Quality Assurance Lead
Job Summary
Job Description
- 5 years of experience in Software Quality Assurance.
- Proficiency in programming languages.
- Experience with SDLC.
- Knowledge of relational databases.
- Experience with Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Test Rail, and Azure tools.
- Experience leading remote teams in Agile.
- Positive attitude, communication and attention to detail.
- Ability to thrive in fast-paced environment.
- 1-2 years of experience as QA Lead Tester
- Passionate about cybersecurity or tools.
- Experience working with teams in different time zones
- Critical part of remote team, feedback is necessary.
- 100% support on automation initiatives.
14 skills required
Job Details
Company Background
ThreatConnect is a US headquartered cyber security company with operations in the US, Europe, and the UK. The company’s two product streams are in cyber threat analytics and investigation, and cyber risk quantification: RQ.
RQ enables security leaders to identify the risks that matter most to their organization based on their financial risk to the business. RQ provides security teams with mitigations, using financial values, that best buy down a company's risk. The combination of financial analysis and prioritization, with, technical analysis and industry data, sets RQ as a leader in the cyber risk quantification market.
To learn more, please visit www.threatconnect.com.
The Role
We are looking for a Quality Assurance Lead to join ThreatConnect's Cyber Risk Quantification product. Interested in creating a product that assists the world's major companies to protect them against growing cyber threats? Read on! Job descriptions are by nature extremely specific. While it may seem like we’re looking for a particular candidate, we encourage you to apply if you are passionate about software development, enjoy process improvement, and would like to make the world a better place one application at a time.
About The Job
ThreatConnect Risk Quantifier (RQ) allows enterprises to effectively quantify cyber risk in financial terms. We step in and make a real impact in the security landscape by working on the industry's only platform for automated, data-driven, and machine-learning-powered cyber risk quantification. Help lead our team of software engineers in planning, designing, and delivering new features and components, and work with senior management to ensure that the technical achievements translate into business goals.
About You
- You practice empathy. You are supportive and appraise learning as a way of growing. You value your team members’ input. Once you understand your team's goals, needs, and expectations, you help them transform their approach to testing and develop teams that operate more collaboratively.
- You are a good communicator. You preset information in a way that makes each team member feel certain about their responsibilities. You improve the final result by delegating tasks and providing direction to your colleagues.
- You are organized. Your time management skills will help you ensure the success of each quality assurance project.
- You are tech-savvy. You enjoy staying up-to-date on industry topics. You will bring continuous improvement by sharing and debating the latest testing strategies with your team.
- You are a self-starter. You are motivated. You are a problem solver. Missing requirements are not going to stop you from validating a working application. You can put your previous experience to work and fill in the gaps.
- You are a go-getter. You are resourceful, flexible, and driven. You understand that priorities and plans change and that the path forward is not always a straight line. You can adapt to the changing landscape and use the challenges as opportunities to learn new things.
Things You Will Do
- Work with software architects and developers throughout the development lifecycle to create and implement the software test strategy plan for any given project.
- Help developers plan bug fixes and provide the stakeholders with valuable information about ongoing processes. Use your analytical, technical and testing skills to oversee ongoing processes and offer training for the team members
- Ensure the test documentation is accurate, contemporary and compliant with all the relevant policies.
- Participate in all test phases, including functional, system, integration, regression, load/performance, automation and UAT.
- Run and review test scripts to check alignment with user stories and initial requirements.
- Provide constructive feedback on received reports and suggest product improvements. Make sure there are no major blockages in features or functionality before release day.
- Collaborate with development and customer success teams to reach common resolutions for the product and set the expectations for the testing team.
- Create metrics of traceability to document each step taken in the Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC).
In this role you'll get to...
- Interact with each stakeholder to ensure the product is of high quality.
- Break the project into smaller, manageable milestones and guide your team while offering support towards reaching the final goal.
On day one we'll expect you to...
- Thinking from both the customer and the business perspective.
- Be ready to start learning!
At 3 months we’ll expect you to…
- Be familiar with our software, internal tools, and processes.
- Get to the baseline and form an analytical perspective on the current status of the project.
- Listen to your QA specialists and take the challenge of prioritization.
- Extend the test suite.
At 6 months we’ll expect you to…
- Have a deeper understanding of our product and the different configurations that are possible.
- Evaluate available resources and closely monitor projects to ensure deadlines are met.
- Conduct feedback sessions with users to understand how they navigate through the product and what inconsistencies exist.
- Develop close coordination with all of the involved stakeholders to make sure software releases go evenly.
At 12 months we’ll expect you to…
- Be able to train/ mentor new members of the team.
What separates the best from the rest
- Testing in a virtual and containerized environment
- Working with cloud service providers such as Azure or AWS
- 100% support on automation and automation initiatives
- People first mentality
Our team emphasizes...
- An environment in which team members collaborate, share knowledge, communicate, and most importantly support one another
This job is awesome because…
- You are a critical part of a remote team and your feedback and collaboration is necessary and always appreciated
- You will have 100% support on automation and automation initiatives
Required Qualifications
- 1-2 years of professional experience as QA Lead Tester.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in a Software Quality Assurance role is required.
- Proficiency in programming languages.
- Understandment and experience with all aspects of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
- Knowledge and hands-on experience with relational databases (SQL, Hana, Postgres).
- Experience working in the following environments: Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Test Rail, and Azure tools.
- Experience leading remote teams in an Agile environment.
- Positive and people-oriented attitude.
- Mastering skills such as communication, time management and attention to detail.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
Desired Qualifications
- Passionate about cybersecurity and/ or cybersecurity tools
- Experience working with teams in different time zones
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