QA Automation Lead II - Software Testing Who we are: Born digital, UST transforms lives through the power of technology. We walk alongside our clients and partners, embedding innovation and agility into everything they do. We help them create transformative experiences and human-centered solutions for a better world. UST is a mission-driven group of over 39,000+ practical problem solvers and creative thinkers in over 30+ countries. Our entrepreneurial teams are empowered to innovate, act nimbly, and create a lasting and sustainable impact for our clients, their customers, and the communities in which we live. With us, you'll create a boundless impact that transforms your career-and the lives of people across the world. Visit us at . You Are: UST is searching for a QA Automation who will create and organize testing process based on project requirement and manage test activities within team. The Opportunity: Defines the testing strategy and approach to validate new or enhanced functionality implemented by teams. Collaborates with team members to decompose functional and nonfunctional requirements into test scripts and scenarios. Determines test dependencies including QA test environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans, intra-team dependencies, and communication processes. Creates and executes manual and automated test scripts to validate the acceptance criteria defined within the epics and user stories implemented by team members. Develops manual test cases for all functional and non-functional requirements and collaborates with development team members to identify candidates for test case automation. Identifies risks impacting the timely delivery of a given product and collaborates with team members to prepare mitigation strategies. Executes smoke, functional, integration, and non-functional test scripts as part of the product/application delivery lifecycle. Collaborates with team members to investigate the root cause of failed manual or automated test scripts. Creates defects with detailed information pertaining to the failed test case/scenario with supporting documentation (screenshots, environment details, log files, etc.). Collaborates with team members to identify existing manual and automated test scripts that will be impacted through the development of new features and capabilities. Shares feedback with the team members pertaining to the quality of sprint deliverables during retrospectives. Manages the remediation of defects raised throughout the development lifecycle and creates supporting quality reports that are shared with stakeholders. Collaborates with product team members (e.g., Product Owners, System Analysts) to define the automating testing approach / strategy for a given product / application. Develops testing protocols and standards to improve end-to-end testing outcomes and shares and adopts best practices with the center of excellence (CoE) and other Quality Engineers. Creates test data to support the execution of functional and nonfunctional testing activities. Develops and executes automated test scripts to accelerate team velocity through the reduction of manual testing efforts. Maintains the automated testing suite and accompanying framework for a given product. Collaborates with team members (e.g., DevOps Engineers, Systems Architects) to incorporate new automated test scripts into the continuous integration pipeline. Shares test automation practices with engineers to promote "shift left" testing disciplines and practices (incorporate testing earlier in development) within a team. This position description identifies the responsibilities and tasks typically associated with the performance of the position. Other relevant essential functions may be required. What you need: 8+ years' software quality assurance engineering exper