Lead QA Engineer Role 10 Month Contract
Background and Experience Required:
- Years of Experience
- Industry Experience: 5 years of handson experience in Test Management
- Experience with Test Management tools configuration
- Solid understanding of Test Management throughout the lifecycle (SDLC & STLC)
MustHave Skills (Mandatory Skills):
- Strong analytical skills
- Proficiency in test management tools
- Ability to align testing efforts with business goals
- Skilled in handling test status meetings retrospectives and presentations
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Ability to establish a collaborative relationship with product teams
- Knowledge of test metrics and reporting for stakeholders
- Understanding of ShiftLeft Testing
- Encouraging a continuous learning culture in QA teams
- Good work ethic
Job Description / Responsibilities:
- Test Management:
- Test Strategy & Planning: Establish and enforce QA best practices and industry standards
- Test Execution & Delivery
- Oversee test case design execution and defect management
- Ensure functional nonfunctional (performance security usability) and automation testing is performed
- Ensure automation is integrated with CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing
- Balance manual vs. automated testing for maximum effectiveness
- Identify and mitigate testing risks proactively
- Ensure regression testing is conducted before every release
- Ensure compliance with security regulatory and industry best practices
- Maintain documentation for audit and reporting purposes
- Provide test status updates dashboards and key metrics to leadership
- Communicate risks defects and test progress clearly to stakeholders
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams
- Drive process improvements using Agile DevOps and ShiftLeft testing approaches
- Stay updated with emerging trends in testing methodologies tools and AIdriven testing
- Implement lessons learned from previous projects to refine testing practices