IT SAP Technical Software Testing

Decca Recruiting

Full Time
Houston
Posted 1 year ago

Position:

IT SAP Technical Software Testing (Senior – Lead)

Job Description Summary:

The Application Service Group (ASG) QA Delivery Lead reports directly to the Halliburton Global IT QA Manager supporting projects and sustaining activities within the Testing team, while adhering to the Halliburton Application Service Group (ASG) QA COE governance. This role will be accountable for supporting the Offshore Team and aligning their organization with Halliburton Application Service Group (ASG) Testing COE Best Practices and Strategic Initiatives. This individual must possess strong technical, organization management leadership skills and a thorough knowledge of Software Testing Lifecycle to ensure that team members are equipped to deliver the Testing role within their teams.

The individual fulfilling this role will need to be able to implement the vision and strategy laid out by the Halliburton QA leadership within their organization. This individual must possess an ability to be vendor agnostic and demonstrates a willingness to collaborate with multiple vendors across projects or within the Application Service Group (ASG) QA COE Team.

Roles and Responsibilities:

  • Understanding Halliburton Application Service Group (ASG) COE Governance and cohesiveness within their organization
  • Identifying skilled resource profiles that align with job descriptions and work assignments
  • Implementing an internal onboarding plan for resources working within Halliburton Application Service Group (ASG) QA (i.e., time tracking, time management (unplanned time away), skills gap closure plan and knowledge retention)
  • Providing estimates for projects or sustaining efforts across the Halliburton Application Service Group (ASG) QA portfolio
  • Overseeing the sustaining work and maintaining the quality of the deliverable as identified by Application Service Group (ASG) QA COE Governance
  • Mentoring and Coaching resources assigned to projects to ensure that the testing strategy yields a quality delivery
  • Leading Testers in working effectively on Collaborative Agile teams to support “potentially shippable’ goal and strong collaboration across roles
  • Collaborating closely with the Application Service Group (ASG) QA COE Team by implementing training internally, ensuring resources are aligned with guidance and templates and responds to action items identified by audit reviews in a timely manner
  • Taking responsibility for the Quality Assurance discipline across platforms and functional areas where resources are staffed by vendor

Skills:

  • Thorough understanding of the Software Testing Discipline 8 years of experience performing the Test Oversight Leadership role working with a large globally distributed team
  • Able to attract, develop and retain top talent within the Testing discipline, including sustaining an effective succession management plan and evaluating employee performances
  • Strong decision making and risk assessment to minimize likelihood of product
  • Ability to create a strategy and work with the team to determine the tactical actions needed to implement the strategy
  • Ability to manage onboarding and offboarding, and monthly reconciliation report of resources
  • Staying current on latest test approaches and tools, and transfer this knowledge to test team
  • Able to analyze and improve organizational effectiveness using data collected from project results, lessons learned, and other input sources
  • IT savvy, able to understand required technology and infrastructure needed to support the Testing/Quality Assurance function (Collaboration Zones, Tools, and Processes)
  • Ability to guide testing strategy from a balanced, computer science and Oil & Gas, perspective a Testing role and 7+ years managing the Testing/Quality assurance role
  • Project Management and oversight of multiple projects and teams in parallel and driving for results
  • Familiar with the Agile Framework and Software Testers roles within Agile

Minimum:

  • 7+ years leading an Enterprise SW Testing team (25+) which is globally distributed delivering highly complex and integrated software across multiple platforms leveraging various SDLCs
  • Hands-on experience managing a Testing team with responsibility to test multiple technology types including SAAS, SAP Platform and Azure Cloud Solutions
  • 5+ years as a tester in a Software Quality Assurance organization with hands-on experience working in various technologies & 7+ years hands-on experience testing the SAP Platform
  • Hands-on experience tracking software defects, creating metrics, and writing status reports on the testing process
  • Familiar with various test tools, defect-tracking tools, and other tools supporting the Software Testing Lifecycle, and their integration with Application Lifecycle Management tools
  • Experience identifying and implementing process improvement initiatives
  • Experiencing implementing best practices across teams
  • Testing Experience in SAP S4 Hanna Migration – Preferred

Education Requirements:

  • Bachelor of Computer Science or related Degree required
  • Master of Business Administration Degree preferred
  • Candidates having qualifications that exceed the minimum job requirements will receive consideration for higher-level roles give (1) their experience, (2) additional job requirements, and/or (3) business needs. Depending on education, experience, and skill level, a variety of job opportunities might be available from IT SAP Technical Software Testing (Senior – Lead)

Background Check/ Drug Testing:

All candidates, who receive an offer from the client, will have to be further screened through a background check ( Past 7 Years – felonies, sexual cases, open DUI, etc.), drug test, and other possible tests before their employment.

Job Features

Job CategorySoftware
Salary Range$122,000/yr - $130,000/yr

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