Description

1. Job Title

Strategic QA Lead & Automation Architect – DevOps, API, UI & Compliance Testing

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2. Job Type

• Employment Type: Full Time
• Engagement Model: Permanant
• Work Authorization: US Citizen

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3. Location Details

• Work Mode: Completely Remote 
• Preferred Geo: US Time
• Zip Code (Primary Client HQ): 43001 (OHIO)

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4. Compensation Structure

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5. Role Summary

The Strategic QA Lead & Automation Architect will drive end-to-end quality engineering transformation across multi-domain enterprise platforms, including US Staffing, SaaS, Clinical Trials, Mortgage, and Healthcare systems.

This role is accountable for:

• Establishing automation-first QA strategy
• Embedding quality gates into CI/CD pipelines
• Ensuring regulatory compliance (FDA, GxP, HIPAA-like environments)
• Leading cross-functional QA initiatives across distributed teams

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6. Detailed Job Description

6.1 Core Responsibilities

A. Strategic QA Leadership

• Define and execute enterprise QA roadmap aligned with Agile & DevOps
• Establish Shift-Left and Shift-Right testing strategies
• Drive Zero-Defect Release Vision

B. Automation Architecture

• Design and implement scalable automation frameworks:
  • UI: Selenium, Katalon
  • API: Karate Labs, Postman
  • BDD: Gherkin
• Integrate automation into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure DevOps)

C. Multi-Domain Testing Expertise

• Validate applications across:
  • US Recruiting & Staffing Platforms
  • Clinical Trial Systems (Statistical Data Validation – R/Python)
  • Healthcare Compliance Systems
  • Mortgage & Financial Applications

D. DevOps & CI/CD Integration

• Build pipelines integrating:
  • Automated suites
  • Code quality gates
  • Deployment validation workflows
• Collaborate with DevOps for continuous testing enablement

E. API & Data Validation

• Perform advanced API validation using:
  • Karate DSL
  • Postman collections
• Validate backend systems using:
  • SQL queries
  • Data reconciliation techniques

F. QA Governance & Compliance

• Ensure adherence to:
  • Regulatory standards (Clinical & Healthcare)
  • Audit-ready documentation practices
• Implement traceability using TestRail, JIRA, HP ALM, QTest

G. Team Leadership & Mentorship

• Lead QA teams across multiple geographies
• Mentor engineers on:
  • Automation best practices
  • Agile QA methodologies
• Drive continuous improvement culture

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7. Required Qualifications

7.1 Experience

• 8+ years in Software Quality Engineering
• Proven experience as:
  • QA Lead / QA Manager / Senior QA Engineer

7.2 Domain Expertise

• Mandatory exposure to:
  • US Staffing & Recruiting systems
  • SaaS platforms
  • Clinical Trials / Healthcare compliance systems
  • Mortgage / Financial systems

7.3 Technical Skills (Mandatory Match)

Automation & Testing

• Selenium
• Karate Labs (API Automation)
• Katalon Studio
• Tosca

Programming / Scripting

• JavaScript
• SQL
• R (Statistical Validation)

Tools & Platforms

• Jenkins
• Azure DevOps
• Git / Bitbucket
• JIRA / TestRail / HP ALM / QTest
• Postman

Other

• Gherkin (BDD)
• HTML basics
• CI/CD integration expertise

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8. Preferred Certifications

• Software Testing Professional Certification
• Automation Specialist (Level 1 & 2)
• Agile Project Management Certification
• Agile Testing Foundations

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9. Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related field (B.Tech Preferred)

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10. Key Competencies

• Automation-first mindset
• Strong analytical and debugging skills
• Stakeholder communication (US clients)
• Regulatory compliance awareness
• Agile & DevOps maturity