Cincinnati Bell Technology Solutions is currently seeking a Quality Assurance Lead for a 6 month contract to hire. 

The Quality Assurance Lead is responsible for the development and execution of manual and automated tests to ensure the highest possible product quality and leading the automation team of 3-4 QA professionals including the offshore team in India. 

The QA Lead will work within a small team comprised of testers, developers, and other IT members in a fast-paced, challenging, and growing environment to implement and execute test strategies. The individual will provide leadership within the QA group to improve testing processes, standards, and automation. The QA Lead acts as an information resource about assigned areas of responsibility to other Quality Assurance staff and possesses test leadership capabilities for multiple, simultaneous, simple and complex projects and releases.

Responsibilities: 

• Design, develop, and execute test cases using test plans and functional specifications.
• Lead a team of Automation professionals in day-to-day test automation activities.
• Participate in all phases of the test cycle, including Integration/System Testing, Performance Testing, Regression Testing, User Acceptance Testing, etc.
• Provides leadership to develop test plans from design and requirements documents, consolidates scenarios, test cases and other input contributed by other team members.
• Participate in software requirement, specification, and design reviews.
• Develops test scenarios using manual and/or automated testing tools such as Quality Center and QTP.
• Develop and maintain automated test scripts using Quick Test Professional tool.
• Analyze software designs in conjunction with the development team to ensure that all ramifications of the changes or additions have been discovered.
• Manage testing schedule and communicate testing progress.
• Perform deliverables tracking and reporting as assigned.
• Acts as a leader within the QA Group, leading process improvements efforts for the team.
• Monitors progress of testing efforts within the team to ensure deadlines are met.
• Provide technical guidance to QA team on how to test complicated features.
• Hire and train offshore automation team.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology or a related field, or software test related experience/knowledge.
• 3 to 5 years of software testing experience in a professional software development environment.
• 3+ years experience in a web based testing environment.
• Experience leading multiple, simultaneous quality assurance efforts, and a track record as a mentor while providing quality assurance leadership in a test lead capacity.
• Hands on workplace experience with testing tools
• Quality Center and Quick Test Pro.
• Leadership on project teams and interaction with project managers, business and functional analysts, developers and the business community directly related to quality assurance responsibilities and roles.

Skills, Specialized Knowledge, and Abilities 

• Experience in testing web-based application software.
• Knowledge of HTML and VB script required.
• Understanding of SQL and Oracle databases.
• Expert knowledge of QA automation processes, methodologies, and frameworks.
• Extensive experience in creation of automation test scripts.
• A positive, quality-oriented, reliable, organized, and flexible individual with an ability to work in a fast-paced, client-focused, dynamic environment.
• A thorough understanding of the test phase of the Software Development Life Cycle; knowledge of all phases of SDLC.
• Demonstrate test management processes and technical skills, including an understanding of automated test execution and performance related tools (preferred qualifications include Quality Center, Quick Test Pro, LoadRunner, or equivalent).
• Strong planning and organizational skills.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize tasks, and quickly adjust in a rapidly changing environment.
• Team player who exhibits effective interpersonal skills with a collaborative style.