QA Lead/Manager

Scigon Solutions, Inc.; Oak Brook (IL); Vor Ort; USD 120.000 - 160.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Scigon Solutions, Inc. in Oak Brook, IL seeks a hands-on QA Lead to own quality from strategy through release. You will write test cases, build automation, and drive UAT, test environments, and CI/CD integration with DevOps partners.

You will mentor the QA team, collaborate with product owners and developers, define acceptance criteria, and implement scalable QA processes to ensure releases meet business expectations.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of software quality assurance experience, including at least 3 years in a QA lead role.
• Hands-on experience running UAT programs and managing test environments.
• Experience building and maintaining automated test suites with Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or REST Assured.
• Ability to write SQL queries for test data setup and validation.
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions).
• Track record of building or improving QA processes, not just following them.
• Ability to explain technical issues to business stakeholders in plain language.
• Experience with test management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or TestRail.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments.

Aufgaben

• Lead end-to-end QA and UAT efforts across projects and releases, from test planning through sign-off.
• Set up, coordinate, and maintain UAT environments, including test data readiness and scheduling.
• Define acceptance criteria with business stakeholders and translate feedback into defects.
• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites; contribute to automation code.
• Drive test automation strategy and tool/framework evaluations across the team.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and API testing.
• Improve QA processes, standards, and documentation for repeatable testing.
• Track quality metrics, release readiness, and risk to leadership.
• Mentor QA team members and set expectations for testing
• Collaborate with Dev and DevOps to integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines.

Kenntnisse

QA leadership

UAT management

Test automation

API testing

SQL

CI/CD

Agile

Tools

Selenium

Playwright

Cypress

Postman

REST Assured

Jira

Azure DevOps

GitHub Actions

Jobbeschreibung

The QA Lead will own quality from strategy through release, building and running the user acceptance testing (UAT) program, managing test environments, and moving the team toward smarter, more automated testing. This is a hands-on leadership role: the right person sets direction and builds process, but also writes test cases, builds automation, and digs into defects alongside the team.

This role works directly with the Director of IT and partners closely with business stakeholders, developers, and product owners to make sure what gets released works the way the business expects it to.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end QA and UAT efforts across projects and releases, from test planning through sign-off
• Set up, coordinate, and maintain UAT and user acceptance testing environments, including test data readiness and environment scheduling
• Work with business stakeholders to define acceptance criteria, guide them through UAT cycles, and turn their feedback into clear, actionable defects
• Design, build, and maintain automated test suites, and contribute directly to automation code
• Drive test automation strategy: identify what should be automated, evaluate tools and frameworks, and guide implementation across the team
• Perform hands-on functional, regression, integration, and API testing
• Build and improve QA processes, standards, and documentation so testing is consistent and repeatable
• Track and report on quality metrics, release readiness, and risk to the Director of IT and project leadership
• Mentor QA team members and set clear expectations for how testing gets done
• Partner with development and DevOps teams to integrate testing into CI/CD pipelines and bring testing earlier into the delivery cycle

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in software quality assurance, including at least 3 years in a QA lead role
• Strong hands-on experience running UAT programs and managing test environments
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining test automation using tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, or similar
• Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or REST Assured
• Ability to write SQL queries for test data setup and validation
• Experience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar)
• A track record of building or improving QA processes, not just following them
• Comfort working with business users and senior stakeholders, and the ability to explain technical issues in plain language
• Experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or TestRail
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments

Nice to Have

• Ecommerce experience, especially testing checkout flows, payments, order management, or customer-facing web platforms