QA Lead (Automation & AI)

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Job Summary

The QA Validation Architect provides technical leadership for validation and quality assurance for MineStar modernisation programs. This role owns the test strategy validation execution and quality governance for phasewise modernisation from legacy to modern platforms. The role requires strong technical depth automation expertise and leadership to ensure releases meet acceptance criteria builtin quality standards and deployment readiness goals .

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership to all QA teams supporting MineStar modernisation initiatives
• Define and own the test strategy and validation approach for phasewise modernisation ensuring effective coexistence and transition between legacy and modern systems
• Establish and govern builtin quality standards and Definition of Done
• Define modernisation test suites by refactoring and extending existing legacy test suites
• Define and drive automation strategy coverage and standards across teams
• Make strategic decisions on test automation versus manual validation based on risk complexity and return on investment
• Review and approve test plans prepared by QA leads
• Plan and ensure adequate test coverage across functional integration system and nonfunctional areas
• Identify quality risks dependencies and challenges and drive mitigation actions
• Provide technical guidance for componentlevel servicelevel and API testing
• Collaborate with Product Managers Architects Engineering and QA teams to align validation with feature intent
• Drive validation execution to ensure features meet defined acceptance criteria
• Define enforce and make decisions on quality gates and deployment readiness
• Act as the final authority on validation approach decisions where technical or quality tradeoffs are required
• Track quality metrics test effectiveness and defect trends driving continuous improvement

Required Skills & Experience

• 12 years of experience in Quality Assurance and automation testing
• Experience working with multiple or large QA teams in enterprise or platform modernisation programs
• Strong expertise in manual testing concepts and test design techniques
• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps tools includingGit Maven Jenkins and DevOps pipelines.
• Handson experience with automation tools and frameworks including Cucumber and Playwright
• Strong understanding of SDLC and STLC in Agile and SAFe environments
• Solid knowledge of nonfunctional testing methodologies (performance reliability scalability security)
• Strong risk assessment and decisionmaking capabilities related to quality and releases

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