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Job Description
Service Line - GDS-Enablement Services Sub-service Line Automation
Title - Quality Assurance Lead
Type of Employment - Permanent
Overall Years of Experience - 10 to 12 years Relevant Years of Experience 10+
Quality Assurance Lead
The Quality Assurance Lead will play a key role in driving Quality Engineering transformation within EY GDS by embedding automation-first, shift-left, and continuous testing practices across engagements.
Position Summary
- 10+ years of experience in Quality Assurance with a strong background in test automation frameworks and tools
- Strong expertise in automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, TestNG, JUnit, or similar
- Experience in API testing (REST, SOAP) using tools like Postman, RestAssured, etc.
- Hands-on experience with CI/CD pipelines (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions) for automation integration
- Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments with close collaboration across Dev, Product, and DevOps teams
- Knowledge of performance testing tools (JMeter, LoadRunner) and practices (good to have)
- Expertise in test strategy creation, test planning, and defect management
- Strong knowledge of programming/scripting languages such as Java, Python, or JavaScript
- Ability to define and drive test automation roadmap and quality engineering standards
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
Roles and Responsibilities
- Essential
- Define and implement QA strategy, automation roadmap, and quality engineering practices
- Lead and mentor a team of QA engineers, ensuring adherence to best practices and standards
- Drive test automation implementation across UI, API, and integration layers
- Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and product teams to understand requirements and define acceptance criteria
- Design and develop scalable and maintainable automation frameworks
- Integrate automated test suites into CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing
- Perform functional, regression, system, integration, and exploratory testing
- Establish quality metrics, dashboards, and reporting mechanisms to track progress and improvements
- Ensure proper test coverage, traceability, and risk-based testing approaches
- Identify and mitigate risks related to quality, performance, and releases
- Drive shift-left testing practices and promote a quality-first mindset
- Define and manage test environments, test data strategies, and test tools Conduct root cause analysis and ensure effective defect management processes
- Coordinate with cross-functional teams to resolve issues and ensure timely delivery
- Ensure compliance with organizational standards and quality governance frameworks
Technical Skills
- Strong experience in automation frameworks (Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.)
- Proficiency in programming languages (Java / Python / JavaScript)
- Expertise in API automation testing (RestAssured, Postman, etc.)
- Experience with CI/CD tools (Azure DevOps, Jenkins)
- Knowledge of version control systems (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket)
- Familiarity with BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow)
- Experience in performance and security testing (good to have)
- Working knowledge of cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) is an advantage
- Performs feasibility scan and assessment to identify potential middleware to be used
- Highlights technical, compatibility or performance issues following integration of applications or platforms on which they are used
- Implements modifications to middleware or the programming process to enhance the integration and connections of application programs
- Strong Experience on ASP.NET Core, MVC, Angular, TypeScript, SCSS, Json
- Strong knowledge of JavaScript, CSS3, HTML5, Angular Material UI, Bootstrap, Flexbox
- Nice to have experience in responsive web design using media queries
- Strong knowledge and experience in developing APIs using REST protocol
- Work with business analysts/consultants and other necessary teams to create a strong solution
- Should have in depth understanding and experience of database technologies like SQL Server, Cosmos DB etc.
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