QA Architect

TESTQ Technologies; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

TESTQ Technologies is seeking a Cyber QA Strategy Lead to define and drive the Testing Strategy, QA Maturity Framework, and governance across Cyber teams in a fast-paced delivery environment.

You will lead remediation planning, promote automated testing practices, and ensure evidence supports audits in regulated settings with clear KPIs, dashboards, and adoption tracking.

Qualifications

• Defined testing strategies and governance frameworks across multiple teams and regions.
• Aligned testing strategy with business goals and regulatory requirements.
• Led KPI/OKR development and data-driven quality improvements.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver Testing Strategy QA Maturity Framework and standards across Cyber teams.
• Drive adoption of automated testing and performance/stress testing where needed.
• Provide training and guidance for QA practitioners and ensure audit-ready evidence.

Skills

Testing strategy

QA governance

Stakeholder management

Agile/DevSecOps

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

GIT

Job description

• Define and deliver with guidance from the Cyber QA Practice Lead the Testing Strategy QA Maturity Framework and QA standards to be used across Cyber including the frameworks processes methodologies and tooling that should be used and adopted by the Cyber teams


• Lead on the Maturity Framework assessment and definition of the remediation plan needed to meet the agreed framework levels This includes driving the adoption of automated test practices across Cyber and assisting teams in determining the correct level of performance and stress testing to be performed This will cover both inhouse developed applications and thirdparty applications that are supported and maintained by the Cyber teams


• Provide support and assistance to the Cyber QA Practice Lead and help ensure their vision is effectively developed and implemented across the Cyber delivery teams


• Define and deliver appropriate training for the Testing Practice members and QA professionals within the Cyber teams and monitor adoption and usage of QA tools within the existing environments


• Provide standards and guidance for testing evidence suitable for audit review in our Regulated business environment and ensure that teams are following these guidelines and provide metrics and dashboards to support adoption tracking


• Work with the Cyber QA Practice Lead to establish clear KPIs and OKRs for the Cyber QA Team tracking delivery performance quality improvements and process efficiency


• Cyber Testing Strategy incl governance tooling metrics and adoption plan


• QA Maturity Assessment report remediation roadmap priorities milestones ownership


• Auditready testing evidence standards templates traceability expectations minimum evidence set


• KPIsOKRs and dashboards to track quality efficiency and adoption

What you will bring to the role

• Proven experience defining and delivering departmental Testing Strategies and governance frameworks including best practices across multiple teams and regions


• Proven experience in aligning testing strategy with business goals 6 years of QA experience 2 years in a QA Manager or QA Architect Lead role


• Proven experience supporting QAaudit readiness in regulated environments evidence traceability controls


• Participation in internalexternal QA audits or working with Control Owners Risk Compliance


• Relevant trainingcertifications eg ISTQB AdvancedTest Manager auditquality governance courses


• Strong stakeholder management experience and the ability to influence and build partnership across Teams and Departments in order to conduct data analysis and present raw data in a simplified manner displaying trend analysis and highlighting outliersexceptions


• Familiar with Agile software development and DevSecOps delivery processes burndown metrics backlog tracking velocity task definition retrospectives and defect management and supporting tools eg JIRA Confluence GIT etc


• Good verbal and written communication skills in English including experience of managing workshops and writing best practice documentation


• Able to work in a fast paced team focused environment with a proven track record of delivering and completing assigned tasks as an individual and as team

Mandatory Skills :

Appium-Java -Testing, Appium-Python -Testing