QA Lead

As a consultant with our client, you’ll receive:
- Highly competitive market hourly rates
- A 12 month contract with a strong probability of extension
- Remote interview process


Responsibilities
Create test strategies and guidelines for QA team
Key contributor to test tools and lead implementation of tools to team
Implement process improvements in testing and SDLC lifecycle
Assemble end-to-end test plans in collaboration with business and technology stakeholders.
Facilitate reviews, checkpoints and stage-gates with stakeholder and SME groups.
Coordinate environment and data readiness plans for end-to-end testing.
Works with application owners in securing resources required to perform test verification activities.
Understands internal and external project dependencies and actively manages associated risks.
Actively monitors and manages defects/issues and drives defects prioritization with business.
Set-up and drive triage/swat teams to resolve blocking issues and/or risks.
Communicates testing status, upcoming milestones, resource issues, etc to stakeholders.
Champions best practices of software testing processes and procedures.
Performs manual or automated testing as required
Testing automation skills are a big plus


Qualifications
Education and/or strong work experience in Information Technology or a related field.
Possess expert level understanding of software development practices and project life cycles.
Proven experience with enterprise systems/application testing (both manual and automated).
Strong communication skills (both verbal and written).
7+ years as QA analyst or Testing Automation Engineer; 10+ years in IT.
Experience planning testing automation based on effective labor/manual hours savings
Familiarity with testing automation tools such as Selenium
Familiarity with the tech stack : Java/Spring Boot/Kafka/AWS
Demonstrated experience of technology tools such as Jira, Confluence, ServiceNow, Sharepoint, etc.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills is necessary.
Experience with cloud technologies is essential.
Experience in a retail environment is preferred.


Additional Manager Comments:
Commitment to work from our Vancouver downtown office 3-4 days a week
Flexibility to coordinate with resources/stakeholders in offshore locations (India, Hong Kong)
Handle the QA lead responsibilities for multiple programs/projects
Experience in automation testing of web applications is needed

Summary
If you are a QA Lead and the prospect of joining a dedicated team intrigues you, then this role with our high-profile client could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Apply below or reach out to your Randstad representative for more information.


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