It Automation Lead

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At Alight, we believe a company’s success starts with its people. At our core, we Champion People, help our colleagues Grow with Purpose and true to our name we encourage colleagues to “Be Alight.”

Our Values:

Champion People – be empathetic and help create a place where everyone belongs.

Grow with purpose – Be inspired by our higher calling of improving lives.

Be Alight – act with integrity, be real and empower others.

It’s why we’re so driven to connect passion with purpose. Our team’s expertise in human insights and cloud technology gives companies and employees around the world the ability to power confident decisions, for life.

With a comprehensive total rewards package, continuing education and training, and tremendous potential with a growing global organization, Alight is the perfect place to put your passion to work.

Join our team if you Champion People, want to Grow with Purpose through acting with integrity and if you embody the meaning of Be Alight.

Learn more at careers.alight.com. 

IT Automation Lead 

(RESPONSIBILITIES)

The individual will be involved in the following critical activities: 

• Work closely with multiple stakeholders to gather requirements and priorities for test automation for .COM and CRM applications 
• Lead a small team of automation engineers to make sure we are implementing continuous delivery 
• Define automaton strategy for various projects. Help maintain automation roadmap and progress  

• Lead the effort to set up nightly automation runs and to find defects early on  
• Involved in maintaining the centralized automation test repository  
• Involved in creating, maintaining and executing test automation scripts for CRM and .COM applications utilizing Selenium and TOSCA tools 
• Work closely with development and QA team to gather high priority test scenarios to automate 
• Estimate and prioritize manual test cases for CRM and .COM applications to automate  

• Generate test reports 
• Create and run functional, integration, regression, and ad-hoc automated test cases; including both positive and negative scenarios 
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured automated test plans for functional, integration and regression testing.  
• Provide technical leadership/supervision for the creation, design, execution, documentation and maintenance of test plans and test cases (automated and manual testing) 
• Work closely with onshore and offshore testers to ensure testing deliverables are met 

• Follow standard QA methodologies to ensure the delivery of quality products. 
• Log and report defects and escalate issues 
• Work to meet project schedules, timelines and deadlines 
• Support business users in UAT activities for all major and minor releases. 
• Support once a month weekend production validation for all major releases (only onshore) 

• Strong attention to detail 
• Proactive nature, with a strong work ethic and eagerness to take initiative and go the extra mile 

The ideal experience and critical competencies for the role include the following: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field 
• 9-11 years of experience in technical and architecture role(s) on software testing projects  
• Strong QA Leadership and engineering experience in implementing Test automation and CI/CD concepts 
• Strong experience in scripting languages 
• Knowledge of Unit testing, middleware test automation frameworks 

• Knowledge Unit and functional testing frameworks(Junit, Maven, TestNG, BDD) 
• Knowledge of development concepts(REST, JSON, Web services and Microservices)  
• Experience with TestNG, Selenium Web driver, POSTMAN/SOAP UI, Cucumber, Eclipse IDE, BDD 
• Experience in developing automation strategy in the previous role  
• Experience with scripting tools – Python, Java, Ruby 

• Experience with build management tool : Maven or Jenkins 
• Experience with Azure DevOps 
• Experience with SQL Server and SQL queries  
• Experience with API testing 
• Willing to support manual testing occasionally. Experience with Integration and Regression testing 

• Experience and knowledge of Agile test management process and methodologies 
• 5+ years of hand on Quality Assurance experience with a key role in building and enhancing a QA function. 
• Experience with product development and testing life cycles including test approach and test case reviews. 
• Experience creating and maintaining test suites and cases in Azure DevOps Test Plans. 
• Familiarity with web app/SAAS/Paas software development, Azure Cloud computing solutions, Dynamics 365 and working knowledge of any Relational Database and DB Queries 

• Professional experience with software lifecycle management / Azure DevOps in a fast-paced software environment 
• The applicant must also have: Defect management experience and Test Life Cycle Management, any period of experience creating and reviewing of Testing Artifacts right from Test Strategy through Test completion report. 

Flexible Working

So that you can be your best at work and home, we consider flexible working arrangements wherever possible.  Alight has been a leader in the flexible workspace and “Top 100 Company for Remote Jobs” 5 years in a row.

Benefits

We offer programs and plans for a healthy mind, body, wallet and life because it’s important our benefits care for the whole person. Options include a variety of health coverage options, wellbeing and support programs, retirement, vacation and sick leave, maternity, paternity & adoption leave, continuing education and training as well as a number of voluntary benefit options. 

By applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight’s employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test.  You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.

Our commitment to Diversity and Inclusion

Alight is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion. We celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.

At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.

Diversity Policy Statement

Alight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state or local law.   In addition, we take affirmative action to employ and advance in the employment of qualified minorities, women, disabled persons, disabled veterans and other covered veterans.

Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request a reasonable accommodation/modification by contacting his/her recruiter.

Authorization to work in the Employing Country

Applicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.

Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.

We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
 

DISCLAIMER:

Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.