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QA Lead Engineer

$60 - $75 per hour

Harnham

Job Title
QA Lead Engineer

Intro Harnham
Harnham is supporting a government digital project delivered through a specialist consulting partner. This role focuses on quality leadership for missioncritical applications.

Intro Client
The client is a boutique consulting firm delivering automation and workflow solutions for public sector organisations.

Role Details
  • Role: QA Lead Engineer
  • Location: DMV area (DC, Maryland, Virginia) or remote, East coast based
  • Hours: EST business hours required
  • Pay Range: $60-$75/hr
  • Length: 6-12 month initial contract with potential for extension
  • Utilization: 40 hours per week
  • Domain: Government, public sector
Intro to Role
This role leads quality assurance for Appianbased BPM applications supporting government operations. You will own test strategy, automation frameworks, and CI/CD integration while providing direction to a QA team. The focus is on preventing defects and ensuring stable, repeatable releases.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead QA strategy and test automation for Appian applications
  • Design and maintain automated test scripts across multiple layers
  • Integrate testing into DevOps and CI/CD pipelines
  • Review SQL queries to validate data accuracy and behaviour
  • Provide direction, mentoring, and oversight to QA team members
  • Support release readiness and production validation
Requirements
Must have
  • 12 plus years of relevant IT experience
  • Strong DevOps and CI/CD integration experience
  • Extensive handson test automation scripting
  • 4 plus years testing Appian applications
  • Strong SQL query writing skills
  • Experience leading or overseeing QA teams
Nice to have
  • Appian certification
  • Experience testing applications in government or regulated environments

Outro
This role is ideal for a senior QA leader who enjoys combining automation, DevOps, and team leadership to protect system quality in highimpact environments.
Vacancy posted 2 days ago
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