IT QA Manager

Job title: IT QA Manager

Job description: In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!

When it comes to what you want in your career, if you can imagine it, you can do it at Parsons. Imagine a career working with intelligent, diverse people sharing a common quest. Imagine a workplace where you can be yourself. Where you can thrive. Where you can find your next, right now. We’ve got what you’re looking for.

Job Description:

Parsons is looking for an amazingly talented IT QA Manager to join our team! In this role your sole aim is to make the procedure easier and clearer for your team because you understand that if one person is bogged down, it will affect the performance of the whole group. If you are a hands-on leader who has solid experiences in automation testing tools and able to manage the transition the QA team from manual testing to automated testing, then this is the right position for you. The QA team is responsible for the comprehensive application testing process for in-house developed applications.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Integrate the use of automated software testing tools into development and QA environments.
• Mentors/trains team members to become effective software QA professionals.
• Apply DevOps principles to the QA processes to improve the delivery pipeline and Continuous Delivery (CD).
• Ensure applications satisfy business/project objectives and fulfill functional and non-functional requirements by conducting hands-on functional, load, regression, and security testing.
• Prioritizes projects based on contractual commitments and cost benefit and executes tasks in a high-pressure environment.
• Directly supervises quality assurance team including the preparation and delivery of staff performance evaluations and career development activities.
• Manages QA department and adheres to overall expectations pertaining to setting accurate schedules, costs and resources.
• Sets and ensures delivery against QA department goals and objectives, i.e. meeting commitments and coordinating overall quality assurance schedule.
• Provides necessary definition, development and deployment of software quality assurance strategy, addressing all phases of application development.
• Works with project managers to develop project schedules and resource allocation models for QA related projects and other activities such as software deployment, customer integration, and professional services validation.

Sound like you?

Along with a degree in a relevant area of study, you’ll have:

• 10+ years application software quality assurance including 5-7 years of management experience
• Hands-on experience with automated software quality tools. Experience with Selenium Web Driver, SoapUI and scripting tools is preferred.
• In depth knowledge of the Software Development Lifecycle, Agile Methodologies and Scrum Development.
• Knowledge of or experience with AWS and Mobile Automation Testing tools is preferred
• Project Management
• Leadership/Personnel Management
• Ability to expand job responsibilities, suggest improvements, and collaborate with others to generate ideas and improve processes
• Understanding of company organization, products and related industry knowledge
• Negotiation skills, conflict resolution skills, influencing and persuasion skills

We Want You to be a Part of How We Innovate and Grow Forward.

We encourage individuals with innovative ideas to apply for this position. Our employees find that we prefer to use fresh approaches to work smarter. Everyday operations are addressed with new ways of completing tasks. Do you thrive in a business environment that is not stagnant in their operations and procedures? Our experience informs that an innovative mindset is the best way to grow our organization and remain successful. Come join us and become an integral part of how we move forward.

Minimum Clearance Required to Start: Confidential

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 75 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in diverse, collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see new possibilities.

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as health, vision, dental, employer paid provincial care premiums, Defined Contribution Pension Plan (DCPP), Tax-Free Savings Account (TFSA), Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP), life insurance, paid time off, sick leave, all province observed holidays off, and gym membership discounts to fit your busy lifestyle!

The position may require a COVID vaccination or an approved accommodation/exemption for a disability/medical condition or religious belief as required by customer requirements and some cases federal, state, provincial or local mandates.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility in the workplace. Diversity is ingrained in who we are, how we do business, and is one of our company’s core values. Parsons equally employs representation at all job levels for minority, female, disabled, protected veteran and LGBTQ+.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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