Senior Quality Assurance Lead

Senior QA Expert Role

The Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst is a pivotal position in our software development team. This role involves overseeing the testing process to identify and rectify potential quality issues, ensuring applications meet business requirements.

This senior-level position requires a strong understanding of both manual and automated testing methodologies, as well as effective leadership skills to manage a team of testers performing various types of testing.

Main Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with Business Analysts and Technical teams to review project requirements and identify testable components.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive testing documentation, including Test Plans, Test Cases, Scripts, Test reports, and Bug reports.
• Design and implement a test strategy that leverages both automated and manual testing approaches based on project requirements and priorities.
• Maintain and update automated testing frameworks, including identifying suitable automation tools, defining test cases, and developing reusable test scripts.
• Perform thorough testing throughout the product life cycle, encompassing functional, integration, system, regression, usability, smoke, load, and mobile testing.
• Work closely with Developers, Business Analysts, and QA Analysts to escalate potential quality issues.
• Log enhancement requests and bugs in an issue tracker with detailed steps and screenshots to recreate the issue.
• Maintain associations between defects, test cases, and requirements, using test case management software and traceability matrices.
• Mentor and train QA team members on both automation and manual testing best practices, ensuring efficient test execution.
• Generate comprehensive test reports summarizing test results, identifying trends, and highlighting potential risks to stakeholders.

Requirements:

• Master's or Bachelor's degree from a recognized university.
• A minimum of 6 years of experience as a Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst within IT solutions or an equivalent role.
• Strong understanding of Software QA methodologies, tools, and approaches, including manual and automated testing techniques.
• Experience with popular automation frameworks like Playwright, Selenium, Appium, or Cypress, depending on the project needs.
• Basic understanding of programming languages like Java, Python, or C# for writing automation scripts.
• Strong experience with writing test plans, test strategies, and executing automated testing, including functional, smoke, regression, load, negative, and mobile strategies.
• Ability to create detailed and well-structured test cases for both manual and automated testing.
• Ability to solve problems, identify solutions, and escalate issues effectively.
• Experience working with Agile frameworks and defect tracking tools like Jira or Bugzilla.

Tech Skills:

• Azure DevOps, JIRA, HP Quality Center, SQL/T-SQL, Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Robo Framework, Core Java, Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, C#.

Other Requirements:

• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to operate in a fast-paced technical environment.
• Self-driven with the ability to work independently and collaboratively.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Attention to detail and ability to identify potential quality issues.
• Ability to work closely with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.