QA Lead - Atlanta, GA - Georgia IT Inc.

QA Lead
Location: Atlanta, GA
Duration: Full Time
Salary plus benefits

U.S Citizens, GC holders preferred no third party C2C agencies
Mandatory Technical / Functional Skills
· 9 or more years of IT testing based environment, or any equivalent combination of experience, education, and/or training which permits the candidate to meet entry requirements.
· Experience in Selenium, Cucumber, Protractor
· Knowledge of Agile and Waterfall testing methodologies
· Ideal candidates will have some working knowledge about QA fundamentals and automated testing processes (ALM, JIRA, QTP, Version 1, Agile, etc.)
· Strong critical thinking skills, an analytical mind, and problem-solving aptitude
Roles and responsibility
· Develop and implement comprehensive QA and QE strategy for the agile projects
· Strong leadership qualities with a track record of managing and developing people and achieving challenging objectives
· Provide testing resources with training on testing processes, test standards, and testing tools for agile.
· Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans
· Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate required testing activities
· Coordinate testing activities with onsite and offshore testers as needed
· Provide QA/QE guidance and best practices to the Agile teams
· Collaborate with the Quality Engineering teams to ensure timely engagement and successful delivery
· Support Test Management Tools supervision (Quality Center, Jira, Version 1) and ensures the standard workflows are implemented in the projects
· Coordinate test data requirements and collaborates with Test Data Support team to create test data
· Participate in Scrum daily stand-ups as needed
· Communicate testing progress and status to the projects stakeholders
· Identify testing risks and provides mitigation plan to minimize, if not totally eliminate, the risks
· Create risk-based test strategy and seek approvals of its implementation
· Coordinate testing efforts for the projects that involve multiple applications or portfolios
· Identify and escalates QA issues to the project/program manager, and facilitate resolution until closure
· Coordinate UAT and End-2-End testing activities
· Provide metrics for test execution and defect trending
· Ensures a smooth transition from project to BAU is conducted
Desirable Technical / Functional Skills
· Top 5 Consulting Company Experience
· CBAP, Agile/Scrum, ITIL certifications preferred.
· Travel Domain Experience
· Experience in running large and multiple programs