Perficient · 8 hours ago
QA Solutions Architect for Minneapolis, MN
555 Maryville University Drive, Ste 600, Saint Louis, MO, 63141, US
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$82K/yr - $178K/yr
10+ years expPerficient is a global AI-first consultancy that partners with innovative enterprises to deliver transformative business results. The QA Solutions Architect will establish and lead the QA practice, define quality frameworks, and ensure robust testing across various facets of the enterprise for clients.
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Responsibilities
Set up QA practice and standards working for clients, ensuring alignment with enterprise goals
Provide Thought Leadership and drive innovation to evaluate and establish the architecture to support test automation across multiple test areas
Define and implement testing strategies for security, performance, accessibility, UI/UX, and end-to-end validation
Design and build automation frameworks, including AI-driven automation solutions
Make recommendations for QA tools, technologies, and methodologies
Create and manage test data strategies to support comprehensive validation
Collaborate across all business units and technical teams to ensure quality standards are met
Drive the transition from manual testing to automation, improving efficiency and coverage
Provide thought leadership on emerging QA trends and best practices
Engage with Technical Architects and technical staff to determine the most appropriate technical strategy and designs to meet business needs
Demonstrate broad solutions technical leadership, impacting significant technical direction, exerting influence outside of the immediate team and driving change
Participate pre-sales and pursuits as a SME, work with team to provide proposals to our clients
Perform estimations for resource needs and timelines and provide project and solution estimation and team structure definition
Build trusted client relationships through proactive account management and effective project delivery
Helps deliver presentations to clients and management teams
Contributes to project discoveries, kickoff, prepare proposals and statements of work following company standards
Translate client’s business needs into detailed business requirements documents, use cases and systems interaction diagrams
Assists project team to establish high, mid, and micro level plans for project team
Helps to establish critical path, milestones, delivery dates, and review client deliverables to ensure they meet client acceptance criteria
Provides leadership throughout the lifecycles of a project, guiding the understanding the project team has through design and development to ensure project requirements are met
Liaise with nearshore and offshore team and clients for resolving technical dependencies, issues, and risks
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance, with 5+ years in an architect or lead role
At least 3 years of experience in a professional services company, consulting firm, or agency
Someone who seeks to understand the ‘why' rather than just the ‘what'; who focuses on delivering true customer value rather than simply meeting demands; and who consistently drives action to achieve meaningful results. This person must have a strong grasp of delivery methodologies and be able to lead teams in implementing solutions aligned with the defined design and architecture
Proven experience in setting up QA practices and standards in large organizations
Expertise in automation frameworks and AI-driven testing solutions
Strong knowledge of security, performance, accessibility, and end-to-end testing methodologies
Hands-on experience with API validation, data validation, and CI/CD integration
Ability to work onsite 2 days per week
Demonstrated ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and support data-informed task execution
A solid understanding of AI capabilities and limitations including ethical considerations is expected
Excellent communication and leadership skills to work across multiple teams
Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field
Preferred
Experience in healthcare payer systems and regulatory compliance
Familiarity with cloud-based platforms, containerization, and observability tools
Company
Perficient
Perficient is an IT consulting firm that helps companies adapt their systems to third party software products that use internet.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$65.3M2024-05-05Acquired
2024-01-17Post Ipo Equity· $4.44M
2022-10-17Post Ipo Equity· $5.18M
Leadership Team
Ed Hofffman
Senior Vice President, North America Business Operations
Hari Madamalla
Vice President
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