Central Point Partners ยท 2 weeks ago
Sr. QA Testing Lead
Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Area
Contract
Hybrid
Senior LevelCentral Point Partners is currently interviewing candidates for a Sr. QA Testing Lead position in Columbus, OH. The role involves leading the testing team, managing the planning and execution of testing processes, and ensuring the quality of deliverables across multiple projects.
ConsultingRecruitingStaffing Agency
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Bill Hart
Responsibilities
Test Strategy (Waterfall) creation/management
Test Plan (ADO) creation/management
Test Suites (ADO) creation/management
Test Case (ADO) creation/management
Test Execution (ADO) management/execution
Bug (ADO) creation/management
UAT Testing Documentation Oversight on below deliverables
Testing status/metrics for all QA and UAT impacted teams
Bugs for the entire project/initiative
Tracking/Status/Metrics
Risks to planned testing or progress for all impacted teams
Blockers to planned testing or progress for all impacted teams
Test Readiness/Health
Lab/environment prep working with Dev Lead
Assist in bug triage and root cause analysis
Assign priority based on enterprise standard
Communication of all bugs to vendors and impacted teams
Coordinate needs between vendors and impacted teams to ensure all info is provided to triage/fix the bug
Establish a bug review meeting to include all vendors and impacted teams
Participate grooming sessions for User Stories and Bugs
Facilitate Bug Review and Triage sessions
Participate as SME on all project meetings
Estimation
Coaching & Mentoring all QA and UAT testers
Coordinated testing with vendors and/or impacted teams (when applicable)
Account conditioning for QA and UAT teams
Team board maintenance
Project/initiative dashboard maintenance
Requirements/User Story Traceability
Bug Summary by state and severity
Deferred Bugs by severity
QA & UAT Test Execution Outcome for all impacted teams
Production Implementation and Validation (when possible)
Collaborate with the BSA and Development teams in the analysis and review of business objectives and requirements to ensure requirements are testable
Actively participate in the review of architectural and technical design specifications
Develop, document and maintain the test data, data validation, end to end testing flows
Conducts testing using manual and/or automated test processes and reports results
May run database queries in order to supply data validation within test scripts
Updates test cases based upon approved change requests
Works with BSAs and Development teams on defect analysis and triage
Assigns defect severity, and manages defects throughout the project
Works with colleagues and project managers to meet established target dates and completion of activities/deliverables under changing conditions
Creates test status reports per project guidelines
Creates test results and test summary deliverables to ensure production implementation readiness
Creates and facilitates review of the Test Strategy with the project team
Identifies any potential quality issues per defined processes and escalates potential quality issues immediately to management
Collects testing sign-off from all testing participants, including cross-impacted application teams
Ensures all aspects of testing, such as manual execution, regression, automation and performance testing, is completed
Collaborates with Project Test Lead on estimating the test efforts
Collaborates with the project team to support UAT efforts as needed
Maintains the regression test bed to meet changing requirements
Participates in off-hour production releases as needed
Supports the project's warranty period as needed
Works under moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgement and problem solving
Provides mentorship to junior team members as needed
Understands and follows the project lifecycle methodology consistently
Qualification
Required
Effective communication skills with management
Ability to take initiative without hand holding
Experience in leading testing efforts
Subject Matter Expert (SME) in testing
Experience in planning, integration, test casing, scripting, and execution of testing
Experience in creating and managing Test Strategy (Waterfall)
Experience in creating and managing Test Plan (ADO)
Experience in creating and managing Test Suites (ADO)
Experience in creating and managing Test Case (ADO)
Experience in managing and executing Test Execution (ADO)
Experience in creating and managing Bugs (ADO)
Experience in UAT Testing Documentation Oversight
Experience in project/initiative status reporting
Experience in lab/environment preparation
Experience in bug triage and root cause analysis
Experience in coordinating needs between vendors and impacted teams
Experience in facilitating Bug Review and Triage sessions
Experience in estimation and coaching & mentoring QA and UAT testers
Experience in maintaining team board and project/initiative dashboard in ADO
Experience in creating Go No Go Test Documentation Deliverables
Experience in collaborating with BSA and Development teams
Experience in conducting manual and/or automated testing
Experience in running database queries for data validation
Experience in managing defects throughout the project
Experience in creating test status reports and test summary deliverables
Experience in identifying and escalating potential quality issues
Experience in collecting testing sign-off from all testing participants
Experience in ensuring all aspects of testing are completed
Experience in maintaining the regression test bed
Experience in participating in off-hour production releases
Experience in providing mentorship to junior team members
Understanding of project lifecycle methodology
Company
Central Point Partners
Central Point Partners is an IT firm that provides consultation, staffing, big data, staff augmentation and executive search services.
Founded in 2012
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Kristine Long
Chief Administrative Officer
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