cycle, test data dependencies etc.
19. • Create/Review the test scenarios (created by the Quality Engineer.
20. * Identify and validate test scenarios for automation.
21. * Perform In Sprint automation.
22. * Perform Automation Script Maintenance.
23. • Share created test scripts with test lead for review.
24. • Conduct pilot automation test run to validate the test scripts.
25. • Validate the test environment set up.
26. • Participate in customer review meetings and seek sign off by customer on the review comments.
27. • Identify regression scenario and the impacted areas on need basis.
28. • Perform effective automation through automated code coverage tools/ manual code review with minimal review comments.
29. • Develop supporting structures for all test automation including mocks, stubs, & test harnesses.
Coding Practices & Defect Management :
30. • Able to estimate and commit task level effort and deliver activities on time.
31. • Effective technical communication by participating in architectural/design reviews.
32. • Performance Development Process.
33. • Comprehensive understanding of full development lifecycle and is actively involved in all phases.
34. • Participate in the defect triages to gather evidence for defect identification on periodic basis for defect prioritization and fix.
35. • Track defect metrics to ensure testing effectiveness as generated by tool.
36. * Involvement with development teams, architects early in the project life cycle to identify the dependencies on architecture design, coding standards, deployment environment, deployment methodologies.
Test Execution (Automation/Specialized testing) :
37. • Test the defect and update the status, if required.
38. • Conduct root cause analysis of the defects logged.
39. • Conduct dry run/smoke testing to ensure scripts readiness.
40. • Perform high level/Sanity testing to ensure testing is intact.
41. • Provide automation/white box and other status to Test Lead/Test Manager.
42. • Develop automated test scripts using technology concepts.
43. • Create test automation framework that suites the application under test using the identified test automation tool.
44. • Incorporate the automated tests into continuous integration process.
45. * Coordinate with the stakeholders to make gono go decision based on test results and test closure summary report.
46. * Possess knowlesdge on continous integration practices & identify appropriate CI tools based on project development model.
47. * Ensure CI Setup is done for each round and job creation is done using CI tools.
48. * Perform Frequent monitoring & Failure analysis will be done.
49. * Perform Script fixing for any errors/issues.
50. * Status is shared to onsite across all teams.
51. * Frequent Optimization /Maintenance.
Technology consulting Research & analysis :
52. • Support business on faster timetomarket activities.
53. • Adopt best practices to maximize savings and minimize redundancy.
54. Feasibility Study – new technology/ framework concept.
55. Code coverage analysis.
People Management :
56. • Develop and sustain positive relationships with peers.
57. * Identify training needs of team members.
58. * Identify, groom, reward and develop high performers.
59. * Resolve escalated conflicts and grievances.
Knowledge & Innovation Management :
60. * Creation of knowledge base with quality test automation process documents.
61. * Coordinate with team members, to upload the relevant document in knowledge management portals and keep it updated with the latest document.
62. * Improvise already existing processes based on the experience.
63. * Institutionalize systems and processes in place to implement innovation suggestion made by the team (eg adoption of Cognizant proprietary best practices / tools, process optimization like usage of tools, automation, etc ).
64. * Identify the time and cost savings made due to adoption of the best practices.
65. * Foster innovative culture in project team.
Project, Configuration & release Management :
66. * Possess fundamental of software configuration management including revision control and the establishment of baselines.
67. * Possess handson working knowledge of atleast 2 software configuration management tools.
68. • Adhere to all customer standards, policies and governance practices.
69. * Strong project management knowledge with ability to create plan, identify dependencies, risks & constraints & mitigation plans.
70. * Create timely status reports & provide timely deliverables & upload in project management tools.
71. * Identify suitable project metrics & continously track/monitor.
72. * Able to come up with preventive & corrective actions for risks.
Must Have Skills
73. Automation
74. Selenium
75. Core Java
Employee Status : Full Time Employee
Shift : Day Job
Travel : No
Job Posting : Apr 17 2024