Quality Assurance Lead

Key Responsibilities • Lead and mentor the QA team while promoting quality standards and best practices. • Define and implement QA strategies, processes, and testing methodologies. • Review business and technical requirements to ensure complete test coverage. • Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scenarios. • Build, maintain, and improve automated test frameworks. • Perform Functional, Integration, Regression, System, Smoke, API, Performance, and UAT support testing. • Collaborate with Development, Product Owners, Business Analysts, and DevOps teams throughout the SDLC. • Identify, track, prioritize, and verify software defects until closure. • Analyze root causes of defects and recommend preventive actions. • Ensure software releases meet quality standards before deployment. • Generate QA metrics, dashboards, and quality reports for management. • Participate in sprint planning, backlog refinement, and release planning. • Support CI/CD implementation and testing automation within deployment pipelines. • Continuously improve testing efficiency through automation and process optimization. • Ensure compliance with organizational quality standards and security requirements. Technical Requirements • Strong experience in Manual and Automation Testing. • Experience with API testing tools such as Postman or Swagger. • Experience using JIRA, Azure DevOps, or similar ALM tools. • Good understanding of SQL and database testing. • Familiarity with Git and version control. • Experience with CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, or similar). • Understanding of REST APIs and microservices architecture. • Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies. Qualifications • Bachelor's degree in computer science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related field. • 4 5 years of hands-on technical QA experience. • Previous experience leading QA activities or mentoring QA engineers. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills. • Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. • Ability to work in a fast-paced Agile environment.