QA Lead Onsite

What you'll work on

• QA Strategy & Planning
• + Define and own the overall test strategy, test plan, and quality goals for the application development lifecycle.
  • Establish exit criteria, release readiness gates, and quality metrics.

Team Leadership & People Management

+ Lead, mentor, and grow a team of QA engineers (manual, automation, performance) and contractors.

• Allocate resources, manage capacity, conduct performance reviews, and support career development.

Lead daily/weekly stand-ups, sprint planning QA inputs, and post-release retrospectives.

Test Design & Implementation

+ Drive creation of test cases, test suites, and traceability matrices for functional, integration, regression, and system tests.

• Champion test automation (UI, API, unit integration), using latest AI tools and own the automation roadmap and maintenance strategy.

Ensure adoption of BDD/TDD where applicable and design tests to be reliable and maintainable.

Hands-on Automation & Technical Contribution

+ Implement and maintain automation frameworks and contribute code reviews for test automation.

• Build/maintain API test suites, and automate end-to-end workflows and regression packs.

CI/CD & Tooling Integration

+ Integrate tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure DevOps) to enable automated validation on each build.

• Manage test environments (containerized environments, cloud test beds) and test data provisioning.

Performance, Security & Non-Functional Testing

+ Define and coordinate performance, load, stress, and security test strategies.

• Work with DevOps and security teams to validate application reliability and compliance.

Defect Management & Risk Mitigation

+ Manage defect lifecycle, prioritize issues, and drive root-cause analysis to reduce recurrence.

• Identify quality risks early and provide risk-based mitigation plans and trade-off recommendations.

Stakeholder Communication & Governance

+ Communicate quality status, KPIs, and risks to Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and other stakeholders.

• Represent QA in release decision meetings and post-release reviews.

Process Improvement & Best Practices

+ Establish QA best practices, coding standards for tests, and continuous improvement initiatives to increase automation coverage and reduce cycle time.

• Drive metrics-driven quality improvements (defect escape rate, automation ROI, MTTR).

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 8+ years of professional experience in software QA and testing; minimum 3-5 years in a lead role.
• Strong hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, Appium) and latest AI testing tools
• Solid experience testing web, mobile, and API (REST/SOAP) applications.
• Demonstrable experience integrating tests into CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, Azure DevOps).
• Proficiency with programming/scripting languages (e.g., Java, Python, JavaScript/TypeScript).
• Experience with performance testing tools (JMeter, Gatling) and security testing processes.
• Good SQL/noSQL knowledge for test data validation (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, MongoDB).
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes).
• Experience in Agile/Scrum environments and working closely with cross-functional teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent. Master's degree or relevant certifications are a plus.

Desired Skills & Certifications

• Strong leadership, stakeholder management, and written/verbal communication skills.
• Knowledge of BDD frameworks (Cucumber, SpecFlow) and test design techniques.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK).
• Certifications (optional but desirable): ISTQB Advanced, Certified Agile Tester, AWS/Azure certifications, or test automation certifications.
• Experience with DevSecOps or embedding security testing into pipelines.

About NTT DATA

NTT DATA is a $30+ billion business and technology services leader, serving 75% of the Fortune Global 100. We are committed to accelerating client success and positively impacting society through responsible innovation. We are one of the world's leading AI and digital infrastructure providers, with unmatched capabilities in enterprise-scale AI, cloud, security, connectivity, data centers and application services. Our consulting and industry solutions help organizations and society move confidently and sustainably into the digital future. As a Global Top Employer, we have experts in more than 50 countries. We also offer clients access to a robust ecosystem of innovation centers as well as established and start-up partners. NTT DATA is part of NTT Group, which invests over $3 billion each year in R&D.