Sr. UAT Test Lead
Job Title: Sr. UAT Test Lead
Location: Salem, Oregon (Remote)
Duration: 7 months
Job Summary
The client is seeking an experienced Senior Testing Consultant to serve as a subject matter expert in Quality Assurance (QA) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT). This role will support the SBM team by designing and executing comprehensive testing strategies, validating business requirements, managing defects, and improving testing processes. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in UAT, Agile methodologies, test planning, and collaboration with business stakeholders to ensure high-quality software releases.
Top Skills: User Acceptance Testing (UAT), QA Testing, Test Strategy, Agile/Scrum, Test Planning & Test Case Development, Azure DevOps, Jira, Regression Testing, Integration Testing, Defect Management, Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
Key Responsibilities
- Review and analyze business requirements, user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria for completeness and testability.
- Create, maintain, and execute test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and test suites.
- Maintain Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM) throughout the project lifecycle.
- Execute manual User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and validate functional and non-functional requirements.
- Perform regression, integration, exploratory, accessibility, security, and performance testing.
- Log, track, retest, and validate defects using tools such as Azure DevOps or Jira.
- Participate in defect triage meetings and assess defect priority, severity, and business impact.
- Prepare and manage test data required for testing activities.
- Support business users during UAT and provide testing guidance and best practices.
- Develop testing documentation, templates, training materials, and process improvements.
- Generate daily and weekly testing metrics, status reports, and release readiness assessments.
- Participate in Agile Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Collaborate with automation engineers to identify automation candidates and improve regression testing coverage.
- Assess testing risks, coverage gaps, and quality metrics while recommending mitigation strategies.
- Support sprint and release planning by providing QA estimates, assumptions, and go/no-go recommendations.
Required Qualifications
- Strong experience with User Acceptance Testing (UAT), Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), and Agile methodologies.
- Experience designing, developing, and executing comprehensive test plans and complex test scenarios.
- Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools such as Azure DevOps and Jira.
- Strong analytical, troubleshooting, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Ability to work independently, prioritize tasks, and manage multiple testing activities.
- Knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG), security testing fundamentals, and performance testing concepts.
- Experience identifying testing risks and recommending mitigation strategies.
- Proven experience leading QA/UAT efforts for large, cross-functional projects.
- Experience creating test strategies, RTMs, defect reports, test summaries, and release readiness documentation.
- Strong understanding of defect lifecycle management, risk-based testing, and test coverage analysis.
- Experience collaborating with business, technical, product, vendor, and project management teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience working in government or other highly regulated environments.
- Familiarity with test automation concepts and frameworks such as Selenium, Playwright, or Robot Framework.
- Experience preparing and managing test data.
- Background in Business Analysis or broader Quality Assurance beyond User Acceptance Testing.