Required Skills and Competencies: 

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology related curriculum or equivalent work experience
• 8-10 years of experience in application design and programming
• Working knowledge of PC applications such as Microsoft Office
• Ability to work independently or as a member of a team
• Ability to travel as needed 
• Requires strong verbal & written communication skills and excel in a global team setting in order to function as a testing evangelist   

Technical Profile:

• Design & development experience in C# or C++
• Scripting languages (E.g. VBScript, Jscript, C, PERL, etc.)
• Windows Internals
• WPF, .NET technologies, SQL, HTML5, Silverlight, HTML DOM, MSOffice and Object Model, COM, MTM
• Test methodologies in the areas of continuous, integration, system, exploratory, performance etc. and applying them in an agile environment at different phases of SDLC
• Good understanding of SDLC, OOAD
• Experience in Test Automation using programming & script languages
• Strong debugging & troubleshooting skills
• Good understanding and experience in working with Enterprise applications
• Working knowledge and experience with TFS and LoadRunner
• Must be able to understand and develop testing and automated testing frameworks

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead the efforts in Test Strategy and Implementation in an Agile development environment
• Enable test driven product architecture by working with fellow Test Architects and Enterprise Architects
• Understand test related challenges from the customer perspective and close the gaps to be able to solve those challenges
• Continually look at technology space while bringing innovation into test methodologies and strategies related to functional manual/automation tests and performance tests
• Hands-on and guides the automation team while providing architecture/ design for automation related topics
• Follow up with the development team ensuring software code and UI guidelines are followed to ascertain automation is possible
• Work with the cross-functional global team while prioritizing the automation needs with the highest ROI
• Monitor / track the progress of the prioritized topics while working with the automation team
• Interface between development, business analysis, architecture and test disciplines
• Identify the opportunities for automation in process space as well
• Collaborates with other departments to understand project objectives, gather automation requirements, design automated tests, troubleshoot issues, and implement scalable test and performance automation solutions

• Analyzes statistical results for baselines, trends, and anomalies to facilitate problem solving, application improvements, and reporting. Contributes ideas and recommends action based on that analysis.

• Manages automated testing artifacts to ensure proper reuse, versioning, backups, organization and retention.

• Train and mentor other departmental resources on the proper selection, design and implementation of various Test and Performance Automation Frameworks, Tools and Strategies

• Makes performance and process improvement recommendations as needed

• Communicates test results information to technical and non-technical audiences