Quality Assurance Lead

Summary

Join ThreatConnect's Cyber Risk Quantification team as a Quality Assurance Lead! In this role, you will lead a team of software engineers, plan and implement software test strategies, and ensure high-quality product delivery. You will collaborate with various teams, create test documentation, and participate in all test phases. Success in this position requires strong communication, organization, and technical skills, along with experience in software quality assurance and leading remote teams. The ideal candidate is passionate about software development, process improvement, and making a positive impact. ThreatConnect offers a supportive and collaborative remote work environment.

Requirements

• 1-2 years of professional experience as QA Lead Tester
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in a Software Quality Assurance role is required
• Proficiency in programming languages
• Understandment and experience with all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with relational databases (SQL, Hana, Postgres)
• Experience working in the following environments: Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Test Rail, and Azure tools
• Experience leading remote teams in an Agile environment
• Positive and people-oriented attitude
• Mastering skills such as communication, time management and attention to detail
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Work with software architects and developers throughout the development lifecycle to create and implement the software test strategy plan for any given project
• Help developers plan bug fixes and provide the stakeholders with valuable information about ongoing processes. Use your analytical, technical and testing skills to oversee ongoing processes and offer training for the team members
• Ensure the test documentation is accurate, contemporary and compliant with all the relevant policies
• Participate in all test phases, including functional, system, integration, regression, load/performance, automation and UAT
• Run and review test scripts to check alignment with user stories and initial requirements
• Provide constructive feedback on received reports and suggest product improvements. Make sure there are no major blockages in features or functionality before release day
• Collaborate with development and customer success teams to reach common resolutions for the product and set the expectations for the testing team
• Create metrics of traceability to document each step taken in the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC)
• Interact with each stakeholder to ensure the product is of high quality
• Break the project into smaller, manageable milestones and guide your team while offering support towards reaching the final goal
• Thinking from both the customer and the business perspective
• Be ready to start learning!
• Be familiar with our software, internal tools, and processes
• Get to the baseline and form an analytical perspective on the current status of the project
• Listen to your QA specialists and take the challenge of prioritization
• Extend the test suite
• Have a deeper understanding of our product and the different configurations that are possible
• Evaluate available resources and closely monitor projects to ensure deadlines are met
• Conduct feedback sessions with users to understand how they navigate through the product and what inconsistencies exist
• Develop close coordination with all of the involved stakeholders to make sure software releases go evenly
• Be able to train/ mentor new members of the team

Preferred Qualifications

• Passionate about cybersecurity and/ or cybersecurity tools
• Experience working with teams in different time zones

Benefits

• You are a critical part of a remote team and your feedback and collaboration is necessary and always appreciated
• You will have 100% support on automation and automation initiatives
• An environment in which team members collaborate, share knowledge, communicate, and most importantly support one another