QA Tester Lead

Valiant Technologies LLC; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 77,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Valiant Technologies LLC is seeking an experienced QA Tester Lead (Level III) in Houston to oversee quality assurance across multiple workstreams, including Enrollment and Case Management and Financial Management. You will manage enterprise QA programs, automation initiatives, and defect tracking to ensure on-time delivery.

The role requires strong leadership, stakeholder coordination, and the ability to lead blended state and vendor teams.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in enterprise-level QA, test management and automation.
• Strong leadership and vendor/state resource coordination.
• Ability to align testing with program-level strategies and business requirements.

Responsibilities

• Manage and oversee QA activities across multiple workstreams, including EECM and Financial Management (FM).
• Ensure adherence to program-level testing strategies, QA processes, standards, artifacts, and tools.
• Lead and manage QA teams, testing activities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, including business users, subject matter experts, executive teams, and project leadership.
• Review vendor deliverables to ensure testing and system implementation meet business requirements.
• Prepare and present testing status reports, metrics, and progress updates to management and project teams.
• Manage test environments, test accounts, and test data following established best practices.
• Coordinate and manage blended teams of State and vendor resources.
• Lead QA meetings, workgroups, and testing-related discussions.
• Manage defect tracking, monitoring, retesting, and status reporting.
• Coordinate with performance testing and security testing teams.
• Ensure quality standards and testing milestones are achieved across multiple projects.

Job description

Job Title: QA Tester Lead

Location: Houston, TX

Duration: 8 Months

Bill Rate: $68/hour (C2C)

Job Type: W-2, 1099, C2C

Client: To Be Discussed Later

Work Authorization: US Citizen, Green Card, OPT-EAD, CPT, H-1B, H4-EAD, Other

Job Description :

We are seeking an experienced QA Tester Lead (Level III) to manage and oversee quality assurance and testing activities across multiple workstreams, including Eligibility Enrollment and Case Management (EECM) and Financial Management (FM).

The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in enterprise-level quality assurance, test management, automation, defect management, and stakeholder coordination. This role requires strong leadership skills and the ability to manage blended teams of State and vendor resources while ensuring adherence to program-level testing strategies, quality standards, and business requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee QA activities across multiple workstreams, including EECM and Financial Management (FM).
• Ensure adherence to program-level testing strategies, QA processes, standards, artifacts, and tools.
• Lead and manage QA teams, testing activities, and deliverables.
• Coordinate with stakeholders, including business users, subject matter experts, executive teams, and project leadership.
• Review vendor deliverables to ensure testing and system implementation meet business requirements.
• Prepare and present testing status reports, metrics, and progress updates to management and project teams.
• Manage test environments, test accounts, and test data following established best practices.
• Coordinate and manage blended teams of State and vendor resources.
• Lead QA meetings, workgroups, and testing-related discussions.
• Manage defect tracking, monitoring, retesting, and status reporting.
• Coordinate with performance testing and security testing teams.
• Ensure quality standards and testing milestones are achieved across multiple projects.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship/ immigration status, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.