Quality Assurance Director

Company: Vontier
Location: Annapolis
Posted on: March 19, 2023

Job Description:

As a Director of QA, you will implement policies and procedures for the software quality assurance function. Evaluates and monitors tools, methodologies, and automation to ensure effective testing and identification of defects. The Director of QA oversees integration, E2E and user acceptance testing efforts. This individual will be a change agent in our transformation to building, inspiring and guiding quality engineering teams to deliver best-in-class test automation frameworks. You will be working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment in which you will be developing and cultivating partnerships with many cross-functional teams.
WHAT YOU WILL DO

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  Provide direction to your team members, establishing and improving testing processes and strategies to ensure exceptional quality and end-user experience
  
  
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  Drive automation efforts to improve overall engineering efficiency with a particular focus on test automation, performance testing, continuous integration, and delivery
  
  
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  Guide the team in the design and implementation of test plans, reporting on the quality of products,
  
  
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  Mentoring and coach your team
  
  
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  Leading the team to test complex and new technologies and ready to roll up your sleeves and work through technical challenges with your team
  
  
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  Scale the QA team to build and deliver world-class SAAS products
  
  
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  Set clear goals and lead collaborative alignment across the company
  
  
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  Collaborate closely with Development, Product and QA teams to deliver software releases with an ever-increasing level of quality
  
  
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  Drive key metrics around quality, including how quality is reported at each step of the development lifecycle
  
  
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  Compile and report key performance indicators to the Executive Leadership Team
  
  
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  Enable effective decision-making and risk/return tradeoffs using quantitative and qualitative quality metrics
  
  
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  Work with HR to create well-defined career paths and opportunities for members of the QA organization.
  
  
  WHO YOU ARE
  
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    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related feild and 8-10+ years of core development
    
    
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    5+ years in team management/leadership handling testing and delivery of enterprise applications
    
    
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    Direct experience with:
    
    
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    Test automation tools (MS Visual Studio, C#.net, NUnit, xUnit, Selenium WebDriver, Rest API, Appium, etc.)
    
    
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    Candidates should be experienced with multiple operating systems, with a preferred emphasis on Microsoft Windows, and some familiarity with a "scripting" language (i.e., php, python, etc.)
    
    
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    Azure Portal, Azure DevOps (TFS): GIT, test plans, releases
    
    
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    Azure cloud environments
    
    
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    SQL Server Management studio
    
    
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    Postman and Cucumber
    
    
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    Jmeter, Gatling, AWS or similar
    
    
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    Has profound expertise in manual and automated test planning and execution while building modern test frameworks and infrastructure
    
    
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    Basic knowledge of STLC and understanding of Test Automation
    
    
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    Testing levels (integration, components, UI)
    
    
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    Testing types (functional, non-functional)
    
    
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    Testing approaches
    
    
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    Automation reports and KPIs
    
    
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    Ownership and improvement of testing processes and product quality
    
    
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    Communicate to key stakeholders and executive leadership on product quality
    
    
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    Ability to work in a continually changing, dynamic environment and drive top issues to resolution
    
    
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    Ability to summarize key points and tie them back to the customer experience and present them crisply
    
    
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    Familiarity with distributed systems testing SaaS system & performance testing
    
    
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    Computer Skills : Demonstrated knowledge of Microsoft applications, including MS Access and Office applications. Generic troubleshooting knowledge and problem-solving skills for electronic equipment, systems, and software. Familiarity with MS DevOps and Agile Methodologies. Demonstrated knowledge of networking topologies and security.
    
    
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    Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Valid United States Driver's license. Must have own personal credit card to use for travel with a minimum of $2,000 credit.
    
    
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    Travel: Willingness to travel periodically in support of collaboration with other DRB Systems teams.
    
    
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    Other Requirements: Strong technical communications, both written and verbal. Detail oriented, with task and time-management abilities. Team player with strong interpersonal skills. Leads by example, takes everyone along, is hands-on and has a passion to drive for success.
    
    
    WHO IS INVENCO
    Invenco (a GVR company) uniquely builds highly complex end-to-end payment solutions. We have teams based in New Zealand, Malaysia and North America - focused on creating new and revolutionary products. We have all tech stacks including hardware, embedded applications, software & cloud. Our values of winning, collaboration & innovation are core to our culture - and we focus on continuing to build a positive environment. There has never been a better time to join us.
    Top three reasons to join Invenco:
    
    
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    Culture: Down-to-earth, open culture that values diversity & inclusivity.
    
    
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    Products: We're building new & unique products for the payments industry - if you are a techie this is the place to be.
    
    
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    Global: We're a global company - opportunity for travel, being part of a diverse team and international secondments as well.
    
    
    Invenco - Work Environment
    
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      We have an agile environment, with a focus on collaboration.
      
      
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      We offer flexible working and aim to look after our people. At Invenco we understand you have commitments outside of work - which could be picking up the kids from school, having a run during the day or just making sure you get to surf a great offshore before work.
      
      
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      We are a down-to-earth, open culture that values diversity & inclusivity - and encourage our people to bring their authentic selves to work. In our last survey 78% of employees felt that we had an inclusive environment.
      
      
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      Based in six countries we have over 32 different nationalities, and we celebrate our cultural differences with cultural lunches and celebrations.
      
      
      WHO IS DRB
      For over a third of a century, DRB's journey has been about helping entrepreneurs discover the American dream of running and growing a business. We supported - and often drove - an unprecedented era of growth in the car wash industry. With our support, car washes have limited weather impacts with unlimited wash plans, improved customer experiences with advanced technology and tapped hidden growth potential with data.
      Now as a masterbrand that includes DRB Tunnel Solutions (formerly DRB Systems - ), DRB In-Bay Solutions (formerly Unitec - ) and Suds---, that tradition continues. With the same pioneering spirit that has driven us from the beginning, we are poised to help car washes maximize production and revenue while navigating new challenges such as ever-increasing competition, consolidation and rising consumer expectations.
      The DRB team works together toward a singular goal: To help car washes squeeze every ounce of profitability out of their investments.
      WHO IS VONTIER
      Vontier is a $3B global industrial technology company focused on smarter transportation and mobility. Our six operating companies-Gilbarco Veeder-Root, Global Traffic Technologies, Teletrac Navman, Matco Tools, Hennessy Industries, and DRB Systems-are united by a powerful purpose: mobilizing the future to create a better world. Our portfolio of trusted brands includes market-leading expertise in mobility technologies, retail and commercial fueling, fleet management, telematics, vehicle diagnostics and repair, and smart cities. Vontier's pioneering solutions advance safety, security, efficiency, and sustainability worldwide.
      Energized by our shared purpose and values, we have a strong culture shaped by a deep organization-wide commitment to inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) and environmental, social, and governance (ESG). Eight vibrant global employee resource groups serve as powerful focal points for connection, community, and advocacy, and we actively support community causes through Vontier Cares. We offer flexible remote and in-person, open-space work options.
      #LI-AB1
      "Vontier Corporation and all Vontier Companies are equal opportunity employers that evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, ancestry, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions), age, marital status, disability, veteran status, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and other characteristics protected by law."

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