Test Automation Lead

Job Title: Test Automation Lead

Duration: : 6+ months contract to hire

Job location: Onsite required in Albany, NY – M-F 40 hours/week.

Interview Type: Interview is via WebEx – technical – candidates must be legit.

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Job description:

The Test Automation Lead is responsible for test automation for the NY-SoH and will be working in a high intensity, deadline driven environment. They will be responsible for planning, designing, deploying, maintenance and troubleshooting through all layers of the Testing Development Life Cycle. The Test Automation Lead responsible for Test Automation will work as part of the NY-SoH testing Teams and with the NYSOH management leadership, and be responsible for working with all application teams to facilitate the delivery needs of the program.

Responsibilities:

•Serves as the Automation Team Lead, responsible for Test Automation. Lead approximately 12 testers, negotiate scope, develop estimates, plans, monitoring metrics, and provide daily guidance to the team and the client. Provide daily metrics to the project leadership. Support the life cycle of the change requests.

•Performs complex analyses of business goals, objectives and needs of the general business environment to align information technology solutions with business initiatives for a complex account. Serves as a subject matter expert and the liaison between technical personnel and non-technical personnel. Plans and designs complex business processes and system modifications. Makes recommendations to improve and support business activities.

•Facilitates and coordinates all Test Automation project activities from inception through completion of entire systems development lifecycle of multiple projects; including estimating, scheduling, status tracking, reporting, and issue and risk mitigating responsibilities.

•Identifies appropriate resources and staffs projects. Organizes automation test team(s) members to ensure communication and understanding of deadlines, assignments and objectives. Acts as the point of contact to client's project management.

•Manages costs, schedules and quality by overseeing test automation deliverables. Ensures schedule and budget are met. Identifies need for change, determines course of action and revises as appropriate.

•Oversees the ongoing review of Automation test(s) status; identifies risks. Develops, recommends and implements risk mitigation solutions and implements as appropriate.

•Works in conjunctions with team members and stakeholders to anticipate and manage changes to test project. Determines when additional resources are needed and implements same. Identifies or gathers information regarding possible solutions that may create additional, different or unique objectives or results.

•Manages client expectations and balances the needs of company and client to ensure satisfaction for relevant parties.