Automation Test Lead Job Description
Automation test lead
provides automated regression test scripts for regression testing of all previous features, requirements, and defects completed in the prior sprint, primarily using Selenium Java.
Automation Test Lead Duties & Responsibilities
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Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Develop test automation strategy for large complex projects in AGILE methodology
Design Test Automation, Execution and Lead automation delivery using HP QTP, Selenium and Cucumber tools
Designing, creating Constructing and executing Automation test cases for API web services
Experience in Selenium, Web Driver and TestNG
Contribute to team agile planning activities and backlog prioritization and management
Identify, verify, report, and regress bugs
Collaborates with product line stakeholders to understand and develop strategies, frameworks relating to their emerging demands
Driving innovation/adoption of Industry practices through investigation/institutionalization of New tools/methods/standards
Work with the development team to understand the technologies and develop / implement automated testing tools for data comparison and transformation (on Hadoop, Spark, Datameer,etc.)
A deep, practical understanding of SDLC processes including Requirements, Design, Development, Build, Release Management, and Quality Assurance
Automation Test Lead Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for Automation Test Lead
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: ISTQB, ISEB, QA, QAI, SAFE, CTFL, CSTP, TQL, AE1, AS2
Education for Automation Test Lead
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Employers hiring for the automation test lead job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Master's Degree in Computer Science, Education, Engineering, Technical, Information Technology, Information Systems, Business, Computer Engineering, Science, Technology
Skills for Automation Test Lead
Desired skills for automation test lead include:
Selenium
SQL
Banking / Financial Services
Core Java
Data structures
Jenkins
Agile
DevOps
Web Services
Algorithms and data-driven testing methodology
Desired experience for automation test lead includes:
On Testing and with hands-on experience in the development or testing
Of complex software systems
A minimum of 5 years’ application programming experience
Strong understanding of relational databases (Oracle, MySQL)
Should possess complete understanding/experience in application Testing/QA process
Experience of working on multiple projects in more than one testing environment
Automation Test Lead Examples
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Automation Test Lead Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for an automation test lead. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for automation test lead
- Experience with Cucumber is MUST
- Act as a technical liaison with vendors when test equipment is purchased outside
- Lead or participate in technology and program level reviews
- Leading product release QA cycles, including creating and tracking to QA release plans, coordinating team resources & activities to efficiently & effectively deliver high release confidence based on deep, broad comprehensive test coverage
- Candidate is required to play lead execution role and be hands on
- Develop Test Strategy and Plan of the Common Acquisition Platform
- Perform review of automated scripts
- To ensure there is a clear understanding of testing status by using appropriate channels of communications with business stakeholders, project teams and IT management
- Perform ROI Calculations and tracking to ensure that are aligned to the business goals
- Preparing the test suite for QA execution to ensure the requirements and quality targets are satisfied
Qualifications for automation test lead
- Proficiency in writing unit tests and functional tests
- Platforms/OS/Servers
- The Newton test team is integrated into the Newton technology organization and works closely and directly with business sponsors, business analysts and project managers technology colleagues, participating in all phases of the software development lifecycle
- Have Ideas to implement
- Coordinate Automation Testing efforts (interaction/sync with customer, other work streams, offshore execution team)
- Knowledge and experience with UNIX shell scripting languages utilizing solid coding practices (code re-use, functions, and comments)
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Our growing company is hiring for an automation test lead. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for automation test lead
- Design, develop, maintain and monitor execution of automated tests
- Work closely with Quality Analysts to asses test coverage, and to triage test failures
- Work closely with distributed global team of engineers also working on test automation
- Able to participate in and lead group discussions by expressing thoughts and ideas clearly
- Demonstrate working experience with global teams & ability to align / bring best in class processes, coding standards
- Strong knowledge on functional and system level testing domain
- Work as part of the Platform Engineering team to lead a multi-disciplined team of automation test engineers
- Grow both the technical and the behavioural strength of the team
- Ensure that the team has an appropriate balance of skills
- Work with technical experts in the team to provide technical direction, challenging the team to deliver continuous improvements on top of project delivery
Qualifications for automation test lead
- Solid understanding of software architecture technologies
- As a Lead Role, requirements include creating test strategies, plans and be able to execute some of the scripts onshore
- Accountable for preparation of test plans, automation strategies, and creating tests scripts test execution and results analysis
- Intellectual capacity to assess and understand complex and difficult situations
- 5+ years of leading testing effort in complex data management projects
- Minimum of 5, and up to 7 years of experience, of which, must have
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Our company is looking to fill the role of automation test lead. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for automation test lead
- Measure, report, and recommend performance Response Time Guidelines/SLAs
- Evaluate solution to design, script and execute Performance (Load, Stress .) tests
- Lead activities, including assigning and delegating work to team members as needed
- Oversee the day to day activities of the software testing team and be fully responsible for testing of releases
- Ensuring that delivery adheres to testing standards, that all changes have sufficient test coverage, with documented test cases, and that those test cases are executed and defects fixed
- Own and improve test plans and automation tests
- Be involved in discussions with developers, QA analysts, business analysts and project managers and be responsible for progress/issue reporting
- Understand and review direct reports' performance
- Ensure that all User Stories have well-documented User Acceptance Criteria, and that those tests are executed within the iteration cycle
- Introduce new technologies related to automation
Qualifications for automation test lead
- Worked for 2 years in Test and Defect Management (navigation and/or traffic message channel, live traffic) of Premium/Large Automotive Infotainment projects
- Worked for 3 years in development of head unit software components (navigation and/or traffic message channel, live traffic) for Premium/Large Automotive Infotainment projects
- Bachelors/Masters in Computer Engineering/science or Electrical Engineering
- Experience implementing and adapting Code Coverage tools like Jacoco, JSCover, Sonar
- Excellent analytical & troubleshooting skills, innovation and creativity combined with strong personality
- Up-to-date knowledge of test automation trends, technologies, methods
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Our company is growing rapidly and is searching for experienced candidates for the position of automation test lead. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for automation test lead
- Document and archive scripts, test cases, test strategy, defects, acceptance criteria, non-functional artifacts
- Report project/product health to management with regular frequency as per cadence within the project (daily/weekly/monthly/every release)
- Develop code for Test Automation scripts for feature and performance testing using company Test Automation Framework/other standards consistent with company practices
- Develop test tools, test beds, data mock ups, and other test infrastructure to continuously measure quality through Continuous testing and integration
- Demonstrate continuous improvement in working with broader team by measuring and reporting company Product Health metrics and other standard testing metrics as per company standards
- Participate actively in internal technical forums and community meetings to promote enterprise consistency around testing frameworks, tools, and infrastructure
- Help evaluate 3rd party and/or open source tools and libraries to help implement quality engineering practices, specifically automation, performance, test data and environment management, and CI
- Carry out automated and manual exploratory testing to ensure software meets business and security requirements and established practices
- Creating the overall test strategy and test plans for testing software applications including performance, automation, localization, and internationalization
- Reviewing software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance, or completeness, or to mitigate risks
Qualifications for automation test lead
- 9+ years of experience in System Test and test automation in a wireless, network or telecommunications industry
- Experience in building test/test automation teams
- Must have strong collaboration, communication and hands-on problem-solving skills
- Expertise with hands-on knowledge in data-center & storage domain
- Expertise with hands-on knowledge in test automation and enhancement
- Should possess greater insights in R&D product SDLC, STLC, release challenges & quality issues
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Automation Test Lead Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for an automation test lead. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for automation test lead
- Lead several QA engineers for dedicated stream
- Build communication among teams
- Be responsible for organize teamwork (40%)
- An understanding and experience of test automation strategy, how to execute within a continuous delivery environment
- Maintaining robust and cohesive automated suites of tests across different types of environments
- Integration with reporting and results presentation tools
- Creating the test plan, identifying and mitigating risks, resolving issues, creations and execution of test cases
- Coordinate onshore and offshore delivery (Only for Manager Level)
- Excellent in interpersonal skills, stakeholders management (Only for Manager Level)
- An in depth knowledge of test frameworks, methodologies and tools
Qualifications for automation test lead
- Should possess deeper knowledge in technical troubleshooting and product behavioral analysis
- Working knowledge of server/OS platforms, storage adapters, functional & engineering performance test
- Lead OEM support & test activities and build/develop engineering level performance automation suites
- Automate applications on varied platforms & technologies eg
- Software development engineer for testing
- Coding tests for front end browser automation testing