
Testing Center of Excellence Test Architect
- Newark, NJ
- $101,600-160,900 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Align with and support the strategic direction of broader IT organization. Provide insight to the testing strategic vision/plans/roadmap and identify key testing innovative technologies and product enhancements that improves customer experience and simplify current landscape
- Provide leadership, oversight and guidance on application design and development, serving as an expert on testing technical capabilities. Provide vision; define system and testing application architecture, problem anticipation and problem solving ability across the landscape
- Responsible for developing testing architecture framework to support product solutions for core business functions, ensuring alignment with other products as well as the overall IT enterprise
- Design, document and maintain system processes, report on common sources of testing technical issues or questions and make recommendations to product team
- Provide deep software/hardware testing technical architecture expertise to ensure proper solution design
- Responsible for establishing strong partnerships with vendors with clear expectations. This includes negotiating agreements, establishing service level agreements, and ensuring contracts are in place to support the product needs
- Bachelors' degree in Information Technology, Information Technology Management or a related discipline with at least 8 years of relevant work experience
- Performance testing, Systems analysis, programming, quality control, and test management experience
- Microsoft Project application knowledge
- Strong working experience in scripting using Python, Java, LRE scripting, vb script,, and version control
- Excellent understanding of and experience in IT project management methodologies.
- 8+ years project management experience managing projects from conception to successful implementation
- Commanding knowledge of the technical and business issues in any of the following areas: Applications or Infrastructure Architecture, Systems Development, Project or Product Management and Operations/Production support
- Proficiency using at least one Gartner-recognized test management application (e.g., ServiceNow, HP Quality Center, HP ALM, JIRA Xray) Proven experience with supporting large sized complex projects addressing issues & concerns to ensure project meet IT & business goals
- Strong experience with aligning project solutions to overall corporate enterprise architecture
- 2+ years proven experience supporting and coaching other architects / team members
- Work and communicate with a wide range of people - peers, vendors, staff members, broader functional and business leadership, and others. Consistently demonstrate professional, positive, and approachable attitude, demeanor and discretion
- Ability to proactively communicate technical topics in a clear, succinct, and relevant way
- Demonstrated ability to perform assigned work proficiently
- Demonstrated ability to effectively interact with external constituent groups and customers
- MBA or Information Technology Management or relevant post-graduate degree
- CTFL & other testing certifications
- ISTQB certifications
- PMP certification