AVP - Quality Assurance

JOB PURPOSE

·Plan, automate, implement, and improve DevOps and QA activities.

·Lead DevOps and QA practices throughout the product development life cycle.

·Establish DevOps strategy, architecture, and Quality Assurance.

Please note, this role is for a UAE national only.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

· Set up and lead the practice by creating DevOps and Digital Quality Assurance strategies, SOPs, tools, and teams to ensure successful software product deployment and foster a culture of excellence and innovation.

· Stay updated on industry trends and best practices, conducting research and testing new techniques applicable to software development projects.

· Design, build, and optimize DevOps, QA automation systems for web, mobile, data, and infrastructure platforms.

· Develop self-service solutions for the engineering department to deliver high-quality software efficiently, including scaling strategies, automation scripts, and streamlined execution.

· Create technology infrastructure and automation tools for configuration management maintenance.

· Collaborate closely with architecture and technical leadership for comprehensive DevOps infrastructure.

· Possess a deep understanding of programming and digital architectures to design cost-efficient serverless solutions and manage CICD solutions across various products.

· Establish and manage technologies such as Terraform, Veracode, Azure DevOps, Selenium, JMeter, and other CICD tools.

· Develop test strategies for DevOps and facilitate automated testing throughout the test lifecycle, emphasizing risk-based testing and test script reuse.

· Implement, monitor, and evaluate QA methodologies and standards to continually improve QA processes.

· Consult on improving test efficiency and reducing test cycle time by standardizing test cases, test data, automation, and code/test coverage analysis.

· Provide guidance to the test team for designing and implementing testing tasks necessary to meet project deliverables in day-to-day operations.

· Create metrics and reports to capture test progress for projects and releases.

· Track QA performance and report quality-related outcomes and activities to the Senior Manager of Digital Governance and Quality Assurance team.

· Implement deployment strategies to ensure zero service outages during updates and maintenance

QUALIFICATION AND EXPERIENCE

RELATED YEAR OF EXPERIENCE:

Min of 8+ years of experience in Quality IT, and Digital disruption across a number of industries field preferred.

TECHNICAL AND INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

·Proficient in Azure DevOps, Terraforms, Veracode, Selenium, JMeter, YAML, Python, and Jenkins.

·Extensive experience in configuring and automating monitoring tools.

·Familiarity with SDLC methodologies such as Agile.

·Proficient in process.

INTERPERSONAL SKILLS

·Strong communication and presentation skills

·Expert-level proficiency in Azure and Open-Source DevOps tools, Selenium and API testing, ensuring comprehensive test coverage.

·Advance project management skill.

·Excellent quality assurance skills, including analysis of data.

·Strong analytical skills

QUALIFICATION

·Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or related IT discipline.

·Certification on Azure DevOps and other CICD tools preferred

KEY RESULT AREAS

·Enforce standards and best practices for software development, DevOps, and quality assurance, ensuring organization-wide compliance.

·Ensuring timely issue identification and resolution.