QA Lead, IT​/Tech, IT QA Tester ​/ Automation

Role Name: QA Lead

Location:

Toronto, ON
Duration:
Contract

JOB DESCRIPTION:

"The Guidewire QA Lead is responsible for leading quality assurance activities across Guidewire Insurance Suite implementations Policy Center Billing Center Claim Center This role ensures that all Guidewire configurations integrations and upgrades meet highquality standards through comprehensive test planning execution automation and defect management The QA Lead acts as a bridge between business teams development teams and project managers while guiding the QA team throughout the SDLC

Key Responsibilities

Test Strategy Planning:

Develop and own the endtoend QA strategy for Guidewire projects
Create detailed Test Plans Test Scenarios and Test Cases covering functional integration regression and UAT testing
Estimate QA efforts define scope and identify risks and dependencies

Test Execution Management:

Lead and coordinate testing across Guidewire modules such as
Policy Center
Billing Center
Claim Center
Digital portals integrations

Validate configurations business rules product models and workflows
Ensure complete coverage of API testing UI testing data validation and environment checks

Automation Leadership:

Drive automation strategy using
Guidewire Testing Framework Gosu
Selenium Java
REST Assured Postman for API automation

Prioritize regression test automation and maintain automation scripts

Defect Management:

Log track and analyze defects using tools like JIRA ALM Azure Dev Ops
Work closely with developers to reproduce troubleshoot and validate fixes
Conduct rootcause analysis to prevent recurring issues

Team Leadership:

Lead QA team membersassign tasks mentor juniors review test artifacts
Ensure adherence to QA best practices and Guidewire implementation standards
Support crossteam communication and maintain strong client interactions

Delivery Documentation:

Ensure all QA deliverables are completed on time and with high quality
Prepare dailyweekly status reports and support release planning
Maintain documentation related to test cases traceability matrices and signoffs

Required Skills Experience
Technical Skills
Strong handson experience in Guidewire Insurance Suite testing
Understanding of Guidewire configurations product models rating workflows PCFs and integrations

Experience with :

- SQL queries data validation
SOAPREST web services
Automation tools Selenium GTF Postman ReadyAPI

Good knowledge of Agile Scrum methodologies
Leadership Functional Skills
Ability to lead endtoend QA lifecycle for Guidewire projects
Strong communication stakeholder management and requirementanalysis skills
Experience managing onsiteoffshore QA teams"