Solution Test Architect

Introduction

As a Test Specialist at IBM, your analytical and technical skills will directly impact the quality of the software we create. Come work in an agile environment where you will help each iteration reach the next level. Whether the testing is manual, automated, or cognitive, you hold a key role in releasing the best deliverables to IBM’ers and our clients.

Your Role and Responsibilities

IBM’s state-of-the-art Client Innovation Centre (CIC) opened in Nova Scotia in March 2013 and is the first of its kind in Canada. The Centre weaves together IBM’s business insights and industry-leading software portfolio and is ideally suited for any client that needs flexible access to emerging or niche skills that may not be cost effective to grow internally. In addition, our focus on our team is unparalleled as demonstrated by the following:

The CIC NS is one of IBM’s highest performing delivery centres worldwide – for retention, client satisfaction and utilization. Our employees are empowered to stay and grow within IBM.

• We are very focused on continuous skill development – staff training is our third largest annual Centre investment. Employees are immersed in a culture of learning and constant growth
• Investment in key partnership with universities, government and private sector groups which has resulted in IBM having a key influencing role in Nova Scotia’s ICT industry, especially in talent development
• Be a part of making the world more instrumented, interconnected – and intelligent. Join us.

In this role, you’ll work in our IBM Client Innovation Center (CIC), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. These centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.

Responsibilities:

• Analyze functional requirements and review their suitability and testability
• Examining and evaluating quality, test coverage, traceability of the applications and drive the verification and validation of the functional interfaces to the application infrastructure.
• Designing test strategy and setting the direction for testing team.
• Recommending test tools and influencing the selection of test methods that adequately test the system.
• Providing technical leadership and assist with test planning.
• Providing leadership for test design and guidance during test specification development.
• Working with the project manager to identify and plan testing related activities and deliver a project on time and budget while meeting all quality objectives
• Ability to identify application design, environment, data, infrastructure, network, security, etc. related issues.
• Interacting with internal and client cross-functional teams to ensure successful execution of the test cases during development and successful transition to next phases of testing.
• Identify risk areas, issues, and potential mitigation options.
• Perform technical assessment of the feasibility of delivering requirements in light of the outline system architecture
• Ability to design testing solutions based on provided requirements, determining work effort estimation, developing staffing plan and working with resource teams to interview and select right resources for project delivery.
• Must relocate or located in Bedford NS.

• Minimum of 8-10 years demonstrated experience in the planning, design, management, execution, and reporting of testing projects using appropriate testing tools and techniques.
• Proficiency with test lifecycle management tools such as JIRA, HP UFT, etc.
• Proficiency with Agile project delivery methods.
• Proficiency with Cloud technologies as it relates to testing of cloud migration projects and testing of cloud native applications
• Experience in using and enhancing test estimation models.
• Experience with analyzing test defects and help with defect resolution process
• Ability to Perform Vendor / Product / Design / Implementation Tools Selection
• Demonstrated leadership abilities including managing teams and project assignments, designing and executing processes and plans, resolving issues and building consensus across groups.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to adjust communication details level based on audience.
• Excellent people management skills
• Excellent organizational skills to track, monitor, and report testing progress
• Detail oriented multi-tasker with ability to prioritize and manage conflicting demands to targeted deadlines
• Retail industry experience preferred

• Retail industry experience preferred