QA Test Lead

Groupe Kardol; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Groupe Kardol in Jersey City, NJ seeks a QA Test Lead to guide testing strategy across Agile teams on a 12-month contract. The role requires hands-on expertise with Selenium 3.x, RPA/AI/ML awareness, and strong leadership to lift automation coverage.

Responsibilities include designing test scenarios, executing tests, and driving continuous improvement of QA practices while ensuring SDLC alignment and high-quality releases.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems or related field.
• 10+ years of experience within a total Information Technology (IT) environment.
• 4+ years of experience with designing, planning and execution of testing strategies and tactics to ensure software quality at all stages of the system life cycle.
• Ability to decompose business / functional requirements to build test cases.
• Build and execute manual/automation test scripts to verify functionality.
• Record test results and generate written reports that detail the findings/bugs, etc., and help to diagnose issues discovered during QA testing
• Report progress on problem resolution to project team
• 4+ years Agile / Agile team experience (preferable)
• Hands on experience with front and back end automated testing methodologies.
• Hands on experience using Selenium 3.x Test Automation Framework
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) with a primary focus on agile methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Build Test strategy in agile environment and improve automation framework.
• Lead the effort to improve automation % through knowledge and leadership.
• Drive Test Strategy across Digital group and guide other QA testers to implement test strategies.
• Develop and implement improvements to quality practices.
• Help to improve regression automation %.
• Plans, directs and coordinates activities related to software testing to ensure project quality goals are accomplished.
• Ensures compliance with software quality engineering policies and standards.
• Independent thinker, problem solver and Quality first mindset.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able challenge status quo

Skills

Test strategy

QA leadership

Agile testing

SDLC understanding

Automation

Selenium 3.x

Front-end/Back-end testing

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Selenium 3.x

Automation frameworks

RPA

Job description

Job Title : QA Test Lead

Location : Jersey City, NJ

Duration : 12 Months Contract

Need 10+ Years of EXP Candidates

Visa & Passport Number Mandatory For H1B

NOTE: Need to have Selenium + RPA+ AI/ ML (Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning)

QA Tester Responsibilities

The ideal candidate will enjoy building Test strategy in agile environment and should have a deep knowledge on test automation tools & processes. This role will have the opportunity to improve current automation framework. The candidate will also be responsible for leading the effort to improve automation % through knowledge and leadership.

Key objectives for the position

• Work closely with Product Owner / Business Analyst to understand requirements, Develop Test scenarios/cases, Execute Test Cases and automate eligible stories.
• Drive Test Strategy across Digital group and guide other QA testers to implement test strategies.
• Develop and implement improvements to quality practices.
• Help to improve regression automation %
• Plans, directs and coordinates activities related to software testing to ensure project quality goals are accomplished.
• Ensures compliance with software quality engineering policies and standards.
• Independent thinker, problem solver and Quality first mindset
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and able challenge status quo

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience in Computer Science, Information Systems or other related field.
• At least 10+ years of experience within a total Information Technology (IT) environment.
• At least 4+ years of experience with designing, planning and execution of testing strategies and tactics to ensure software quality at all stages of the system life cycle.
• Gain a thorough understanding of the project product, requirements, and key functionality. Ability to decompose business / functional requirements to build test cases.
• Build and execute manual/automation test scripts to verify functionality.
• Record test results and generate written reports that detail the findings/bugs, etc., and help to diagnose issues discovered during QA testing
• Report progress on problem resolution to project team
• Perform test data review, trending analysis and defect report generation
• 4+ years Agile / Agile team experience (preferable)
• Hands on experience with front and back end automated testing methodologies.
• Hands on experience using Selenium 3.x Test Automation Framework
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycles (SDLC) with a primary focus on agile methodologies.