Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. IBM Consulting builds long-term client relationships and helps organizations advance their hybrid cloud and AI journeys through collaboration, technology, and professional services. The QA Engineer Lead will design, plan, execute, analyze, and report on testing for applications and systems implemented using Guidewire packages, while coordinating testing activities and improving testing processes.
Responsibilities
- Create test cases and identify test environment and test data requirements to ensure thorough testing of applications and systems
- Estimate work efforts, prioritize testing tasks, and coordinate testing activities to meet project timelines and objectives
- Use automation and manual methods to execute test cases, report test status, and address defects to ensure high-quality results
- Evaluate test results to identify areas for continuous improvement and optimize testing processes
- Provide regular updates on testing progress, defects, and test outcomes to stakeholders
Skills
- 15+ years of QA automation and software testing experience, including leadership of QA strategy, test planning, execution, defect management, and release governance
- Strong expertise in Guidewire ClaimCenter and PolicyCenter, including automation of Guidewire workflows using the GT-UI Framework
- Hands-on experience with test automation tools including Playwright, WebDriverIO, Selenium, and Cucumber BDD
- Experience in API and performance testing using Postman, Karate, and JMeter
- Proficiency with CI/CD practices and tools, including Jenkins, GitLab, and automated testing integration
- **Core Testing Skills:** Experience in designing and executing testing for applications and systems, including creating test cases, identifying test environment and test data requirements, and executing test cases using automation and manual methods
- **Technical Testing Skills:** Experience with core and technical testing skills, including estimating work efforts, prioritizing testing tasks, and coordinating testing activities to meet project timelines and objectives
- **Business Domain Knowledge:** Experience in understanding business requirements and designing optimized test scenarios to ensure thorough testing of applications and systems
- **Test Analysis and Improvement:** Experience in analyzing test outcomes to identify areas for continuous improvement and optimizing testing processes to deliver high-quality results
- Bachelor's Degree
- **Package Solution Familiarity:** Experience with multiple ERP packages, such as SAP, Oracle eBiz applications, or industry products like Oracle Flexcube, Finnacle, Guidewire, Smarter Commerce Suites, is beneficial for this role
- **Advanced Testing Methodologies:** Knowledge of specialized testing methodologies and techniques, such as model-based testing, risk-based testing, or exploratory testing, can be advantageous in optimizing testing processes
- Bachelor's Degree
Benefits
- Hybrid work arrangement
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- 401(k)
- Cash balance pension plan
- IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Financial counseling
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability coverage
- Opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- 12 paid holidays
- Minimum 56 hours sick time
- 120 hours vacation
- 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy
- Other Paid Care Leave programs
- Paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on IBM's personalized, AI-driven learning platform
- Industry-recognized certifications
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups
- Giving and volunteer opportunities
- Discounts on retail products, services & experiences
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