Responsibilities:

·         Lead a team of Automation and Manual QA both onsite in Chicago and offshore.
·         Regression test design and UAT Test Planning
·         Reporting and Metrics
·         Develop & maintain test automation suite (Selenium RC, SOAP UI or UI Automation)
·         Develop tests that use good object oriented designs & domain modeling.
·         Create automation test strategies for functional, non-functional and performance testing of distributed cloud-based applications
·         Setup & maintenance of QA environment.
·         Mentor other team members in writing test scripts in Selenium RC

Desired Profile and Technical Skills:

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·         Strong leadership capabilities, communication skills.
·         Experience in analysis, design, coding and implementation of large-scale automation tests with Selenium/WebDriver with Java
·         Strong knowledge on OO design including design patterns & their applicability.
 Experience with Agile Methodologies such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum.
·         Ability to mentor other test analysts & enforce good development practices like encapsulation in authoring tests.
·         Be aware of activity in the open source world. Contributing back to open source is a big plus.
·         Experience with industry standard QA tools for defect tracking, test case management, and source control
·         Experience testing cloud based applications is a plus.