Test Architect L1(Contract)

Wipro•Irving, TX

About The Position

The Quality Engineering Test Architect (QE-TA) is a strategic testing leader responsible for overseeing end-to-end testing governance across projects and releases. The role coordinates Business Analysts, Business Sponsors, testing teams, and project stakeholders to ensure testing is planned and executed effectively and aligns with release objectives. The QE-TA monitors testing quality, progress, and defect resolution and produces testing artifacts that support decision-making throughout the software delivery lifecycle. The role also involves analyzing client technology environments, gathering information about platform constraints, technology stacks, and performance expectations, creating low-level design inputs, assessing integration compatibility, and supporting troubleshooting during deployment phases. Fraud experience and quality management skills are mandatory.

Requirements

Mandatory fraud experience.
Mandatory quality management skills.
8–10 years of experience.

Responsibilities

Review Project Scope documents in PTS and available Project Feature documents in Confluence to determine whether end-to-end testing is required.
Schedule and lead discussions with Business Analysts and Business Sponsors to align on end-to-end scenarios and identify impacted teams.
Involve testing teams to finalize scenario steps and resolve outstanding questions before testing begins.
Obtain end-to-end scenario sign-off and resolve open questions at least one week before UAT/Unified Testing starts.
Coordinate Testbed criteria-pull readiness by reminding testing teams to submit for UAT1 and UAT2 environments in line with the Release Calendar.
Coordinate or submit Test Data Management requests through the designated SharePoint site so test data is ready before execution.
Own and distribute Testing Status emails during Unified Testing, adjusting communication frequency to project risk.
Remind testers before release start to upload user stories and test scripts to the correct Zephyr Release Fix Version aligned with the JIRA Fix Version.
For non-Zephyr teams, direct testers to create test scripts in Excel and provide the Required Testing and Test Exit Report Input document.
Monitor testing progress, identify potential schedule slippage, and intervene to help testers meet release milestones.
Monitor defect health in JIRA, track aging defects, drive updates, and facilitate timely resolution.
For defects requiring a Vendor or Partner fix, ensure the applicable Citi Developer is assigned as the primary point of contact.
Initiate the Test Plan Input in the first impacted Sprint.
For Zephyr teams, validate that the Zephyr Release aligns with the User Stories Fix Version and that user stories and test scripts are loaded and ready for execution.
Generate the TER Readiness Checklist and create the Test Exit Report for the production release.
Use the JIRA TA Dashboard or targeted JIRA queries to confirm all impacted Scrum Teams, including teams that joined later, are accounted for.
Participate in client discussions to gather technology environment constraints, technology stack details, and performance expectations.
Create low-level design inputs and provide technical viewpoints for assigned technology components in accordance with standards and best practices.
Assess client technology environments for integration support and system-level technical compatibility.
Support testing activities and troubleshoot deployment errors with developers and infrastructure teams.