Brief Job Description

We are looking for a  Technical Manager  (Quality Assurance) with around 15+yrs of experience in Data Protection Software or any Equivalent Storage Application Domain,Cloud Technologies, Test Automation with In-depth understanding of Quality Engineering Process/Methodology,  providing Technical Solutions to Team.

As a Technical (hands-on) Manager you will be responsible for the Team’s Quality of Delivery, Overall Performance of the Team, coordinating with different stakeholders on the deliverables/timelines/risks & mitigations from QA perspective, proactively identify opportunities to develop and enhance the team’s strength and leverage Teams skills to deliver high quality results to meet Stakeholder and Customer requirements.

Key Requirements

1. 12+ yrs. of work experience with 3+ yrs. of Managerial Experience in Software Quality assurance in Data Protection Software & SaaS Based Application or equivalent Enterprise storage application running on SAN/NAS and thorough hands-on experience in Windows & Linux /Unix Administration, Office 365 Applications, Virtualization, knowledge on Windows & Linux Filesystems, Object Storage, Hyper Converged Infrastructure, Cloud Platform (Azure, AWS, GCP), Client /Server Applications with Database and REST API interfaces.

2.  Provide leadership in defining the Test Methodologies, Automation methodologies, Test strategies, Quality standards, tools, best practices for Quality Test/Automation processes.

3. Hands-on experience in UI Test Automation of SaaS / Web Applications using Java/Python with Pytest, Selenium, TestNG, Cucumber Automation Framework

4. Experience in taking up ownership of product/complex modules and driving the Overall Product Quality.

5. Experience in Driving successful Initiatives towards increasing Operational Efficiency, derive/develop automation Roadmap and Team’s Productivity.

6. Experience in Talent Performance Management, incudes deriving stack ranking the team members and provide proactive feedback to the team members on their strengths/opportunities in regular intervals.

7/ BE/BTech or MTech Degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject with good communications and presentation skills, interpersonal skills, understands the criticality of Product Quality and Ownership.

Key Responsibilities

1. End to End Ownership and Responsibility for complete Product Quality of SaaS & Data Protection Software.

2. Create, advocate and coach test automation best practices to team members

3. Report and Drive Increased Test automation coverage in all areas

4. Set and Track SMART goals for self and for the team, keeping in view of Organizational objective / Roadmap.

5. Guide and Mentor Team to enable them to achieve competitive Performance.

6. Communicate / Coordinate Proactively with Development team, Product Owners, Project Managers, and external stakeholders on Overall Quality Status/Progress and associated Risks and Mitigations from QA Side.

7. Derive Automation Test Plan/Strategy for each release and drive the automation to increase overall Test Execution efficiency.

8. Interface with Product Management, Pre-sales, Customer Support in understanding end-to-end Product requirements / usage and identify areas of opportunities to enhance Overall Product Quality & Delivery.

​​​​​​​9. Actively explore on new technologies/tools/techniques that will enhance overall Product Quality, Test Execution Efficiency, Overall Test Coverage with less manual efforts, Industry standard Test Methodologies that can be leveraged /adapted to our Test cases, Effective mechanism to identify core issues of the product, Increasing Customer Experience