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Core Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive experience in leading QA processes and automation initiatives within the electric utility industry, ensuring compliance with best practices and delivering high-quality software solutions. Proficient in managing complex testing environments and communicating effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
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QA Lead ExperienceElectric Utility Industry ExperienceAutomated Testing Framework DevelopmentEnd-to-End QA ExperienceProject Management Skills
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Hard Skills
Software Development Life CycleUnit TestingIntegration TestingRegression TestingPerformance TestingAutomated TestingTest Strategy DevelopmentTest Case CreationDefect ReportingTest Coverage Analysis
Soft Skills
Strong Verbal CommunicationStrong Written CommunicationOrganizational SkillsAbility to Work Independently
Tools & Technologies
SeleniumJIRAConfluenceBlazeMeterOctoPerfTcpDumpNetwork MonitorLinux Operating SystemsJMeterLoadRunner
Industry Keywords
ADMSOMSSCADAEMSSOC 2 Trust Services PrinciplesTesting Center of ExcellenceCyber SecurityMicroservices ArchitectureSQLNoSQL
Tech Stack
Tools & technologiesAWSCyber SecurityJMeterLinuxMicroservicesNoSQLOracleSDLCSeleniumSplunkSQL
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead and coordinate software testing for changes delivered to utility clients
- Prepare test strategies and support project teams delivering new changes
- Advocate for QA best practices and lead automation initiatives
- Lead QA for high-visibility projects with multiple workstreams
- Coordinate testing with multiple vendors and manage test estimation, plans, status, results, risk, traceability, defects, and coverage
- Manage multiple tasks while maintaining quality standards
- Analyze complex technical and conceptual information and present understandable alternatives to technical and nontechnical stakeholders
- Ensure compliance with PMO and Test Practice documentation, policies, and best practices
- Communicate project goals, targets, activities, and schedules to stakeholders
- Deliver daily and weekly testing status reports and identify risks across multiple projects
- Create and develop an automated testing framework
- Lead process-improvement initiatives and develop team members
- Define, develop, and deploy product QA strategy across all product-development phases
- Assess the viability, functionality, and effectiveness of test tools
- Define and implement test strategies for maximum test coverage
- Coordinate test environments for systems supporting project needs
- Create and execute test cases as needed
- Provide test coverage reports for each software release
- Report detailed defects
Requirements
What you’ll need- 7 years of work experience in the electric utility industry
- 10 years of QA or equivalent work experience
- At least 4 years of QA Lead experience with implementation projects
- Experience with ADMS/OMS/SCADA/EMS vendor systems such as OSI Monarch, GE Reliance, GE GridOS, and Oracle NMS
- End-to-end QA experience throughout the Software Development Life Cycle, including waterfall and agile
- Hands-on knowledge of unit, integration, regression, UAT, performance, and automated testing
- Strong project management and organizational skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Systems, or Systems Engineering, or experience in systems development and/or QA
- US citizen or permanent resident
- Five years of cyber security industry-related test development and new product development experience preferred
- Experience with SaaS QA supporting SOC 2 trust services principles preferred
- Experience with Testing Center of Excellence or Organizational Test Practice preferred
- Hands-on experience with BlazeMeter or OctoPerf preferred
- Hands-on experience with TcpDump or Network Monitor preferred
- Hands-on experience with JIRA, JIRA Service Desk, and Confluence preferred
- Hands-on experience with Linux operating systems and performance tuning preferred
- Hands-on experience with Selenium and other QA automation tools preferred
- Experience with POC, acceptance, functional, regression, and smoke testing preferred
- Experience creating JMeter or LoadRunner performance scripts preferred
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Delivery and integrating automated tests into pipelines preferred
- Experience with Bitbucket, Jira, source configuration management, and defect tracking systems preferred
- Experience writing scripts for defect lists and job execution preferred
- Experience defining capacity and service-level metrics such as response time, failover time, and time to recover preferred
- Experience building dashboards for system defects preferred
- Familiarity with microservices architecture preferred
- Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases preferred
- Strong knowledge of server logfiles and tools such as Splunk, Sumo Logic, and AWS preferred
Benefits
Comp & perks- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Short- and long-term disability
- 401(k) match
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Parental leave
- Paid time off
- Holidays