Team Lead - Software QA Automation Engineer

Position type: Long-term contractClient: DOMINOSRate : $60/hr on C2CLocals only and should have own vehicle and valid Drivers License and ability to travel to local stores.Candidates might be required to perform real runs testing (which involves driving around with the apps) as and when required.Job DescriptionWorking closely with QA Center of Excellence to implement improvements.Coordinating with other members of engineering teams to ensure project goals are met.The QA Team Lead must be able to take on leadership responsibilities and influence the direction of the automation effort, and its schedule and prioritization.The QA Team Lead will work with management, developers, and quality assurance personnel goals.Providing technical support for existing automation systems by troubleshooting malfunctions and performing maintenance tasksDevelops automated software quality test suite to ensure the applications have appropriate automation coverage.Build and execute unit, component, acceptance, integration, load, security, scalability, usability, and platform tests.Leads the maturity and improvements to the QA automation framework using industry standard tools and approaches.Leads in developing enhancements to QA standards, guidelines and procedures as needed.Leverage and enhance coding standards and best practices for automated QA code.Guide team members on automation best practices, as well as effective use of test automation toolsImplement Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and Test-Driven Development (TDD) approaches.Keep up the automated quality assurance code/systems with the evolution of the software products.Participate in analyzing Major Incidents and Emergency Change controls to identify opportunities to automate software quality test cases to reduce or eliminate those.Design, implement and execute cross-system integration tests and regression tests for each releaseBuild and manage automated QA test suites which can be handed over to Reliability and NOC teams who can execute these at-will in Production environment for operational validation of systems.Help manage appropriate test environments.Keeps abreast of current and emerging technology and trends in automated software testingHelp evaluate new tools, products, upgrades and vendor/multivendor solutionsConducts code reviews to ensure consistency, quality and reusability of test automation artifactsDefine and manage test automation code artifacts across multiple systemsAbility to communicate quality metrics of the applications to leadership.Ability to coordinate with Leads and development managers.Provide hands-on leadership and mentoring of junior team members. This includes performing reviews of other engineers within your team.Support the team and delivery managers in planning program-wide efforts.Participate in interviewing and onboarding of new staff.Perform People "HR " Management responsibilities.Be an advocate for positive organizational change by understanding and promoting emerging organizational models and demonstrate how this supports and improves Domino's business goals.Support the estimation of upcoming work and coordination of work across peer teams.Demonstrate features and provide status of managed services.Qualifications :Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent experience7+ years of experience in Software Quality Assurance program with Agile practices7+ years of experience in Automated Software Quality Assurance practices including BDD/TDD7+ years of experience of Secure Development Lifecycle processesExperience with automating QA for eCommerce, Point of Sale, and Software as a Service (SaaS) applications.Experience with identity and access management including user registration, access provisioning, role-based access control and user de-provisioningExperience with automating QA for Mobile websites and Native Mobile applications (iOS, Android, Windows)Experience with high-availability architectures in a large heavy-traffic environmentExperience with the implementation of automated testing process, tools and services including JUnit, QTP, Selenium, PlayWright, node.js, grunt.js, Cucumber, SoapUIExperience testing web applications developed in JavaScript, CSS, XHTMLExperience in automated testing of backend applications and APIs developed in Java/C# with SQL, NoSQL, ActiveMQ and caching technologies such as HazelcastExperience in automating SQA for apps running on various underlying components including Apache web server, NGINX and IIS that use SOAP, REST, and custom web services with JSON and/or XML as payloadsMust have experience operating within Continuous Integration / Continuous Development (CI/CD) environmentMust have experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Jenkins (or similar) and pipeline scripting (Groovy)Must have experience with source code control systems such as Git, Github, Stash etc.Must have good understanding of network topologies and technologiesMust have good understanding of data management practices including good experience with SQLExperience in Automated QA tool evaluation, selection and implementationExperience in the design and implementation of complex technical solutionsExperience with full life cycle software deployment using Agile practicesNice to have experience with performance and load testing of web applicationsNice to have experience querying Splunk for application metrics for operational behaviorNice to have experience with Java Spring Boot frameworkNice to have experience with Kubernetes and container-based application deployment and operationsMust have excellent communication skills (written and verbal).Demonstrated mentoring and coaching capabilities.People Management Experience.Candidates might be required to perform real runs testing (which involves driving around with the apps) as and when required.Onsite @ Ann Arbor , MI // Local Consultants only // LeadSkills: Software Quality Assurance, JUnit, HP QuickTest Professional (QTP), Selenium, PlayWright, JavaScript, Jenkins, Groovy