Job Description

Req ID: 191811

NTT DATA Services strives to hire exceptional, innovative and passionate individuals who want to grow with us. If you want to be part of an inclusive, adaptable, and forward-thinking organization, apply now.

We are currently seeking a Systems Integration Advisor to join our team in Chennai, Tamil Nadu (IN-TN), India (IN).

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Drive the overall vision and strategy for quality and strive to continuously improve the quality processes by assessing testing efforts at various stages of development and at various layers of the applications and by researching emerging tools and technologies.
• Leverage technical experience and depth to help engineering bring more automation and efficiency to the development process, for higher frequency high quality releases.
• Ability to effectively and efficiently manage QA Engineers/Teams in multiple locations across the geographical locations (mainly onsite offshore - UK/India model)
• Create a culture of transparency, ownership, collaboration, accountability and quality
• Build a strong team with Quality Engineers to improve quality in products and to help build new automation frameworks and maintain and improve existing ones.
• Reinforce best practices and influence and empower the development team to build quality into everything they do, driving a culture of quality across supported organizations.
• Work cross-functionally with various stakeholders including release managers, test leads, and other suppliers and stakeholders.
• Routinely interface with senior business leaders and other senior members of the team.
• Demonstrate operational excellence, by way of managing continuous improvement programs and implementing standard tools and best practices.
• Be an advocate of Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement and industry recognized Best Practices.
• Drive and influence a culture of quality across all levels
• Managing team's performance of delegated responsibility
• establishing formal reporting arrangements on programme or project progress
• defining criteria for control and management of the programme or project
• receiving and reviewing detailed reports on the programme or project from the programme manager
• ensuring the Test team receives decisions on time
• establishing a mechanism to ensure regular dialogue with senior stakeholders, 3rd party vendors to promote problem solving, team working and risk sharing

SKILLS/ QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum 15 -20 years of managing complex program in a matrix structure
• Experience in managing large BSS transformation programmes
• A track-record as a self-starter, who enjoys daily problem solving, and who welcomes the opportunity to shape and execute ambiguous work streams as the situation demands
• Excellent oral and written communication skills
• Be able to evidence flexibility, technical knowhow and a willingness to learn quickly
• Experience of planning and managing test phases
• Experience across all phases of the software testing life cycle
• Experience of leading large teams.
• Strong negotiation skills, strong influencing skills, ability to work as part of a team, work under pressure and work independently.

About NTT DATA Services

NTT DATA Services is a global business and IT services provider specializing in digital, cloud and automation across a comprehensive portfolio of consulting, applications, infrastructure and business process services. We are part of the NTT family of companies, a partner to 85 % of the Fortune 100.

NTT DATA Services is an equal opportunity employer and considers all applicants without regarding to race, color, religion, citizenship, national origin, ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, physical or mental disability, veteran or marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please inform your recruiter so that we may connect you with the appropriate team.