Tata Consultancy Services

Lead- Assurance

Tata Consultancy Services$120K — $140K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Telecommunications & Hardware
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years experience in telecom networking and service assurance.
  • Strong familiarity with TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, SNMP, BGP, MPLS, and Ethernet technologies.
  • Hands-on experience in Functional Testing, System Integration Testing, and Automation Testing.
  • Proficient in automation tools like Selenium, and testing tools such as ServiceNow and BMC Remedy.
  • Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to correlate network events with business impacts.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute comprehensive testing strategies for telecom applications.
  • Analyze business and functional requirements to create effective test plans.
  • Design and execute a variety of test cases including regression and end-to-end tests.
  • Validate telecom workflows and service assurance processes across multiple environments.
  • Simulate network failure scenarios to test incident management workflows.
  • Develop automated test scripts to improve testing efficiency and coverage.
  • Collaborate with teams to translate business requirements into testing objectives.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical coverage including health, dental, and vision.
  • Discretionary annual incentive and performance bonus opportunities.
  • Parental and family support with generous leave policies.
  • Reimbursement for commuter costs and professional training.
  • Time off benefits including vacation, sick leave, and holidays.
Full Job Description
Onshore Migration Assurance Lead / CBG ServiceNow Migration Business Validation Testing Lead

Must Have Technical/Functional Skills

Telecom & Networking
• Strong understanding of telecom network architectures and operations.
• Hands-on knowledge of:

o TCP/IP

o DNS

o DHCP

o SNMP

o BGP

o MPLS

o Ethernet Technologies

o WAN/LAN Networks
• Understanding of Service Assurance and Fault Management concepts.
• Familiarity with OSS/BSS environments.

Testing Skills
• Functional Testing
• System Integration Testing (SIT)
• End-to-End Testing
• Regression Testing
• API Testing
• Automation Testing
• UAT Support
• Defect Management

Tools & Technologies
• ServiceNow
• BMC Remedy
• Jira
• Postman
• SOAP UI
• HP ALM / Azure DevOps
• Selenium or equivalent automation frameworks
• SQL and database validation

Analytical Skills
• Strong troubleshooting and root cause analysis skills.
• Ability to correlate network events with business impacts.

Experience analyzing logs, alarms, incidents, and performance metrics.

Roles & Responsibilities

Quality Assurance & Test Strategy
• Define and execute comprehensive testing strategies for telecom and networking applications.
• Analyze business requirements, functional specifications, and network workflows to create effective test plans and testing approaches.
• Develop detailed test scenarios covering:

o Functional Testing

o Integration Testing

o Regression Testing

o System Testing

o End-to-End Testing

o User Acceptance Testing Support

Test Design & Execution
• Design and execute positive, negative, boundary, and regression test cases.
• Validate telecom business workflows, OSS/BSS integrations, and service assurance processes.
• Perform manual and automated testing across multiple environments.
• Ensure complete traceability between requirements, test cases, defects, and test results.

Telecom & Network Assurance Validation
• Validate network monitoring and fault management systems.
• Test alarm generation, event correlation, event suppression, and incident management workflows.
• Simulate network failure scenarios, including:

o Link failures

o Router/Switch outages

o Circuit disruptions

o Bandwidth degradation

o Service-impacting incidents
• Verify fault detection, service impact analysis, root cause identification, and remediation processes.

OSS/BSS & Integration Testing
• Validate integrations across:

o OSS Platforms

o BSS Platforms

o Service Assurance Systems

o Inventory Systems

o Provisioning Systems

o Ticketing Platforms
• Test integrations with platforms such as:

o ServiceNow

o BMC Remedy

o Monitoring and Event Management Systems
• Perform API validation for REST and SOAP services.

Automation Testing
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts and regression suites.
• Support CI/CD testing initiatives.
• Improve test coverage and reduce manual effort through automation.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated testing into release pipelines.

B2B Customer Journey Validation
• Validate customer-facing portals and operational workflows.
• Ensure accurate visibility of incidents, tickets, notifications, and SLA performance.
• Test end-to-end enterprise customer experiences during fault and restoration scenarios.

Defect Management & Reporting
• Identify, analyze, document, and track defects through closure.
• Participate in defect triage and root cause analysis sessions.
• Provide daily and weekly quality reports highlighting:

o Test execution status

o Defect trends

o Quality risks

o Release readiness

Stakeholder Collaboration
• Collaborate with offshore and onshore teams, product owners, architects, and business analysts.
• Translate business requirements into measurable testing objectives.
• Communicate testing progress, risks, and recommendations to project stakeholders.

Education

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, IT, Telecommunications, or related field. Equivalent telecom service assurance/testing leadership experience may be considered.

TCS Employee Benefits Summary
• Discretionary Annual Incentive.
• Comprehensive Medical Coverage: Medical & Health, Dental & Vision, Disability Planning & Insurance, Pet Insurance Plans.
• Family Support: Maternal & Parental Leaves.
• Insurance Options: Auto & Home Insurance, Identity Theft Protection.
• Convenience & Professional Growth: Commuter Benefits & Certification & Training Reimbursement.
• Time Off: Vacation, Time Off, Sick Leave & Holidays.
• Legal & Financial Assistance: Legal Assistance, 401K Plan, Performance Bonus, College Fund, Student Loan Refinancing.

Salary Range: $120000 - $140000 a year

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About Tata Consultancy Services

Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) is an Indian multinational information technology (IT) services and consulting company, headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. It is a subsidiary of Tata Group and operates in 149 locations across 46 countries. TCS is the largest Indian company by market capitalization and is ranked 11th on the Forbes Global 2000 list of the world's biggest public companies. TCS is also the second-largest IT services company in the world by revenue and the largest employer of women in India. The company provides services in areas including IT, consulting, and business solutions.
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