Job Summary:
The Quality Assurance Lead plans and coordinates QA testing for County assignments requiring lead-level oversight. This role focuses on developing test strategies, coordinating stakeholders, managing quality controls, and reporting performance metrics to ensure high-quality deliverables and defect detection prior to production.
Responsibilities:
- Develop assignment-specific test strategies and test plans as needed.
- Coordinate testing activities with County staff, vendors, and stakeholders.
- Provide recommendations and additional QA deliverables when authorized.
- Conduct early requirements reviews to identify unclear or untestable conditions.
- Maintain and update the test-case baseline with traceable changes.
- Prioritize test execution based on risk assessments.
- Coordinate reporting to meet County targets: 95% critical defect identification before production and 100% planned test case execution by release deadline.
- Develop and maintain defect-classification conventions consistent with assignment measurement methods.
- Review open defects, blocked tests, execution status, and QA considerations for reporting.
- Guide decisions on automation, performance, and security testing within assignment scope.
- Ensure specialist testing adheres to scope, tools, access, and budget constraints.
Required Skills & Certifications:
- In-depth knowledge of testing methodologies.
- Experience leading test planning and coordinating multiple stakeholders.
- Experience overseeing functional, integration, automation, performance, or security testing as applicable.
- All applicable QA Tester skills relevant to the assignment.
- Test strategy, planning, and coverage management.
- Defect metrics and test reporting expertise.
- Stakeholder and vendor coordination skills.
- Risk-based test planning and release-readiness reporting.
- No mandatory certifications; relevant certifications preferred if applicable.
Preferred Skills & Certifications:
- Experience working with multiple government departments and third-party vendors.
- Familiarity with regulated or confidential-data environments.
- Experience overseeing automation, performance, and security testing workstreams.
Special Considerations:
- Testing must remain within authorized assignment scope, tools, access, and pricing boundaries.
- Strict adherence to County performance measures and reporting requirements.
Scheduling:
- Work schedule aligned with assignment deadlines to ensure 100% execution of planned test cases by release.
- Coordination with multiple stakeholders may require flexible scheduling.