QA Test Lead

Job Description

Are you an experienced QA Lead? Have you got strong leadership skills, an innovative mindset and experience as a proactive team player?

Title: QA Test Lead

Daily Rate: DOE

Type: 12 month contract with view to extend or go perm

Location: 2 days hybrid in Dublin office

ROLE DESCRIPTION

As a QA Lead you will work hands-on performing a mix of manual and automated testing, from UI/UX to backend systems as well as providing leadership and direction to other teams members. You will be operating in a Microsoft tech stack environment with a mix of on-prem and cloud (Azure) hosting.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

 Execute the full QA lifecycle (gathering requirements and acceptance criteria, creating test

scripts, test execution, test case management, supporting UAT, documentation, reporting, test

tool management)

 Collect and report quality metrics from test execution and inform stakeholders about risk and

impact

 Work with developers and business stakeholders as needed to design and align on specific

testing strategies for features being developed

 Create comprehensive test plans; execute and automate them as appropriate. Maintain and

contribute to the expansion of existing test frameworks and find ways to improve the current

toolset

 Find defects and provide help to the team to understand any erroneous behaviour of the

application under test

 Support our infrastructure team in troubleshooting or addressing issues with applications and

dev/test environments

SKILLS, QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE

 Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field

 ISTQB certification preferred

 Minimum 8 years' experience in a QA role in a significant enterprise level or regulated

environment delivering to robust QA standards

 Strong customer service mentality with the ability to develop and maintain relationships with

stakeholders at all levels

 Strong motivational and people skills, helping team members to excel in a culture of

collaboration and openness

 Excellent organisation and time-management skills, able to work in a dynamic and fast-paced

environment

Morgan McKinley is acting as an Employment Agency and references to pay rates are indicative.

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