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Job Description

-Provide input to the Testing Manager in defining the Testing strategy. The role-holder will be responsible for defining optimal test plans in line as appropriate to the overall testing strategy in order to ensure comprehensive, end-end testing of the product life-cycle.
-Direct and supervise the efforts of the team of testing engineers in administering the test plan at various phases of the specific product development lifecycle. This will include evolving test cases; guiding and reviewing test cases defined by the team in order to ensure comprehensive and complete coverage and ensuring adherence to identified work processes.
-Provide clear and ongoing input to the line project teams regarding the results of testing so as to enable them to take appropriate corrective action to minimize defects and enhance product quality. Will work in collaboration with the line project teams to address and resolve issues on product quality.
-Lead, motivate and guide team members. This may include coaching to enhance performance levels; identifying and addressing development needs and working towards successful goal accomplishment.
-Collate and provide relevant metrics to internal stakeholders on critical performance and testing parameters such as defect density, defect leakage data etc.
-Collaborate with beta-site testers in issue replication and resolution whenever required. Log defects in the Defect management tool on a regular basis.
-Ensure adherence to quality norms prescribed through ISO, SDLC, STLC, CMMi etc in all activities. Will work to identify and implement process improvements in testing methodology.
-Work with counterparts to help plan, build, operate and maintain the testing environment
-A team of approx 10-15 testing engineers would report to this position

Education: BE/B.TECH/MCA

-Experience in software engineering tools & projects
-Exposure to testing software using contemporary defect detection and other relevant tools, ideally in a product environment
-Good knowledge in OOPs concepts, programming skills
-Experience to write SQL queries
-Good understanding of Relational Database (preferred : SQL/Oracle)

Company Profile

iSOFT is one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced software applications for the healthcare sector. With our core application set '' LORENZO '' we are at the forefront of the technology revolution taking place in healthcare.

Our products are used by more than 8,000 organisations in 27 countries for managing patient information and driving improvements in healthcare services. The strength of our business is demonstrated by impressive financial performance '' revenues increasing from '17m ($30m) to '262m ($457m) in five years.

iSOFT has gone on to win numerous industry recognitions, some of which are mentioned below:

* techMARK Company of the Year
* Placed in the Deloitte and Touche Fast 50
* Queen's Award for Enterprise: International Trade
* Healthcare IT Effectiveness Award for Innovation
* ProShare Award - Best newcomer to employee share ownership
* ProShare Award - Most effective communication of an employee share plan (under 1,000 employees)
* Frost & Sullivan Competitive Strategy Leadership Award
* Placed in Europe's 500 fastest growing companies
iSOFT India was established in early 2001 with an offshore R&D facility in Chennai. From a modest beginning iSOFT India has now grown to become a significant employer in the region. Started with just four people, iSOFT India today boasts of a workforce of 1,600 engaged in producing the most advanced healthcare applications for the global healthcare communities.

As a result of our innovative spirit and strong development capability, iSOFT's research-to-application delivery cycle time is unrivalled and the decision to create a dedicated offshore development subsidiary contributes significantly to maintaining our application leadership position. A solid and growing Indian operation continues to provide the Group with unmatched competitive advantage in bringing leading edge technology solutions to the market with unprecedented speed, efficiency and cost-effectiveness.

Our state-of-the-art facility in Chennai is spread over 110,000 sq ft. right in the heart of the city.
Recognising the need for a dedicated Solution Centre, iSOFT India expanded its operations in May 2005 with the launch of its second Indian centre in Hyderabad. The 45,000 sq.ft. facility plays an important role in adapting iSOFT products specifically to meet the needs of individual healthcare economies. Additionally, this centre also provides business continuity and disaster recovery support.
Today, iSOFT India supports a number of core products which underpin LORENZO, with a substantial majority of the workforce dedicated to LORENZO engineering. An ISO 9001:2000 accredited business, iSOFT India is committed to achieve process maturity leading to sustained product quality excellence. In this regard, a pathway towards CMMi Level 4 certification has been engineered, making iSOFT one of the pioneering IT product companies in the world to have embarked on such an initiative.
Over the course of the few years, India has become the international focus of the IT industry as an increasing number of technology companies elect to offshore to the region. iSOFT is proud to be amongst a select few organisations that have acted early to recognise the potential of the Indian talent pool and undertake high-end product development in the region.

Today, iSOFT's Indian operation is well-respected and recognised as a successful product company in the region, ensuring high-calibre recruitment and intellectual property investment retention. Through our Indian operations, we capture the innovative spirit of iSOFT and leverage it directly for the benefit of our customers worldwide.
In line with our clearly focused business strategy, we plan to mobilise our global market expertise and expand our international reach to become the world's number one software application company in the healthcare field.

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