• Provide technical leadership and strategic direction to the Testing team and Organization

• Architecting, developing, and maintain an innovative test automation system for the organization

• Define automated test criteria, designs & develops the organization's Test Automation framework and develops automated tests for all functionality that meets specified automation criteria

• Works closely with the application architects to develop a solid testing solution, working towards the future state of the application architecture

• Lead complex test automation efforts using Cucumber/Selenium and Java for large Agile software projects and identify innovative solutions to solve complex test problems

• Works collaboratively in a team-based Agile environment with other technical staff and business owners and subject matter experts, that follow the industry standard Scrum and SAFe methodologies.

• Assist in the training/mentoring of team members, including testers, developers, and business analysts and implement organization-wide Quality Process initiatives to ensure Quality of deliverables

• Communicate automation goals, priorities, and status across the organization

• Define Behavior Driven Development approach and tools for Automated Testing in an Agile project

• Partner with Agile Release Train to plan for new functionality, resolve defects, and incorporate error injection test methodologies

Basic Qualifications:
Minimum knowledge, skills, abilities needed.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or related discipline and 7 years of applied work experience OR Master's degree and 5 years of relevant work experience OR a minimum of 11 years of relevant work experience in lieu of a degree

• 6 years of experience with automation testing, developing and executing automated test scripts using Automated Testing Tools (such as Selenium, Cucumber etc.)

• 3 years of hands on experience using Selenium and Cucumber

• 1 year of experience architecting, developing, and maintaining an innovative test automation environment including automation test framework design and development

• 2 years of experience with agile development (preferably SAFe), test driven development, advanced concepts of scrum, and knowledge of agile project tools, such as VersionOne

• Minimum of 1 year of experience in analyzing metrics, identify dysfunctions, and make recommendations to senior management