GDS Consulting_ Testing QA Engineer Manager

Key Responsibilities:

• Mandatory experience in the Insurance domain, with Guidewire Property & Casualty (P&C) expertise considered a strong advantage.

• Lead and manage QA teams across multiple projects, providing coaching, mentorship, and career development to ensure high-quality delivery and team growth.

• Define and execute the overall Quality Engineering strategy, ensuring alignment with business objectives, delivery commitments, and client expectations.

• Establish and drive testing best practices, quality standards, governance frameworks, and continuous improvement initiatives across engagements.

• Collaborate with business stakeholders, product owners, development teams, architects, and operations teams to embed quality throughout the software delivery lifecycle.

• Oversee test planning, estimation, resource allocation, risk management, and quality reporting across multiple programs and projects.

• Oversee requirement traceability, test coverage, and functional validation across business-critical processes

• Drive defect management governance by monitoring defect trends, root cause analysis, defect leakage, and closure effectiveness to improve overall product quality.

• Ensure effective test data management and validation practices, including data verification across integrated applications, APIs, and downstream systems to support accurate functional testing outcomes.

• Quality Engineering & Test Automation Strategy - Driving automation adoption, ROI, and QE transformation initiatives.

• Continuous Testing & DevOps Integration - Embedding quality across CI/CD pipelines and shift-left testing practices.

• Test Architecture, Tools & Framework Governance - Evaluating, standardizing, and governing testing tools, frameworks, and automation solutions.

• Cloud, Environment & Test Data Management - Defining cloud testing strategies (Azure/AWS) and overseeing enterprise test data and environment management.

• AI-Driven Quality Engineering & Innovation -Leading adoption of AI-assisted testing, intelligent automation, and emerging QA technologies.

• Provide leadership in defining test approaches for functional, integration, regression, UAT, API, and automation testing activities.

• Drive QA transformation initiatives, including adoption of automation, shift-left testing, test optimization, and quality engineering practices.

• Evaluate and recommend testing tools, frameworks, and technologies to improve efficiency, coverage, and delivery quality.

• Monitor and communicate testing progress, quality metrics, project risks, and release readiness to clients and senior leadership.

• Lead distributed teams across multiple geographies and foster a high-performing, collaborative team culture.

• Identify opportunities for business growth by providing innovative solutions

• Cultivate and develop client relationships to enhance engagement and foster long-term partnerships.

Qualifications:

• Graduate/Post Graduate with strong technical background

• 10- 15 years of experience in software testing, with a strong focus on test automation.

• Proven experience in leading and managing teams in a fast-paced environment.

• Strong understanding of test automation technologies, frameworks, and best practices, with experience leading and governing automation initiatives using tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Appium, TestNG, and JUnit.

• Working knowledge of programming languages such as Java, Python, or C#, with the ability to provide technical guidance and oversight to QA teams.

• Experience driving quality engineering practices within CI/CD environments and recommending tools, frameworks, and processes that improve delivery quality and efficiency.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

What working at EY offers

At EY, we’re dedicated to helping our clients, from start–ups to Fortune 500 companies — and the work we do with them is as varied as they are.

You get to work with inspiring and meaningful projects. Our focus is education and coaching alongside practical experience to ensure your personal development. We value our employees and you will be able to control your own development with an individual progression plan. You will quickly grow into a responsible role with challenging and stimulating assignments. Moreover, you will be part of an interdisciplinary environment that emphasizes high quality and knowledge exchange. Plus, we offer:

• Support, coaching and feedback from some of the most engaging colleagues around

• Opportunities to develop new skills and progress your career

• The freedom and flexibility to handle your role in a way that’s right for you

If you can confidently demonstrate that you meet the criteria above, please contact us as soon as possible.

Join us in building a better working world.

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