Sr. QA Test Lead
Addison, Texas;Jersey City, New Jersey
**Job Description:**
**Global Banking Technology - (GBT):**
+ Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world
+ Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully
+ Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals
+ Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience
+ Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs
+ Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing, and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital
**Position Summary**
Position/role will be responsible for directing, testing and delivering complex software requirementsacross multiple applicationsto accomplish business outcomes. The Test Lead will ensure that software is tested to meet functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements. Ongoing appraisal of regression test suites for accuracy, coverage, and maintenance. Responsible for leading, guiding and producing effective test plans and procedures. Develops detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test cases. When part of a Scrum team, ensures stories are well refined and contain clear acceptance criteria. Ensures in-scope and out-of-scope items are clearly identified during test planning. Directs and implements test framework for the team. Leads test case reviews, works with subject matter experts and stakeholders to ensure appropriate test coverage. Identifies automation opportunities and develops test automation for applicable test types. Assists in identifying and managing sensitive test data; helps condition and generate data while ensuring compliance requirements are met at all levels. Delegates test support activities while simultaneously participating in test execution including manual and automated tests, and recording results. Reports issues and defects along with the appropriate background information for review. Participates in triaging reported issues/defects and assists with resolving or escalating them as necessary. Creates and manages traceability. Traces tests forwards/backwards through the development lifecycle and back to requirements. Uses testing tools and follows processes to complete certification in any given environment and assists with fulfillment of necessary steps required to promote code base. Maintains and catalogs test suites across various test types (Smoke, Integration, Regression, etc.).
**Required Skills**
+ 10 or more years of hands on experience in testing data warehouse applications
+ Experience with query tools including SQL.
+ Experience in ETL testing
+ Proven experience with JIRA, qTest
+ Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with quick adaptation to new technologies, methodologies, and systems
+ Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to convey message to a broad audience
+ Ability to work in a cross functional, collaborative team environment
+ Seeks out best practices to find opportunities for improvements in test execution process
**Desired Skills**
+ Experience with Test Automation, Scripting and Regression testing.
+ Experience with defect management systems such as ALM or JIRA.
+ Waterfall and Agile methodologies
+ Working knowledge with QA automation tools such as Selenium, TOSCA, QTP
+ Functional Knowledge of Banking / Credit Domain
**Job Band:**
H5
**Shift:**
1st shift (United States of America)
**Hours Per Week:**
40
**Weekly Schedule:**
**Referral Bonus Amount:**
0
**Job Description:**
**Global Banking Technology - (GBT):**
+ Believes diversity makes us stronger so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world
+ Is committed to building a workplace where every employee is welcomed and given the support and resources to perform their jobs successfully
+ Wants to be a great place for people to work and strives to create an environment where all employees have the opportunity to achieve their goals
+ Provides continuous training and development opportunities to help employees achieve their career goals, whatever their background or experience
+ Is committed to advancing our tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve our clients and their evolving business needs
+ Believes in responsible growth and is dedicated to supporting our communities by connecting them to the lending, investing, and giving them what they need to remain vibrant and vital
**Position Summary**
Position/role will be responsible for directing, testing and delivering complex software requirementsacross multiple applicationsto accomplish business outcomes. The Test Lead will ensure that software is tested to meet functional, non-functional, and compliance requirements. Ongoing appraisal of regression test suites for accuracy, coverage, and maintenance. Responsible for leading, guiding and producing effective test plans and procedures. Develops detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test cases. When part of a Scrum team, ensures stories are well refined and contain clear acceptance criteria. Ensures in-scope and out-of-scope items are clearly identified during test planning. Directs and implements test framework for the team. Leads test case reviews, works with subject matter experts and stakeholders to ensure appropriate test coverage. Identifies automation opportunities and develops test automation for applicable test types. Assists in identifying and managing sensitive test data; helps condition and generate data while ensuring compliance requirements are met at all levels. Delegates test support activities while simultaneously participating in test execution including manual and automated tests, and recording results. Reports issues and defects along with the appropriate background information for review. Participates in triaging reported issues/defects and assists with resolving or escalating them as necessary. Creates and manages traceability. Traces tests forwards/backwards through the development lifecycle and back to requirements. Uses testing tools and follows processes to complete certification in any given environment and assists with fulfillment of necessary steps required to promote code base. Maintains and catalogs test suites across various test types (Smoke, Integration, Regression, etc.).
**Required Skills**
+ 10 or more years of hands on experience in testing data warehouse applications
+ Experience with query tools including SQL.
+ Experience in ETL testing
+ Proven experience with JIRA, qTest
+ Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with quick adaptation to new technologies, methodologies, and systems
+ Excellent communication and documentation skills with the ability to convey message to a broad audience
+ Ability to work in a cross functional, collaborative team environment
+ Seeks out best practices to find opportunities for improvements in test execution process
**Desired Skills**
+ Experience with Test Automation, Scripting and Regression testing.
+ Experience with defect management systems such as ALM or JIRA.
+ Waterfall and Agile methodologies
+ Working knowledge with QA automation tools such as Selenium, TOSCA, QTP
+ Functional Knowledge of Banking / Credit Domain
**Shift:**
1st shift (United States of America)
**Hours Per Week:**
40
Learn more about this role
Full time
JR-22080579
Band: H5
Manages People: No
Travel: No
Manager:
Talent Acquisition Contact:
Karl Klein
Referral Bonus:
0
Jersey City pay and benefits information
**Jersey City pay range:**
$83,600 - $125,000
annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.
**Discretionary incentive eligible**
This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.
**Benefits**
This role is currently benefits eligible . We provide industry-leading benefits, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.
Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity and affirmative action, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. The company also prohibits discrimination on other bases such as medical condition, marital status or any other factor that is irrelevant to the performance of our teammates.
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