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Testing Engineering Specialist @ NTT Data

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 Testing Engineering Specialist

Job Description

Project Test Lead:

  • Telecom Domain knowledge (good to have)
  • Good estimation skill is Mandatory
  • Extensive knowledge in estimation techniques
  • Function point analysis skills - good to have

Defining and implementing the project test strategy and approach

  • Define the test policy and approach for plan for projects in conjunction with the Project Manager and other parties involved in testing
  • Pull together all impacted test teams to form a project test team
  • Ensure the project test team is clear on the test approach and plan, their responsibilities and the timing of their involvement
  • Ensure that all relevant and impacted parties have been engaged in the definition of test objectives
  • Ensure test activities are identified to mitigate all test objectives
  • Document all the test activities in the project test strategy, and issue the project test strategy to timescale
  • Meet with the project / business to document which test activities are being performed and which test objectives the business accepts as risks

Coordinating project test activities

  • Act as the main point of contact regarding test issues for a project
  • Identify the need for test improvements and drive them into the project and related test activities
  • Attend project meetings as required and regularly track the progress of all test activities
  • Regularly review and update RAID (Risk, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies) and the scope of testing (test objectives)
  • Issue the project test completion report to timescale
  • Conduct a testing Project Implementation Review (PIR) 1 month post go-live of the project - providing input into and taking actions from the Project PIR (co-ordinating all inputs from and actions to the relevant test teams)
  • Provide the status of PAG test criteria prior to the PAG reviews to the Test Governance forum
  • Escalate project test issues to the project manager
  • Escalate project test lead issues to line management/Test Governance forum

Managing stakeholders, partners and supplier management

  • Communicate and maintain relationships with the impacted business, operational and technical teams (internal and external) throughout the delivery of projects
  • Ensure deliverables are agreed with external partners and that end delivery meets specification and contractual obligations
  • Represent testing considerations in partner selection and commercial discussions
  • Ensure all test results are clearly communicated to the relevant development teams

Assuring quality

  • Ensure the appropriate use of tools, metrics, and processes by projects and programmes
  • Review the efficiency of programmes and projects - ensuring that they are operating within their budget and time constraints - and contribute to optimization
  • Provide direction and support to programme/project managers on all aspects of testing
  • Ensure projects and programmes adhere to organization testing standards, and that the test partner is supported by the right levels of resources
  • Ensure testing issues and defects are escalated in a timely manner to the Project/Programme Manager and the TSG Test Manager
  • Log all defects raised during QA, and track them until resolution

Encourage continuous quality improvement through Root Cause and other Metrics Analysis

Job Level Specific Duties

  • Applies advanced knowledge of QA principles, methodologies, and techniques to test and assure the quality of complex software.
  • Leads sophisticated defect detection, problem solving and troubleshooting with complex software.
  • Designs the overall project test plan and master test schedule for simple level projects.
  • Performs in a lead capacity role within the team in making decisions for the quality assurance of the project / application.
  • Recommends quality improvement initiatives for future application / project releases.
  • Regularly coaches and mentors less experienced team members.

Typical Years of Experience

  • Typically requires 4-6 years relevant experience.

Minimum Education and Certifications

  • Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Skills

  • Advanced knowledge of software quality assurance methodology.
  • Advanced proficiency with requirements gathering tools.
  • Advanced knowledge of project management tools and concepts.

Job Segment: Telecom, Telecommunications, Quality Assurance, Testing, Project Manager, Technology

Job Classification

Industry: IT Services & Consulting
Functional Area: IT Software - QA & Testing,
Role Category: QA/Testing/Documentation
Role: QA/Testing/Documentation
Employement Type: Full time

Education

Under Graduation: Any Graduate in Any Specialization
Post Graduation: Any Postgraduate in Any Specialization
Doctorate: M.Phil. in Dermatology, Ph.D in Any Specialization

Contact Details:

Company: NTT Data
Location(s): Bengaluru

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Keyskills:   Telecom Quality improvement Manager Quality Assurance Test strategy Project management Manager Technology Troubleshooting Software quality assurance Testing Project Lead Testing

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NTT Data

The Company NTT DATA Services is a top 10 global services company and part of the NTT Group, a Fortune 29 telecommunications and services company based in Japan. We operate with 60,000 professionals in 36 countries. Every day around the world we help clients explore new ways to respond to market...