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Lead Software Tester

  • California, Aliso Viejo

  • 06/15/2026

  • Contract

  • Active

Job Description:

  • JOB SUMMARY
    Responsible for creating and organizing testing processes based on project requirements and managing test activities within a team. Ensuring adherence to test practices and processes to improve test coverage and quality of deliverables.

    Key Responsibilities
    • Create and organize the testing process based on project requirements.
    • Manage test activities within the team.
    • Ensure adherence to test practices and processes to improve test coverage.
    • Create test estimates and schedules.
    • Identify business processes, conduct risk analysis, and ensure test coverage.
    • Ensure adherence to processes and standards.
    • Produce test results, defect reports, test logs, and reports for evidence of testing.
    • Publish RCA reports and preventive measures.
    • Report progress of testing and project metrics.
    • Ensure quality of deliverables.
    • Contribute to test automation and performance testing.
    • Work with DevOps teams to understand testing frameworks and QA processes for continuous testing.
    • Coordinate test environment and test data provisioning.
    • Participate in review, walkthroughs, and demos for test design sign-off.
    • Prepare test summary reports for modules/features.
    • Analyze, prioritize, and identify gaps in requirements/user stories, creating workflow diagrams.
    • Participate in test management.
    • Identify dependencies for estimates and schedules.
    • Consume, contribute, and review best practices, lessons learned, and retrospectives.
    • Prepare test plans, test cases/scripts, and execute tests.
    • Conduct root cause and trend analysis of defects.
    • Identify test scenarios with an understanding of systems, interfaces, and applications.
    • Identify end-to-end business critical scenarios.
    • Create and review test scenarios and prepare RTM.
    • Prepare estimates (time/effort) based on requirements/user stories.
    • Identify the scope of testing.
    • Identify risks/issues and prepare mitigation and contingency plans.
    • Define KPIs for the engagement and ensure adherence.
    • Handle governance calls and represent team issues.

    Required Qualifications
    • Ability to create and manage a test plan.
    • Ability to prepare schedules based on estimates.
    • Ability to track and report progress, and take corrective measures.
    • Ability to identify test scenarios and prepare RTM.
    • Ability to analyze requirement/user stories and prioritize testing.
    • Ability to carry out Root Cause Analysis (RCA).
    • Ability to capture and report metrics.
    • Ability to identify Test Data and Test Environment Specifications.
    • Knowledge of Estimation techniques.
    • Knowledge of Testing standards.
    • Knowledge of identifying the scope of testing.
    • Knowledge of RCA Techniques.
    • Knowledge of Test design techniques.
    • Knowledge of Test methodologies.
    • Knowledge of scope identification and planning.

    Preferred Qualifications
    • Knowledge of Test automation tools and frameworks.

    Certifications
    • None specified.

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