Quality Engineer-Test Management

Introduction A career in IBM Consulting is built on long-term client relationships and close collaboration worldwide. You’ll work with leading companies across industries, helping them shape their hybrid cloud and AI journeys. With support from our strategic partners, robust IBM technology, and Red Hat, you’ll have the tools to drive meaningful change and accelerate client impact. At IBM Consulting, curiosity fuels success. You’ll be encouraged to challenge the norm, explore new ideas, and create innovative solutions that deliver real results. Our culture of growth and empathy focuses on your long-term career development while valuing your unique skills and experiences.

Your Role And Responsibilities As a Quality Engineer specializing in Test Management, you will oversee testing for projects and applications, ensuring that client requirements are met through effective test strategies and technical execution plans. You will direct and work alongside a team to develop optimized test scenarios, manage the defect cycle, and provide technical direction. Your primary responsibilities will include:

• Develop Test Strategies: Prepare a comprehensive test strategy, estimate effort and time, identify dependencies, and build a technical execution plan that meets client requirements.
• Lead Test Scenario Development: Direct and work alongside a team to develop optimized test scenarios, create models and BDD test cases, and automate tests to ensure thorough coverage.
• Manage Defect Cycle: Oversee the defect cycle, resolve technical issues, and report status to management and clients to ensure timely issue resolution.
• Provide Technical Direction: Mentor team members and provide technical direction to ensure that testing methodologies and best practices are followed.
• Execute Test Cases: Execute test cases, analyze results, and identify areas for improvement to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Preferred Education Master's Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Test Strategy Development: Experience with developing comprehensive test strategies, estimating effort and time, and building technical execution plans that meet client requirements.
• Technical Testing Expertise: Experience in creating models and BDD test cases, automating tests, and executing test cases to ensure thorough coverage and high-quality deliverables.
• Defect Management: Experience with managing the defect cycle, resolving technical issues, and reporting status to management and clients to ensure timely issue resolution.
• Team Leadership: Experience in directing and working alongside a team to develop optimized test scenarios and providing technical direction to ensure that testing methodologies and best practices are followed.
• Testing Methodologies: Experience with core testing, technical testing, and testing methodologies, including business domain knowledge and project management skills.

Preferred Technical And Professional Experience

• Business Domain Knowledge: Experience with business domain knowledge, including understanding client requirements and developing test strategies that meet those needs.
• Project Management Skills: Experience with project management skills, including estimating effort and time, identifying dependencies, and building technical execution plans.
• Testing Methodologies: Experience with testing methodologies, including core testing, technical testing, and test automation.