Job Description Job Description
Job Title: QA Architect
Job Location: Atlanta, GA
Job Type: Contract
Job Description:
- Lead and manage the QA team, ensuring alignment with business goals and project timelines.
- Own and develop the QA strategy, including manual and automated testing frameworks tailored to manufacturing and supply chain applications.
- Drive the adoption of best practices for testing methodologies, tools, and documentation across all projects.
- Supervise QA team performance and provide mentorship to ensure team members excel in their roles.
- Build and maintain a collaborative, results-driven team culture.
- Identify training needs and promote the professional development of team members.
- Design and implement robust automated testing scripts and frameworks capable of validating complex workflows in manufacturing and supply chain systems.
- Collaborate with DevOps and development teams to integrate automated testing into continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
- Maintain and advance automation coverage for both front-end and back-end systems to minimize manual testing overhead.
- Work closely with development teams, product managers, and business analysts to define testable requirements and acceptance criteria.
- Provide timely feedback to developers based on testing outcomes, ensuring defects are resolved before production releases.
- Coordinate discussions with cross-functional teams to maintain alignment on quality goals and deliverables.
- Establish performance benchmarks for QA processes, ensuring scalability and efficiency in testing workflows.
- Ensure QA practices adhere to regulatory and compliance standards relevant to manufacturing and supply chain software, such as GDPR, ISO 27001, and federal export regulations.
- Regularly audit software quality metrics and reporting to identify trends and potential areas of improvement.
- Continually evolve QA strategies to address emerging challenges in manufacturing and supply chain software.
- Stay updated on new testing tools and technologies, integrating relevant ones to improve efficiency and effectiveness.
- Advocate for the use of AI-powered testing tools and frameworks to enhance automation and accuracy.
