Lead QA Engineer

As a global digital solutions company known for expertise in cloud, data engineering, and quality assurance, you will be responsible for managing both manual and automated testing across ETL pipelines, UI, and databases. Your role will involve leading a team, collaborating cross-functionally across global teams, implementing best testing practices, owning quality strategy documentation, and integrating with CI/CD tools. Key Responsibilities: - Lead and manage a QA team of 4+ members handling ETL, UI, DB, and end-to-end testing. - Analyze requirements, create detailed test cases and test data (manual & automated). - Validate ETL workflows and transformation logic using advanced SQL (Snowflake/Postgres/MySQL). - Create and maintain automation scripts using BDD (Gherkin/Behave, Pytest) in Python. - Integrate automation frameworks with CI/CD tools like Jenkins, GitHub, Rundeck. - Develop and maintain documentation including Test Strategy, BRDs, Defect Reports, etc. - Drive collaboration across DevOps, SRE, developers, and stakeholders. - Provide testing metrics and improvement plans to senior leadership. Qualifications Required: - 9-12 years total QA experience with a minimum of 6 years in ETL/UI/DB testing. - 3+ years experience in automation testing (Selenium v3+, Playwright) with Python. - Strong hands-on experience with SQL queries, preferably Snowflake/Postgres. - Experience with AWS or other cloud platforms. - Proven leadership managing at least 2 QA team members. - Working experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban). - Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills. Additional Company Details: The client is a global digital solutions company focusing on innovation and agile delivery across BFSI and Healthcare sectors. Education Requirements: BCA / B.Sc. (Computer Science) / B.E. / B.Tech / MCA / M.E. / M.Tech Nice To Have: - Exposure to DBT, Informatica, or MS Power BI. - Healthcare/Life Sciences domain knowledge. - Front-end vs back-end validation exposure. - Willingness to work flexible hours with international teams.,