QA & TESTING AUTOMATION CHAPTER LEAD

Role Purpose.
•    Work in Agile and Technology projects •    Work in agile environment with different development teams to decide the QA coverage to be automated.
•    Calculate ROI for automation tasks and deliver expected impact to stakeholders.
•    Prepare, develop, maintain, and audit automation plans for tribes/projects.
•    Design test automation strategy, planning, scope, tools, timelines, CI/CD, and reporting •    Maintain process for automation pipeline creation and health checks.
•    Code review for team members’ automation tasks  •    Maintain the code best practices and guidelines.
•    Lead initiatives to improve and enhance automation work.
•    Keep eye on regular updates for tools and frameworks used in automation and apply it when needed.
•    Capture lessons learnt and best practice to improve test maintenance process.
•    Sharing knowledge across the team for automation topics and hands on.
•    Lead team of technical leads/Seniors and juniors in automation tracks •    Have a high-level vision for the whole testing team.
•    Define training needed for team members related to the automation plan applied.
Qualifications •    Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills •    Manage an QA team form Defining the scope till delivery.
•    High knowledge in both Web and mobile automation •    High knowledge in API automation •    High knowledge in BDD practices •    Good knowledge in CI/CD and DevOps tools •    Track and analyze regression data to identify new policies and procedures necessary to ensure high quality releases.
•    Engineering or Computer Science background is a must.
•    9+ years of relevant QA experience Superior analytical skills, including strong ability to identify and solve ambiguous problems.
•    4 years of leading QA Team.
•    Have basic understanding and hands on experience with performance, usability testing, •    Preferred to have knowledge about SAFe.
•    Preferred to have knowledge about DB Automation Not a perfect fit? Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about Inclusion for All and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background.
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What's in it for you We want you to feel happy and fulfilled at work, without compromising the other things in life that matter to you.
There are lots of ways we support this, including hybrid working and generous parental leave.
You'll also get four Spirit Days a year to focus on your personal development and wellbeing, plus a host of other great benefits too.
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