Quality Assurance and Testing Specialist

At Owens Corning, we strive every day to make the world a better place. Our track record, now surpassing 75 years, shows sustained results in this pursuit. Our history also shows market-leading businesses in insulation, roofing and fiberglass composites.

The Quality Assurance (QA) & Testing Lead Specialist will connect across the global Owens Corning GIS organization. This individual will interact with operational and development teams leveraging several methodologies and/or frameworks (ex: ITIL, Agile and Waterfall). The QA & Testing Lead Specialist will partner with these teams to operate, educate and implement proven QA & Testing methods and tools. He/she will experiment with other methods and tools to further enable the Owens Corning GIS strategy.

**QA & Testing Capability Stewardship (65%)** * Manage execution of day to day operations; could involve managing 3rd party resources and providing backup testing tool/application support * Execute, deploy, and maintain QA & Testing standards and policies * Design and implement functional & performance automation scenarios * Manage & maintain testing assets * Drive and track the automation and execution of performance and regression test assets to ensure adequate coverage * Drive and track procedures for creation and maintenance of manual test assets to ensure sustainability and coverage * Identify and implement improvement initiatives to increase the effectiveness and efficiency of testing tools and processes **Deliver QA & Testing Strategy and Service (25%)** * Develop QA & Testing standards & policies * Consult with teams to raise the acumen of QA & Testing capabilities * Collaborate with cross-functional partners on the development of appropriate testing strategies * Validate quality of test plans and scenarios * Design and implement measurement/metrics * Design and implement automation strategy for GIS projects * Design and implement test data management strategy supporting performance and functional testing **Project Participation (as needed)** * Lead or participate in testing activities for key global projects requiring a high level of testing science * Transition the sustainment of post project testing scenarios to support organizations * Manage 3rd party resources executing functional and performance testing

* Bachelors Degree * Minimum 5 years working in Information Systems **Experience:** * 1- 2 years application/software testing * Experience in end to end software development life cycle (Design, Development and Deployment) * Experience with the following tools preferred (HP QC/ALM, HP PC/LoadRunner, SAP TAO, SAP Solution Manager, Jenkins, Atlassian toolset, GitHub) **Knowledge, Skills & Abilities:** * Process knowledge of application testing science * Demonstrated project management * Demonstrated meeting facilitation * Relationship building and collaboration * Business requirements translation to technical solution specifications * Knowledge of basic Lean, Six Sigma concepts & methodologies