Lead QA Automation Engineer Contract

Experienced Recruiting Partners; City of Albany (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Albany, NY is seeking a Tester Level 3 for a contract role. This position involves overseeing quality assurance activities, managing testing processes, and liaising with stakeholders to meet business needs. Candidates must have extensive experience in QA and leadership, with a strong command of automation tools and project management.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in quality assurance with leadership experience.
• Experience with test automation tools and defect tracking tools.
• Strong experience in managing complex projects and teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage quality assurance activities and adherence to testing strategies.
• Liaise with stakeholders and review deliverables from vendors.
• Create and maintain test automation scripts and frameworks.

Skills

Leadership

Quality Assurance

Stakeholder Communication

Tools

Selenium

Jira

Job description

Contract Role

Location: Albany, NY

Responsibilities:

• Working for the QA Lead, the Tester Level 3 will manage and oversee quality assurance activities initially related to the program then move on to other program areas.
• Manage adherence to the Program Level testing strategy, quality assurance processes, artifacts and tools
• Manage quality assurance team and deliverables
• Liaison with relevant stakeholders, including subject matter experts, users, executive teams, etc. to ensure that projects meet business needs
• Oversee adherence to the Program Level testing strategy, quality assurance processes, artifacts and tools
• Review deliverables from vendors to ensure system testing and delivery are in line with business needs, as described in the requirements
• Create and Maintain Test Automation scripts and Frameworks and provide guidance and advice to other resources to do the same
• Produce reports to Management and Project teams regarding status of Testing Efforts and Defect Management
• Manage test environments, test accounts and test data according to best practices.
• Manage blended teams of State and vendor resources
  

Requirements:

• Level III- 7+ years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Tester
• 7+ years of work experience in quality assurance, managing testing across multiple high-profile projects, with complex functional domains, within a matrix organization.
• 5+ years of work experience reporting and presenting to stakeholders and senior management.
  

Desired Qualifications:

• 7+ years of work experience developing testing products including test plans, test cases, automated test scripts and defect reporting documentation.
• 3 - 5 years of work experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium., Katalon etc.
• 3-5 years years of work experience with defect tracking and test planning tools such as Jira, Jira-related plug-ins or HP Application Lifecycle Management/Quality Center.
• 3-5 years of work experience in java scripting or related programing languages within the context of developing automated test script solutions.
• 3-5 years of work experience supervising teams of quality analysts.
• 3-5 years of work experience leading and facilitating meetings, workgroups, etc.
• 3-5 years of work experience with creating reports and dashboards for test metrics using Jira or other tool
• 3-5 years of work experience managing the defect lifecycle including defect creation, monitoring and status reporting as well as retesting defect fixes.
• 2+ years work experience coordinating with, and liaising with, performance testing teams or security testing teams.
• 2-4 years of work experience with Eligibility, Enrollment and Case Management related systems