Senior Specialist - Quality Engineering

Job Summary

We are seeking an experienced Microsoft 365 Test Lead to oversee integrated testing release validation and test environment management across the Microsoft 365 collaboration ecosystem This role is responsible for coordinating endtoend testing activities for platform changes impacting Microsoft Teams OneDrive SharePoint Exchange Online Microsoft Copilot Entra ID Purview and related services

The successful candidate will serve as a central coordination point between engineering teams technology owners release management infrastructure teams and business stakeholders to ensure platform changes are thoroughly tested documented and validated before production deployment This role requires strong technical understanding testing discipline organizational skills and the ability to drive crossfunctional collaboration in a complex enterprise environment

Key Responsibilities

Microsoft 365 Integrated Testing Leadership

Lead testing efforts for Microsoft 365 platform changes managed through integrated release management processes

Define coordinate execute and report on endtoend testing activities across multiple Microsoft 365 services

Review engineering requirements release documentation and test plans to determine testing scope and impact

Coordinate testing activities across various technical teams and service owners

Identify testing gaps risks and dependencies and proactively drive issue resolution

Escalate critical issues and provide timely status updates to stakeholders

Test Management Execution

Create maintain and execute test plans test cases and regression test suites

Manage testing activities using Octane and other testing tools

Upload testing evidence test results and supporting documentation

Validate platform functionality integrations compliance controls and user experiences

Lead daily and scheduled regression testing activities

Ensure test scripts remain current with platform changes and new feature releases

Work closely with engineering teams to socialize test findings spikes defects and emerging risks

Microsoft 365 Platform Knowledge

Maintain working knowledge of Microsoft 365 technologies including

Microsoft Teams

Microsoft Copilot

SharePoint Online

OneDrive for Business

Exchange Online

Microsoft Entra ID

Microsoft Purview

Vantage Retention and Governance

Microsoft 365 security and compliance capabilities

Understand how these technologies integrate and interact within the enterprise ecosystem

Test Environment Lab Management

Support and maintain Microsoft 365 testing environments

Manage lab refresh activities and environment readiness

Coordinate provisioning and maintenance of

oTest accounts

oTest tenants

oCompute endpoints

oBrowser configurations

oNetwork configurations

oLowerlane and productionlike environments

Identify opportunities to improve and modernize testing infrastructure

Compliance Control Validation

Support validation of compliance governance and control requirements

Maintain testing coverage for controls and regulatory requirements

Ensure test scenarios reflect current business security and compliance needs

Maintain awareness of services supporting

oData Loss Prevention DLP

oInformation Barriers Ethical Walls

oRetention and Records Management

oRegulatory controls

Continuous Improvement

Drive initiatives that improve testing efficiency coverage automation readiness and operational effectiveness

Evaluate the impact of technology changes such as

oEndpoint platform changes

oOperating system changes

oWeb browser updates

oNetwork infrastructure changes

Recommend enhancements to testing processes tooling and reporting

CrossFunctional Coordination

Partner with Microsoft 365 service owners engineering teams release managers infrastructure teams and support organizations

Coordinate crossteam testing activities

Facilitate discussions related to environment readiness test execution issue resolution and deployment validation

Maintain strong relationships across technical and operational teams

Required Qualifications

5 years of experience in software testing platform validation quality assurance or release management

Experience supporting Microsoft 365 collaboration technologies in an enterprise environment

Experience coordinating largescale integrated testing efforts

Handson experience with test management tools such as Micro Focus ALMOctane Jira or similar platforms

Strong understanding of testing methodologies defect management and release validation processes

Experience managing testing environments and lab infrastructure

Strong organizational communication and stakeholder management skills

Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously and operate independently