Works in an agile, collaborative environment to recommend and develop testing standards and application of quality technologies. Encourages application development that builds testability in from the ground up. Ensures the product is robust and failure scenarios are considered and refactored. Collaborates with cross-functional team members on story development, from before definition through final deployment. Performs exploratory testing using industry leading practices. Discovers defects/bugs and works with coders and POs to determine root cause and how to prevent similar issues from happening in the future. Drives adoption of test automation - unit tests, integration tests, functional tests. Guides Functional Objectives or Technologies.
This specialty executes the tasks required to fully test a service (functional verification testing) or end to end system (system verification testing) to ensure it functions according to specifications and client requirements and meets the business needs. Employees in this role must demonstrate knowledge of the domain that they are responsible for testing and be familiar with testing methodologies, tools and techniques. Must have experience designing testing activities, developing test cases/scenarios/use cases, and test execution. Testers also investigate problems uncovered during testing, recreating those problems as appropriate and executing fix validations. They provide feedback on usability, serviceability and documentation and report status to the appropriate audience.
Environment:
Professional knowledge related to incumbent’s function/business unit and its processes.
Communication/Negotiation:
Advises other professionals. Effectively utilize group dynamics. Negotiates to define approaches and goals.
Problem Solving:
Recognizes complex problems related to functional objectives. Applies creativity and judgment to developmental work on different projects within the business environment. Analyzes situations and implement solutions, or develop new system elements, procedures or processes.
Contribution/Leadership:
Provides ongoing technical/operational guidance to lead professional work teams, conducts special projects, or manages department(s) (national or international). Understands department/ functional mission and vision. Utilizes expertise to directly influence people outside department or function. Sometimes no precedent exists. Defines and decides objectives within specified business concept or project and may have responsibility for tools and assigned resources.
Impact on Business/Scope:
Accountable for department results and for activities and/or projects involving multi-functional teams.
Activities are subject to business measurements, impact customer satisfaction, and impact project costs or expenses. Regularly participates in overall functional program planning.
