Test Lead; QA​/JIRA - Hybrid

Looking for an awesome QA Lead local to the Birmingham, Al area.

• Proactively review all workstream testing states for SIT and UAT, all via the lens of business end users as well as the IT view.
• Stay on top of defects / blockers and make sure the Jira tickets are actively being worked by the right people.
• Maintain dashboard metrics for SIT and UAT in Jira and provide reporting.
• Facilitate and schedule the necessary meetings to resolve issues as well as solutioning via war room.
• May assist with testing from time to time as needed.

• Work closely and collaboratively with business partners, Project Management and Vendor technical delivery teams to understand business requirements.
• Report and track defects, issues, and risks related to enterprise applications.
• Help to evaluating and improving the test processes and methodologies for enterprise applications.
• Experience in testing ERP applications which includes integrations, data migrations, applications.
• Create and document test plans, execute tests, analyze results, and report problems and anomalies.
• Operate in Agile or Waterfall approach to support testing needs.
• Ensure software testing is done on-time and as planned and notify management about bottlenecks and other issues and risks.
• Assist Business subject matter experts and business analysts in the development of UAT test scenarios leveraging SIT test cases.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and demos.
• Report weekly status to Quality Assurance Manager.

• Knowledge of quality assurance concepts and best practices.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Organization skills.
• Jira knowledge (creating test plans, test cases, defects, dashboards).
• Experience with SDLC, Waterfall and agile methodologies.
• THIS ROLE IS W2 ONLY.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.