Senior QA Lead: Enterprise App Testing & Automation

US101 Guidehouse Inc.; Tysons (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Rx, Dental & Vision Insurance

401(k) Retirement Plan

Parental Leave & Adoption Assistance

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Lead to oversee QA across complex technology modernization and application implementation projects in the United States. You will develop test strategies, lead testing efforts, and ensure solutions meet business, functional, technical, security, performance, and compliance requirements.

You will mentor junior QA staff and drive continuous improvement within Agile delivery teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field.
• Six years of professional experience in software quality assurance, testing, or related discipline.
• Experience leading testing efforts for Agile software development, system implementation, or technology modernization projects.
• Experience developing test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scripts, and QA documentation.
• Experience supporting functional testing, SIT, UAT, and regression testing.
• Experience planning and executing performance, load, and scalability testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead development and execution of comprehensive test strategies, plans, and test cases for enterprise applications.
• Oversee functional, system integration, regression, UAT, performance, load, accessibility, and security testing activities.
• Collaborate with business analysts, product owners, and developers to ensure test coverage aligns with business and technical requirements.
• Develop and maintain requirements traceability between business requirements, user stories, test cases, defects, and testing results.
• Coordinate and support UAT activities with business stakeholders and end users.
• Lead SIT activities to validate interfaces, integrations, data exchanges, and end-to-end processes.
• Manage defect lifecycles including triage, prioritization, reporting, root-cause analysis, and resolution tracking.
• Analyze test results and provide actionable recommendations to improve solution quality and reduce project risk.
• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of automated testing approaches and testing best practices.
• Support the integration of testing activities into Agile, CI/CD, and DevSecOps delivery processes.
• Ensure compliance with accessibility, security, audit, and regulatory requirements (Section 508).
• Develop quality metrics, dashboards, and status reporting for project leadership.
• Mentor and support junior QA team members to foster a culture of quality.

Skills

QA leadership

Agile/Scrum

Test strategy

Team mentoring

Stakeholder collaboration

Automation awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

TestRail

Job description

Guidehouse is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Lead to oversee QA across complex technology modernization and application implementation projects in the United States. You will develop test strategies, lead testing efforts, and ensure solutions meet business, functional, technical, security, performance, and compliance requirements.

You will mentor junior QA staff and drive continuous improvement within Agile delivery teams.