Lead System Engineering needed by ATandT Services, Inc. in Dallas, TX 75202 [and various unanticipated locations throughout the U.S.; may work from home] to support quality assurance and test architecture responsibilities for major projects and validating critical customer flows in the online digital space. Design and implement test plans and strategies along with writing and executing test cases. Identify and create defects and manage them through final resolution. Utilize test automation strategies to enhance test execution and coverage. Work with business stakeholders, development and architects across teams to identify the high priority scenarios for end-to-end validation and coordinates the testing efforts. Analyze test results and metrics and prepare and present test status reports on a regular basis. Communicate progress proactively and regularly using available tools and strategies including scheduled and ad hoc meetings, formal jeopardies, escalations, daily/weekly progress reports, and defect metrics collections. Engage with impacted teams throughout all phases of the software development life cycle from project initiation to final production validation. Work on test planning, test case design and execution for large-scale projects within an integrated test environment requiring validation across multiple touchpoints including APIs, microservices, email/SMS communications, file feeds, and UI components. Work with SCRUM, Agile and DevOps methodology. Employ automation tools for test execution. Understand multi-tier web application architecture, micro-service technologies, Devops model and on-prem/cloud integration. Working knowledge of database and basic SQL queries. Utilize monitoring tools for defect triaging and troubleshooting.