Job Description

The Division:
Within Flow at AMT-Sybex we are all about progression and constantly challenging and developing ourselves as individuals and as a company. We have been providing business critical solutions to customers in the utilities sector for over 20 years. We deliver scalable and reliable transactional, data handling and analytics solutions.
As a company we are committed to meeting and exceeding our customers expectations such that we are first choice for continuing to provide services to them in the long term.
We champion Growth from Within, both for individuals to challenge themselves to grow, seize opportunities and develop further than they may have thought possible, whilst also investing in our awesome talent as the future leaders of our business and industry.

The Position:
Reporting to the Technical Project Manager, the Lead SQA Automation Analyst will work within our Research, Development, and Product function. We are looking for a hardworking and enthusiastic individual for this challenging position. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to organize all testing activities during each stage of the test process, as well as coordinate with senior management on testing strategy. The role will involve creating a tangible impact on the business by developing test scripts to ensure that our software performs at an optimal level prior to customer release.
This role involves working on a variety of projects, making sure that our delivered solutions are performing for our customers as expected - using the latest development tools. The nature of our work requires excellent communication skills and an enthusiastic approach to problem-solving and teamwork.
The selected candidate will work from the Contour Software Islamabad office, as part of the resource-center team, as an extension of the division-based R&D department.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Responsible for the management, reporting, and tracking of test phases.
• Accountable for the creation and execution of manual/automated test suites covering system, assembly, integration, regression and NFR testing.
• Input and creation of test strategies and plans to support customer projects and product software deliveries.
• Oversee design and execution of test scripts that provide testing coverage of new and modified functionality along with regression testing within the software development lifecycle.
• Managing the daily workload of Testers and giving direction on projects
• Working with the offshore delivery team
• Mentoring and training internal team members
• Defect management and reporting – Communicating defect issues to PMO and back to the client upon request.
• Point of contact for the Client in relation to testing activity.
• Communicating all test issues effectively and executing procedures to arrive at the suitable fix
• Support client acceptance testing defect management and release processes

• Bachelors degree in computer science or related discipline.
• 8+ years of experience performing both manual and automated software testing.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Experience with Test Management tools (VSTS, Client Quality Centre, etc.)
• Strong understanding of different testing techniques and approaches.
• Must possess strong communication, collaboration, and team management skills with a proven ability to integrate out-of-the-box thinking and problem-solving to improve processes, systems, methodologies, documentation, etc.
• Strong automation experience with backend tools & technologies.
• Development or scripting skills in Python, PyTest, and Allure Reporting.
• Strong time management skills with a history of meeting commitments.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must have formal documentation creation skills.
• Demonstrable experience in managing/leading the QA element of software development projects using Agile and/or Waterfall methodologies.

• Testing of Web and development applications.
• Experience of Test Analysis, Test Design, Execution and Defect Management.
• ISTQB/ISEB Foundation Certificate in Testing.
• Knowledge of Automation Frameworks and experience with Angular, SQL, JAVA, Enterprise Java, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, .NET, and C#.

• Results driven and self-motivated with a "can-do” attitude and determination to get software deployed.
• Self-motivated and works well under pressure.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to suggest technical solutions to problems where required.
• Ability to work independently with little supervision.
• Good listening and communication skills (oral and written)
• Strong technical, quantitative, and analytical skills.
• The ability to take ownership and deliver results.
• Good team player, yet willing to take personal responsibility for the resolution of issues.
• Be energetic, motivated, and enthusiastic.