Staff Quality Assurance Lead

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Job Description Summary

About our business
GE Vernova is a planned, purpose-built global energy company that includes Power, Wind, and Electrification segments and is supported by its accelerator businesses of Advanced Research, Consulting Services, and Financial Services. Building on over 130 years of experience tackling the world’s challenges, GE Vernova is uniquely positioned to help lead the energy transition by continuing to electrify the world while simultaneously working to decarbonize it.

At GE Vernova, our Hydro Power division stands at the forefront of the hydroelectricity generation industry. We are dedicated to designing, manufacturing, and installing cutting-edge equipment for hydroelectric power plants, as well as servicing and refurbishing existing facilities to ensure optimal performance and longevity. Our turbines and generators account for over 25% of the total installed hydropower capacity worldwide. With a dynamic team of 3,600 professionals spread across more than 30 countries, we have the energy to change the world. Be part of a team that is not only shaping the energy landscape but also contributing to a more sustainable planet. Join us and make a difference with GE Vernova’s Hydro Power business division!

Read more on www.gevernova.com

About Position
Responsible for test creation, testing a large module or a large component and designing a feature, set of features, or whole feature area independently, Contributing to the immediate team and to other teams across business; Leading software quality engineering discussions.

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Roles and Responsibilities

In this role, you will:

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Own large sized tasks or small projects and deliver QA artifacts.

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Contribute to driving initiatives such as defining coding standards and processes to ensure quality code is produced.

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Reuse existing code appropriately wherever possible; drives same behaviors across team while coaching other developers to improve their code quality.

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Develop and enhance the test infrastructure and continuous integration framework used across teams at the COE.

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Determine testing best practices and principals and promotes them across the organization.

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Work with fellow team members to diagnose bugs and formulate solutions.

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Provide functional and technical expertise in bug fixes.

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Provide subject matter expertise in the quality engineering, manages test plans and testing methodology for software projects.

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Use test automation techniques (data driven, pairwise, mocking, test hooks) that fit the problem space. Understands designing and coding for testability to produce quality code with the lowest cost.

Technical Expertise

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Has extensive experience in test automation

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Demonstrates experience and ability to write Python code for the purposes of testing solution code (e.g., white box testing).

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Has experience in testing web services

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Has experience with issue-tracking and agile project management systems

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Has experience working in Linux/Unix and Windows environments.

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Has experience working with virtual machines (VMs) as part of a test/integration infrastructure

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Expert in developing and executing maintainable automation tests for acceptance, functional, and regression test cases.

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Skilled at developing code for other developers to learn from.

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Skilled in integrating project testing with continuous-integration process.

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Skilled in Automation testing, Performance & Load testing tools (Ex : Selenium, Protractor, Playwright, Katalon Studio, Postman, etc., )

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Ability to deploy test codes in Jenkins pipeline.

Business Acumen:

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Strong problem-solving abilities and capable of articulating specific technical topics or assignments

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Experience in building scalable and highly available distributed systems

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Expert in breaking down problems and estimate time for development tasks

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Evangelizes how our technology solves customer problems from a technology and business perspective

Leadership:

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Demonstrates clarity of thinking to work through limited information and vague problem definitions

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Influences through others; builds direct and "behind the scenes" support for ideas

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Proactively identifies and removes project obstacles or barriers on behalf of the team

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Shares knowledge, power, and credit, establishing trust, credibility, and goodwill

Qualifications

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Bachelor of Engineering Degree in Computer Science / IT from accredited college or university

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9 to 15 years of experience in Quality assurance of software products. 2 to 5 years of experience with QA

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2 to 5 years of experience with Selenium. Experience with automation tools.

Desired Characteristics

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Able to work under minimal supervision

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Excellent communication skills and the ability to interface with senior leadership with confidence and clarity

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Able to work well with global teams, including time-zone flexibility

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Skilled in providing oversight and mentoring team members. Shows ability to effectively delegate work.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No