Lead Quality Assurance and Testing Architect

About the Role:

We are in search of an innovative Lead Quality Assurance and Testing Architect to collaborate with our functional, stress, and performance testing teams. Your mission will be to enhance and expand our enterprise testing strategies for both on-premises and cloud environments. You will evaluate existing tools and processes, streamline operations, and design secure, compliant, and cost-effective solutions that boost both reliability and efficiency.

What You'll Do:

Conduct a comprehensive analysis of the current architecture; outline a future-proof test and quality architecture along with a strategic roadmap.

Identify and standardize testing tools while eliminating duplicative testing efforts across various teams.

Utilize AI and machine learning technologies to enhance test design, selection, triage, and environment stability, ensuring rigorous security and compliance across all platforms.

Develop a robust and scalable testing platform that integrates security and compliance checks into the CI/CD pipeline.

Standardize practices for performance and stress testing that adhere to service level objectives (SLOs).

Create KPIs, dashboards, and a governance framework; empower teams with playbooks and expert consulting.

What You'll Bring:

10-15 years of experience in Quality Engineering or Architecture, with proven success in leading large-scale testing transformations.

Extensive expertise in functional, stress, and performance testing methodologies.

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct enterprise discovery and assessment to map current testing practices and identify areas for improvement.

Quantify redundancies, gaps in coverage, and security vulnerabilities.

Align testing requirements with stakeholders from QA, Development, Program Management, Security, and Compliance.

Develop a consolidation strategy for tools and testing frameworks.

Craft an AI/ML roadmap for quality engineering, focusing on prioritizing use cases and expected return on investment.

Architect a scalable test platform that supports advanced testing techniques, including parallelization and self-service test data services.

Integrate security measures directly into CI/CD workflows.

Create and maintain test data strategies that ensure compliance with privacy regulations.

Establish governance standards, metrics, and dashboards to ensure audit readiness.

Develop training resources like playbooks and provide hands-on consulting for large testing teams.

Lead change initiatives by forming a collaborative working group to implement new methodologies.

Effectively communicate results and the value of transformation efforts to leadership while guiding teams through the transition.

Required Qualifications:

10-15 years of experience in quality engineering or software architecture, with a minimum of 5 years managing enterprise-wide testing transformations.

Demonstrated expertise in rationalizing testing tools and eliminating redundancies.

In-depth knowledge of functional, stress testing at scale, including methodologies and environment design.

Experience with CI/CD processes across cloud environments.

Familiarity with integrating security and compliance measures within pipelines.

Strong skills in observability, service virtualization, and test data management.

Exceptional stakeholder management and change facilitation experience in matrixed organizations.

Preferred Skills:

Experience with microservices and event-driven architectural designs.

Knowledge of AI tools for large-scale software testing.

Benefits:

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.

Short-term and long-term disability coverage.

Life insurance and accidental death coverage.

Flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care.

401(k) pension plan with company matching.

Generous paid time off policy, including holidays and sick leave.

Paid parental leave and adoption assistance.

Employee stock purchase plan.

Financial planning services.

This role is located at [insert precise work address]. We look forward to welcoming you to our team!