Quality Engineer Manager

Job Description

This is a remote position.

Job Summary:

The Quality Engineering Manager is responsible for supervising Quality Engineers (internal or external), as well as performing both manual and automated testing on our applications, including our mobile, cloud and enterprise product suites. They will work closely within the Quality Engineering team and Project Teams to test enhancements to existing products, bug fixing, new product launches, and to resolve associated technical issues. They will work closely with a Project Team to write and implement test plans, create test cases and perform regression testing to ensure our product offerings meet Avertra standards prior to product release dates. As a lead, they will be an integral part of the Quality Engineering Group, contributing to planning, mentoring and group knowledge. In addition, they will be an integral part of the Scrum team, using their quality expertise to be fully engaged in the Agile process.

Job Description:

• Design and implement quality process, and quality metrics for cloud and on-premise based application
• Analyze changes and new features to the product based on functional and design requirements, recommending appropriate test strategies
• Allocate and manage work of other team members
• Develop test plans and specifications and implement/code test cases
• Drive product testability into product requirements
• Ensure test case design and execution methodologies are technically sound
• Continually increase the complexity of functional test suites
• Perform hands-on testing for complex features or on demand
• Interact with customer support to collect data and identify areas of the product that may not meet supportability and quality standards. Develop a plan/proposal/design for addressing such issues
• Participate with the Quality Assurance team in defining and managing quality assurance processes and procedures
• Work very closely with the PO and Engineering teams to understand the product features and mentor other team members
• Create goals for the team and also write performance appraisals of team members.
• Interview, Hire and train Quality Engineers
• Drive increased efficiency across the teams, eliminating duplication, leveraging product and technology reuse
• Work cross functionally with other business departments to align activities and deliverables
• Deliver resource strategy and plans, including use of 3rd parties/partners, etc., in support of development and support activities
• Elaborate other testing products like Testing Matrix, Validation Checklists, Test Plans
• Elaborate and lead the execution of automation strategies
• Estimate delivery schedules for the QA activities, track and deliver the activities as per estimations
• Lead the activities to pursue quality certifications of the company, products and/or projects like SOC, IEEE, and other known industry standards
• Deliver Reports on the different activities carried out by the Quality Assurance department
• Plan, coordinate, lead, establish directives and best practices, report the automation of the testing of the projects and features using Tricentis Tosca