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Central Point Partners • Columbus, Ohio, United States
Role & seniority: Senior QA Testing Lead (Contract to Hire); no direct reports, serves as SME and team lead; hands-on tester
Location & work type: Columbus, OH; Hybrid (4 days onsite); local candidates only; No C2C
Stack/tools: Azure DevOps (ADO) for test plans/suites/cases/execution/bugs; QA/UAT testing; test strategy/plans; bug triage and reporting
Plan, integrate, script, and execute all testing; lead test deliverables reviews; manage testing across multiple projects/systems
Oversee UAT documentation, readiness, and test governance; report testing status, metrics, risks, blockers
Coordinate bug triage, root-cause analysis, and communication with vendors/impacted teams; mentor QA/UAT staff
Strong communication with management; initiative and ownership; ability to work with BSA/Development; test strategy and planning in Waterfall; hands-on testing with ADO
Experience leading testing efforts, creating test artifacts (strategies, plans, suites, test cases), and coordinating across teams
Proficiency in manual and automated testing, data validation, and defect management; familiarity with production readiness activities
Experience in multi-project environments; production releases support; knowledge of regression, performance testing; mentoring junior testers
Additional: Strong collaboration with vendors and impacted teams; ability to operate under moderate supervision with some in
Per the client, No C2C's!
Central Point Partners is currently interviewing candidates in the Columbus, Oh area for a large client.
Because this is a Contract to Hire position only GC’s and USC’s.
This position is Hybrid (4 Days onsite)! Only candidates who are local to Columbus, Oh will be considered.
Sr. QA Testing Lead
JOB DESCRIPTION
QA Testing Documentation Test Strategy (Waterfall) creation/management Test Plan (ADO) creation/management Test Suites (ADO) creation/management Test Case (ADO) creation/management Test Execution (ADO) management/execution Bug (ADO) creation/management
UAT Testing Documentation Oversight on below deliverables Test Strategy (Waterfall) Test Plan (ADO) Test Suites (ADO) Test Case (ADO) Test Execution (ADO) Bugs (ADO)
i. e. If test cases or test suites cannot be built due to a poorly groomed user story
Dev/Int/QA maintenance Lab/environment prep working with Dev Lead
Bug Triage Assist in bug triage and root cause analysis Assign priority based on enterprise standard Communication of all bugs to vendors and impacted teams Coordinate needs between vendors and impacted teams to ensure all info is provided to triage/fix the bug Establish a bug review meeting to include all vendors and impacted teams
Meeting Support Participate grooming sessions for User Stories and Bugs Facilitate Bug Review and Triage sessions Participate as SME on all project meetings
Testing Estimation Coaching & Mentoring all QA and UAT testers Coordinated testing with vendors and/or impacted teams (when applicable) Account conditioning for QA and UAT teams ADO Team board maintenance Project/initiative dashboard maintenance Go No Go Test Documentation Deliverables Requirements/User Story Traceability Bug Summary by state and severity Deferred Bugs by severity QA & UAT Test Execution Outcome for all impacted teams Production Implementation and Validation (when possible)
Responsible for the planning, integration, test casing, scripting and execution of all testing to ensure proper coverage; Schedules and leads test deliverables review sessions as necessary; Work on multiple projects/systems as a project team member and are considered to be a subject matter expert for a single project/system. These projects are of moderate to high complexity within one or more development environments; Collaborate with the BSA and Development teams in the analysis and review of business objectives and requirements to ensure requirements are testable; Actively participate in the review of architectural and technical design specifications; Develop, document and maintain the test data, data validation, end to end testing flows.; Conducts testing using manual and/or automated test processes and reports results; May run database queries in order to supply data validation within test scripts; Updates test cases based upon approved change requests; Works with BSAs and Development teams on defect analysis and triage; Assigns defect severity, and manages defects throughout the project; Works with colleagues and project managers to meet established target dates and completion of activities/deliverables under changing conditions; Creates test status reports per project guidelines; Creates test results and test summary deliverables to ensure production implementation readiness; Creates and facilitates review of the Test Strategy with the project team; Identifies any potential quality issues per defined processes and escalates potential quality issues immediately to management; Collects testing sign-off from all testing participants, including cross-impacted application teams; Ensures all aspects of testing, such as manual execution, regression, automation and performance testing, is completed; Collaborates with Project Test Lead on estimating the test efforts; Collaborates with the project team to support UAT efforts as needed; Maintains the regression test bed to meet changing requirements; Participates in off-hour production releases as needed; Supports the projectis warranty period as needed; Works under moderate supervision with some latitude for independent judgement and problem solving; Provides mentorship to junior team members as needed; Understands and follows the project lifecycle methodology consistently.
For more information about this opportunity, please contact Bill Hart at 614-352-3615 AND email your resume to bill.hart@centralpointpartners.com!