GIS Test Lead Remote Location
Job Description: >> Lead the planning, estimation, execution, and reporting of testing activities for GIS applications, services, and related enterprise integrations. >> Develop and maintain test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and traceability aligned to business and technical requirements. >> Oversee functional, integration, system, regression, user acceptance, data validation, and non-functional testing as required. >> Coordinate with business stakeholders, product owners, developers, analysts, architects, and vendors to ensure complete test coverage of GIS workflows and use cases. >> Validate GIS data models, map layers, feature services, map services, geospatial processing workflows, and downstreamupstream data exchanges. >> Manage defect lifecycle activities including triage, prioritization, root-cause analysis support, retesting, and closure verification. >> Mentor test analysts and junior QA team members, promoting best practices in quality engineering and documentation. >> Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate across cross-functional teams to align testing with sprint and release timelines. >> Ensure compliance with organizational standards, security requirements, and applicable regulatory or operational controls. Requirements: >> 10+ years of experience with software testing and SDLC including experience developing test strategy, leading teams and testing programs. >> 10+ years of hands-on experience testing GIS applications and geospatial workflows in enterprise environments. >> Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, test design techniques, defect management, and release validation. >> Experience with Esri technologies such as ArcGIS Pro, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Field Maps, or related GIS platforms. >> Experience with test automation and test automation strategy. >> Working knowledge of DevOps, CICD, and environment coordination in modern delivery pipelines. >> Experience testing REST APIs, data pipelines, integrations, and database-driven applications used by GIS platforms. >> Experience in utility industry (electrical and gas preferred). >> Experience supporting cloud modernization, migration or large-scale platform upgrades. >> Experience working with Agile, Scrum or hybrid delivery models.