Lead Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Labcorp; North Carolina; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision

Life Insurance

STD/LTD

401(k)

PTO/FTO

Tuition Reimbursement

Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Job summary

Labcorp in Durham, NC seeks a Lead Software Quality Assurance Analyst to drive quality across enterprise-level applications. The role is full-time with a first-shift schedule and a hybrid work option for nearby residents, emphasizing hands-on leadership in test automation and cross-team collaboration.

The candidate will mentor junior analysts, define testing strategies, and engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment with enterprise goals and project success.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 6+ years of software test automation experience
• 6+ years SDLC experience
• 6+ years Jira/ALM/Zephyr
• 6+ years Java, Python, C#, VB Script
• 6+ years Selenium, UFT, Cucumber, TestNG
• 6+ years PostMan, RestAssure
• 6+ years SQL queries
• Current or prior LabCorp experience

Responsibilities

• Organize tasks, estimations and risk assessments for work assignments.
• Analyze complex projects to determine logical validation approaches.
• Derive testing strategies from architecture diagrams and design mocks.
• Self-manage quality processes throughout the software lifecycle to drive quality.
• Lead testing strategies spanning multiple business areas and teams.
• Mentor junior SQA analysts and engage with stakeholders on testing efforts.
• Communicate status, risks and mitigations to IT and business stakeholders.

Skills

Test Automation

API Testing

SQL Queries

Java

Python

Jira/ALM/Zephyr

Selenium

LabCorp experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Selenium

UFT

Postman

RestAssured

IDE tools

SQL tools

Job description

Labcorp is a global leader in laboratory services, providing the insights and answers that help healthcare providers, patients, researchers, pharmaceutical companies and health systems make confident decisions and improve outcomes. Through our unparalleled science, data, technology and laboratory network, we advance diagnostics, accelerate innovation and help address some of the world’s most important health challenges. As we shape the future of healthcare, we are leveraging advanced technologies, intelligent digital solutions and data-driven innovation across our operations to enhance how work gets done and deliver greater value to customers and patients. With our global scale and deep expertise, you’ll have the opportunity to do meaningful work, grow your career and make a real impact on people’s health around the world. Together, we’re improving health and improving lives.

Labcorp is recruiting a Lead Software Quality Assurance Analyst for a team in Durham, NC.

The Lead Software Quality Assurance Analyst helps deliver the quality, efficiency and performance expectations of enterprise-level applications and systems. These include multi-platform software products that are web-based, API/service oriented with middleware integration components and cross-functional/discipline capabilities. Candidates for this position are experienced, hands‑on and self‑motivated individuals who can work collaboratively in a continuous integration environment. This role involves working closely with business analysts, software developers and other IT roles to understand complex domains and products. The Test Automation Engineer will focus on contributing to the development of automated and functional integration tests as well as end‑to‑end tests for overall system validation.

Location

Durham, NC

Applicants who live within 35 miles of Durham, NC location will follow a hybrid schedule. This schedule includes a minimum of three in office days per week in Durham, supporting both collaboration and flexibility.

Work Schedule

This is a full‑time, exempt (salaried) position assigned to a First Shift schedule, with standard business hours of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST. Business needs may occasionally require flexibility in work hours, including earlier, later, or additional hours, with reasonable notice provided when possible.

Job Responsibilities

• Organize and manage assigned tasks, provide project estimations and perform risk assessments and planning based on the work assignment.

• Analyze complex projects and initiatives and determine logical validation approach.

• Ability to derive testing strategies and approaches from architecture diagrams, flow diagrams or design mocks.

• Self-managing with the ability to control the analysis and quality processes throughout the software lifecycle while continuously driving quality into the overall work process

• Ability to support medium/large size requests with minimal oversight.

• Serve as an individual contributor in a lead capacity on mid-level projects or initiatives.

• Lead/manage testing strategies that span multiple business areas and/or application teams

• Ability to recognize risks and mitigation strategies in software validation or workflow designs.

• Serve as mentor to junior level SQA analysts.

• Able to engage with various stakeholders (operations, IT, Vendors) on strategy, approach, testing efforts and issues/mitigation strategies.

• Able to analytically and critically assess projects or initiatives and identify risk areas.

• Communicate with all levels of IT and business to report status, risks, mitigations, etc.

• Ensure alignment of solutions with the overall enterprise goals.

• Participate in the interview process for jr level hires.

• Plus- Working experience with AI Software tools and techniques into automation process

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’sdegree

• 6 or more years’ of software test automation experience

Preferred Qualifications

• 6 or more years’ of the software development lifecycle, methodologies, standards and practices experience

• 6 or more years’ of advanced experience with Management/Document Repository tools (Jira, ALM, Zephyr, etc.)

• 6 or more years’ of advanced technical skills working with IDEs, programming/scripting languages (Java, Python, C#, VB Script)

• 6 or more years’ advanced skills working with automation tools/frameworks (Selenium, UFT, Cucumber, TestNG etc.)

• 6 or more years’ advanced skills working with API testing tools (PostMan, RestAssure etc.)

• 6 or more years’ of advanced experience in writing SQL queries.

• Current or prior LabCorp experience

Additional Job Standards

• Strong communication skills: both written and verbal

• Possess project management, organizational, and customer service skills

• Ability to take direction and work independently under minimal supervision

• Ability to handle multiple tasks/projects simultaneously

• Ability to work independently or in a team environment

• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)

Benefits

Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, STD/LTD, 401(k), Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO), Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase Plan. Employees regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours, Casual, Intern, and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) Plan. Employees who are regularly scheduled toworka 7 on/7 off schedule are eligible to receive all the foregoing benefits except PTO or FTO. For more detailed information, please.

Labcorp is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

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