Lab & QA Manager - Norwalk, CT area -Will relocate

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Lab & QA Manager - Will relocate

Will relocate the right candidate.

The position is hardware and Infrastructure related, not software.
The Lab and QA Manager is directly responsible for the planning, build out and day-to-day management of the engineering lab where new technologies are developed, integrated and tested. Also responsible for ensuring the overall quality of IT products being engineered.
The Lab Manager is responsible for the operation and forward looking growth strategy (financing, processing, hiring, finding necessary equipment, etc.) of the lab. This person will concentrate on high-level lab related duties such as establishing policies for the execution of the work within the lab and management and coordination of such activities. In addition, the Lab and QA manager will establish quality standards, methods to verify and test quality, and work with the engineering teams on an ongoing basis to implement quality and testing programs.

A successful Lab & QA Manager can take a high level goal and run with it while managing and executing on tasks. We are looking for a “team player” who will be able to manage the numerous projects hitting the lab as we embark upon integrating technologies.

Responsibilities:
-Working closely with the Operations Team to ensure that solutions being engineered in the lab will be operable
-Gathering/Documenting business and technical requirements of the lab
-Maintaining a deep understanding of technology solutions (both deployed and future)
-Keeping up to date on industry trends
-Creating architectural guidelines and principles for the lab environment as well as policies and processes for the projects’ use of the lab
-Maintaining relationships with key vendors
-Determining hardware and software components to meet Lab Requirements
-Ensure deployment of new technology solutions has been appropriately tested and is providing services which are at least “at the bar” from a quality perspective
-Ensure quality of new technology solutions is in line with “business” and operational needs, through the definition, verification and execution of QA Processes, Production readiness testing, Operational readiness testing
-Ensure that engineering solutions are reliable, secure and efficient, through Quality Assurance of engineering builds, including: Shakedown / Stress-test, Functional Testing Integration testing Documentation QA

Qualifications:
-At least 10 years of experience in relevant infrastructure technologies, including experience leading complex initiatives
-Quality focus: individual needs to be able to systematically test and keep a quality eye on a series of work products coming from Engineering
-Experience with SDLC-type of practices namely testing methods including: unit testing, integration testing, regression testing, stress/performance testing, destructive testing, and ability to define when these methods and practices are relevant
-Strong Quality documentation experience: the individual will need to ability to create technical documentation standards to ensure quality delivery, and will need a keen eye to review these documents as provided by the project teams
-Operational experience, namely the ability to think about what “could break” once a product is in operations, and can devise means to test these types of circumstances
-Experience designing and implementing lab set-ups with deep knowledge of hardware and platforms currently in use and to-be-used within Company
-Extensive experience managing highly volatile technical environments including labs
-Hands-on knowledge of key operating system environments including MS Windows, Red Hat Linux and VMware
-Must be able to work well in an ambiguous and changing environment
-Ability to screen, interview, evaluate and recommend new hires
-Open to giving and receiving direct criticism in an environment where people are encouraged to challenge and criticize management of all levels


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