Our client in the professional services sector is seeking a QA Lead with federal clearance to work on their government client. Role includes monitoring and managing a QA team executing on digital program for end client.
Clearance Required: Federal Government Security Clearance (Reliability Status or higher)
Location: Markham-based (with potential client site visits)
Start Date: 6 months, extension option
Key Responsibilities:
• Lead and mentor a team of QA analysts and automation engineers across functional and non-functional testing activities.
• Oversee test planning, design, execution, and reporting for all phases of testing (System, Integration, UAT).
• Define and enforce QA best practices, automation strategy, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborate closely with developers, business analysts, product owners, and architects to ensure test coverage and quality deliverables.
• Coordinate and drive test automation efforts and integration into CI/CD pipelines.
• Manage defect triage meetings, sprint planning, and QA status reporting.
• Support test documentation including test plans, test cases, and exit reports.
• Ensure security and compliance requirements are embedded into QA processes.
• Act as the primary QA point of contact for internal and external stakeholders.
Requirements
• 10+ years of experience in software QA, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
• Proven experience leading teams of 8–10+ QA professionals, including automation specialists.
• Strong understanding of QA methodologies, test automation, and Agile/Waterfall/Iterative SDLC models.
• Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, TestComplete, etc.).
• Knowledge of performance and API testing tools (e.g., JMeter, Postman, REST Assured).
• Experience integrating test automation in CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitLab CI).
• Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience with federal or public sector clients preferred.
• Must hold Federal Government Security Clearance (Reliability Status or higher).
