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Quality Assurance Lead
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What they do
A Software QA Engineer or Tester designs and runs in-depth diagnostic tests to evaluate software and check for problems before new products are marketed. Pilots software and applies tests to check for errors and glitches.
$106,310 / year median in Missouri
-21% projected decline
Job Description
Strategic Staffing Solutions is currently looking for a Portfolio QA Lead, a W2 contract opportunity. This is a W-2 contract opportunity, and candidates must be able to work on our W-2 only. NO C2C or 1099.
Portfolio QA Lead Employment Type:
W2 Only (No C2C or 1099)
Duration:
12-Month W2
Contract Location:
St. Louis, Missouri, 63103 The Portfolio QA Lead provides consistent testing governance and quality oversight across every digital project within an assigned portfolio. Filled by a coworker or consultant partner, this role owns the execution of the Enterprise Testing Gates and ensures testing standards are applied uniformly regardless of which team or vendor delivers the project.
Key Responsibilities:
Execute the five Enterprise Testing Gates for all Project Testing Leads within the assigned portfolio. Provide a single, consistent governance point across every project in the portfolio. Keep gate decisions independent of day-to-day project test execution and prevent self-certification; where the Portfolio QA Lead also serves as Project Testing Lead, a coworker Testing Lead executes the gates instead. Confirm requirements, scope, and acceptance criteria are ready to support testing at the Test Readiness Assessment. Verify the solution design supports functional, integration, performance, security, and resiliency testing. Confirm automation and long-term regression readiness before Build completes. Validate environments, data, integrations, and test assets prior to SIT entry. Assess testing completion, defect status, and deployment readiness prior to go-live. Ensure ETS standards are adopted on all portfolio projects above the small project threshold. Mentor, onboard, and support Project Testing Leads across the portfolio. Drive adoption of ETS dashboards and reporting to give leadership portfolio-level quality visibility. Identify where test automation and performance testing should be leveraged across the portfolio. Escalate cross-project testing risks, issues, and resource needs to ETS leadership. "Beware of scams. S3 never asks for money during its onboarding process." Expected hours: 40.0 per week
Benefits:
Health insurance Application Question(s): Are you willing to work on our W2? This is not a C2C or 1099 work type.
Education:
Bachelor's (Preferred)
Experience:
Test automation: 5 years (Required) automation tools: 5 years (Required)
License/Certification:
Tricentis (Preferred)
Work Location:
In person
Benefits
- Health Insurance
- Dental Insurance