Chennai 10+ Years Full-time Enterprise QA Strategy & Test Automation Leadership, CI/CD Driven Automation, Performance & Security Testing OPT0257
- Lead QA strategy across squads using shift-left, risk-based testing, BDD/TDD, and contract testing approaches.
- Define testing standards, governance models, and quality metrics (readiness gates, defect SLAs, QA OKRs).
- Own end-to-end automation strategy covering UI, API, component, and regression suites integrated with CI/CD.
- Maintain test architecture roadmap including frameworks, environments, test data, and observability.
- Ensure comprehensive functional and non-functional test coverage.
- Plan and execute performance, scalability, resilience, and security testing.
- Partner with Product, Architecture, Cybersecurity, and Compliance teams to balance quality, risk, and speed.
- Provide dashboards, release readiness reports, and recommendations to leadership.
- Lead and mentor multidisciplinary QA teams (automation, functional, performance, security).
- Drive continuous improvement through retrospectives and incident reviews.
- Coach squads on acceptance criteria, testability, and Definition of Ready/Done.
- Strong leadership in QA strategy, governance, and automation frameworks.
- Proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript or Python.
- Strong SQL skills (MySQL, PostgreSQL) for backend and data validation.
- Hands-on experience with Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Postman, REST Assured.
- Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum, DevOps, and shift-left practices.
- Knowledge of performance and security testing tools (JMeter/k6, OWASP ZAP).
- Experience with Git, Jenkins, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Exposure to AWS cloud and Kubernetes for test environment management.
- Excellent problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
- 10+ years in QA/testing with 3+ years leading centralized or cross-product testing teams.
- Proven experience driving enterprise automation strategies.
- Experience managing large QA teams in Agile environments.
- Hands-on background in automation, performance, and security testing.
- Experience supporting cloud-based test infrastructures
