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Senior Software QA Manager

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Scroll down the page to see all associated job requirements, and any responsibilities successful candidates can expect. Qualus is a leading power services firm specializing in the energy transition and transformation. They are seeking a Senior Software QA Manager to lead the testing of software applications and cloud-hosted SaaS products, ensuring quality standards are met while managing multiple testing activities and coordinating with stakeholders.

Responsibilities:

Lead and coordinate the testing of software produced by the project delivery team, ensuring quality standards are met for any changes deployed. Prepare test strategies and support project teams in the delivery of new change. Be the advocate for QA best practices and lead initiatives such as automation.

Manage QA effort for a highly visible and impacting project with multiple work streams. Includes: coordinating testing activities with multiple vendors, test estimation, delivery of test strategy, test plan, test status, results, risk, traceability, defect management, test coverage, etc.

Work on multiple tasks simultaneously while maintaining high quality standards.

Absorb complex technical and conceptual information, identify key issues, and present understandable alternatives to both technical and non-technical individuals at all levels of the organization.

Conform and comply with all PMO and Test Practice documentation, policies, and best practices.

Communicate with all stakeholders to ensure project/program goals, targets, activities, and schedules are understood.

Deliver and communicate daily and weekly testing status reports for multiple projects, including risk identification.

Manage the creation and ongoing development of an automated testing framework for use on the products.

Recommend and lead initiatives to improve test processes and develop team members to improve efficiency.

Define, develop, and deploy product quality assurance strategies, addressing all phases of product development.

Ensure the viability, functionality, and effectiveness of test tools.

Define and implement test strategies to ensure maximum test coverage.

Coordinate the use and maintenance of test environments for systems supporting all projects.

Perform test engineering tasks when needed, including creating and executing test cases.

Provide Test Coverage reports to stakeholders for each software release.

Qualifications: Required:

10 years of work experience in the electric utility industry.

10+ years QA or equivalent work experience with at least 5 years QA Management.

Experience providing end-to-end quality assurance throughout the entire Software Development Life Cycle (waterfall and agile).

Hands-on knowledge of all QA methods: unit, integration, regression, UAT, performance, and automated testing.

Experience testing SaaS products.

Strong project management and organizational skills.

Strong verbal and written communication skills.

Ability to work independently.

Prior experience within a TCOE or Organizational Test Practice.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Systems Engineering, or related experience.

Preferred:

Five years of experience with cybersecurity-related test development and new product development.

Experience with SOC 2 compliance testing principles.

Hands-on experience with cloud testing tools like BlazeMeter, OctoPerf.

Experience with tools like TcpDump, JIRA, Confluence, Selenium, JMeter, LoadRunner.

Experience with Linux OS, automation, performance metrics, dashboards, micro-services, SQL/NoSQL databases, and log analysis tools.

Company: Qualus is a leading power services firm at the forefront of energy transition, with capabilities across grid modernization, resiliency, security, and sustainability. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently in late-stage development.

Additional Details:

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

Industry: Software Development

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