Senior Specialist II – V&V

• Performs the role of a test lead
• Provide technical guidance, review support to the test team( manual and automation). Support & train test engineers on automation/process/domain
• Formulate the test strategy for a product/subsystem including test automation
• Participates in Review of test deliverables
• Handle the estimation, planning , resource identification and risk management activities related to test automation
• Use/Propose to team on suitable test automation approach
• Lead and participate in automation test case development, review, execution, reporting and traceability
• Ownership of completeness of all test documents
• Manages technical communication within team and  partners/stakeholders
• Participates in improvement initiatives to enhance productivity
• Drive the automation work within the team & aim to achieve committed automation coverage
• Ownership of Test deliverables for the scope of work responsible
• Mentor the junior testers on automation as Subject Matter Expert (SME).
• Provide status update to management on overall test and automation progress

Role Competency:

• Bachelor degree in engineering or other relevant discipline
• 10+ years of experience on test discipline, test strategy, test automation
• Prior experience of playing the role of test lead/architect is preferred
• Hands on Experience with automation framework development is preferred
• Experience in healthcare industry
• Very strong Programming skills (preferably C#) is required.
• Good experience on automation tools, scripting languages is required
• Experience with BDD, Gherkin, Specflow is a must.
• Strong experience  in application life cycle management tools like ALM/PTC/TFS used for Verification activities
• Good understanding of the defect management procedures  and tools.
• Good understanding of configuration management & related tools is required.
• Expertise in test strategy, test design skills and able to guide the team on these.
• Strong knowledge on the healthcare standards and its relevance to verification and validation activities.
• Good understanding/experience of the healthcare/Interoperability standards is advantage.
• Good understanding/experience in SAFe way of working.

Personal Characteristics:

• Excellent communication and documentation skills
• Firm decision maker and shall possess good influencing skills
• Openness to collaborate in interest of project/organization
• Proactive and self-driven, possesses due sense of urgency                  
• Shall be very good technically; possess systems mindset and good problem solving abilities
• Working with multisite teams, Quality conscious and Process & customer Oriented
• Coaching capabilities

How we work together
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