Software QA Automation Manager

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Who We Are

Solera is a global leader in data and software services that strives to transform every touchpoint of the vehicle lifecycle into a connected digital experience. In addition, we provide products and services to protect life’s other most important assets: our homes and digital identities. Today, Solera processes over 300 million digital transactions annually for approximately 235,000 partners and customers in more than 90 countries. Our 6,500 team members foster an uncommon, innovative culture and are dedicated to successfully bringing the future to bear today through cognitive answers, insights, algorithms and automation. For more information, please visit solera.com.

What You’ll Do

• Supervise a team of QA performance and automation engineers
• Define expectations and develop metrics to monitor results
• Coach, train and provide regular feedback to the team
• Participate in architecture, requirement and design reviews and offer thought leadership in driving efficiencies throughout the Software development life cycle.
• Work across departments and with development, IT leaders, business teams and vendors to align automated and performance testing priorities with product development strategies.
• Plan and drive implementation of Proof of concepts and pilots for new tools and technology evaluation
• Ensure high quality on all released code and help minimize production issues
• Identify potential for improved software development lifecycle and collaborate on optimization opportunities
• Drive testing methodology and tools to support agile and cross-platform (SaaS, Mobile, API) application development lifecycles
• Lead our drive towards QA Automation, focusing on scaling our automation capabilities faster and reaching 80% Automation Coverage
• Champion the usage and adoption of performace testing, technologies and processes and related tools across the organization
• Support development and ensure implementation and tracking of team metrics for measurement of quality and operational excellence and a consistent regular process for assessment and improvement
• Show strong business and technical judgment that will accelerate time to market of releases, while incrementally moving our services towards the long-term vision
• Work closely with development and business teams to communicate problem impacts and to understand business requirements
• Participate in new project development in order to help facilitate automation in conjunction with development as well as ensure manual test coverage
• Provide oversight and be responsible for ensuring that defined QA standards are followed by all members of the team
  

What You’ll Bring

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent combination of technical education and work experience
• Minimum 4 years supervisory experience
• At least 8+ years of experience working in QA, mentoring QA staff and end users on quality objectives and testing process
• Scrum/Agile experience
• Experience with test automation
• Strong Software Testers mindset
• Passion and commitment to quality
  

Knowledge Of

• Software development lifecycle
• Testing and Defect management tools
• Performance testing tools such as HP LoadRunner and JMeter
• Non-functional requirements and how to test them
• C# or JAVA and Selenium
  

Demonstrated Ability To

• Effectively lead a team of skilled QA Performance and Automation Engineers and achieve business objectives
• Develop strategies, action plans, and metrics to monitor results
• Provide specific feedback and coaching to reinforce or modify behaviors for improved performance and goal attainment
• React quickly to issues that impact the business, develop, and implement solutions
• Effectively communicate and present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner to all organization levels (in English both verbally and in writing)
• Drive for results and achieve automation goals
  

Nice To Have

• Testing certificates
• Experience with Jenkins, Concourse or other CI/CD tools
• Experience in mobility testing
• Experience with TestRail as test management tool
• Experience with SQL and Non-SQL databases
  

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

SOLERA HOLDINGS, INC., AND ITS US SUBSIDIARIES (TOGETHER, SOLERA) IS AN EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. THE FIRM’S POLICY IS NOT TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST ANY APPLICANT OR EMPLOYEE BASED ON RACE, COLOR, RELIGION, NATIONAL ORIGIN, GENDER, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY OR EXPRESSION, MARITAL STATUS, MENTAL OR PHYSICAL DISABILITY, AND GENETIC INFORMATION, OR ANY OTHER BASIS PROTECTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. THE FIRM ALSO PROHIBITS HARASSMENT OF APPLICANTS OR EMPLOYEES BASED ON ANY OF THESE PROTECTED CATEGORIES.

Full time