QA Project Lead

We are looking for a QA Project Lead for a long-term contract opportunity in Austin, Texas.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategy is reviewed, understood, and applied during UAT.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive UAT test plan.
• Be accountable for overall communication with testers and stakeholders prior to and during UAT execution, ensuring timely dissemination of information.
• Complete the review of the test case coverage.
• Collaborate with the Solution Vendor QA Lead(s) to incorporate newly identified test cases into the Solution Vendor regression suite.
• Work with the Solution Vendor QA Lead(s) to create a mutually agreed-upon test execution schedule.
• Develop and oversee quality assurance procedures for software implementations.
• Develop and enforce quality assurance methodology standards, as well as uniform testing and documentation practices, to promote efficiency, consistency, and the reuse of test plans.
• Initiate corrective measures to address quality issues and improve processes.
• Manage a team of quality assurance analysts and testers. Build, manage, lead, and train the QA team based on business and operational needs.
• Implement metrics and reporting tools to measure quality performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Create, track, and report metrics on QA progress against plans.
• Provide regular UAT progress status reports to stakeholders.
• Enforce proper usage of the ADO tool (e.g., test outcome updates).
• Stay current on laws and regulations to ensure compliance.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Set quality standards and ensure compliance by performing audits and tests.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to staff, including training and support on quality assurance best practices.
• Collaborate with development teams and Solution Vendor to identify and resolve bugs and defects.
• Communicate quality issues and status to stakeholders, including senior management.
• Conduct functional, calculation, and regression testing of system upgrades.
• Apply automation principles and practices, integrating automation throughout the testing cycles, test cases, and associated utilities.
• Identify and deploy testing tools to maintain alignment with industry trends and testing best practices.
• Develop automated tests using tools such as Selenium, Junit, and Java.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a dynamic environment with minimal supervision.
• Think tactically and strategically in both technical and business discussions.
• Understand complex processes and risks, and articulate these in business terms.
• Assess the effectiveness of processes and procedures, recommending improvements.
• Identify barriers to progress and propose solutions.

You:

• Experience developing automated tests using tools such as Selenium, Junit and Java
• 2+ years of experience working with ADO preferred
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification, preferred.
• CSM (Certified Scrum Master) certification, preferred.
• Certified Software Quality Engineer or an ISTQB Foundation Level Certification, preferred.

What We Offer:

• Hybrid work with two day a week onsite and the rest remote.
• Competitive compensation and benefits including health, dental, vision, life and accident insurance and short-term disability insurance.
• Great work-life balance.

This is a long-term contract opportunity in Austin, Texas and no sponsorship can be provided. To apply, please email resumes to Candidates must be able to pass a background check. Luna Data Solutions, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees. All applicants will be considered for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, national origin, genetics, protected veteran status, and/or disability status.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.

We are looking for a QA Project Lead for a long-term contract opportunity in Austin, Texas.

Responsibilities:

• Ensure the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategy is reviewed, understood, and applied during UAT.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive UAT test plan.
• Be accountable for overall communication with testers and stakeholders prior to and during UAT execution, ensuring timely dissemination of information.
• Complete the review of the test case coverage.
• Collaborate with the Solution Vendor QA Lead(s) to incorporate newly identified test cases into the Solution Vendor regression suite.
• Work with the Solution Vendor QA Lead(s) to create a mutually agreed-upon test execution schedule.
• Develop and oversee quality assurance procedures for software implementations.
• Develop and enforce quality assurance methodology standards, as well as uniform testing and documentation practices, to promote efficiency, consistency, and the reuse of test plans.
• Initiate corrective measures to address quality issues and improve processes.
• Manage a team of quality assurance analysts and testers. Build, manage, lead, and train the QA team based on business and operational needs.
• Implement metrics and reporting tools to measure quality performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Create, track, and report metrics on QA progress against plans.
• Provide regular UAT progress status reports to stakeholders.
• Enforce proper usage of the ADO tool (e.g., test outcome updates).
• Stay current on laws and regulations to ensure compliance.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations.
• Set quality standards and ensure compliance by performing audits and tests.
• Provide leadership and mentoring to staff, including training and support on quality assurance best practices.
• Collaborate with development teams and Solution Vendor to identify and resolve bugs and defects.
• Communicate quality issues and status to stakeholders, including senior management.
• Conduct functional, calculation, and regression testing of system upgrades.
• Apply automation principles and practices, integrating automation throughout the testing cycles, test cases, and associated utilities.
• Identify and deploy testing tools to maintain alignment with industry trends and testing best practices.
• Develop automated tests using tools such as Selenium, Junit, and Java.
• Demonstrate the ability to work in a dynamic environment with minimal supervision.
• Think tactically and strategically in both technical and business discussions.
• Understand complex processes and risks, and articulate these in business terms.
• Assess the effectiveness of processes and procedures, recommending improvements.
• Identify barriers to progress and propose solutions.

You:

• Experience developing automated tests using tools such as Selenium, Junit and Java
• 2+ years of experience working with ADO preferred
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification, preferred.
• CSM (Certified Scrum Master) certification, preferred.
• Certified Software Quality Engineer or an ISTQB Foundation Level Certification, preferred.

What We Offer:

• Hybrid work with two day a week onsite and the rest remote.
• Competitive compensation and benefits including health, dental, vision, life and accident insurance and short-term disability insurance.
• Great work-life balance.

This is a long-term contract opportunity in Austin, Texas and no sponsorship can be provided. To apply, please email resumes to Candidates must be able to pass a background check. Luna Data Solutions, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities to all employees. All applicants will be considered for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to age, race, color, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, sex, national origin, genetics, protected veteran status, and/or disability status.

Employers have access to artificial intelligence language tools (“AI”) that help generate and enhance job descriptions and AI may have been used to create this description. The position description has been reviewed for accuracy and Dice believes it to correctly reflect the job opportunity.