Quality Assurance Consultant

Senior QA Analyst - Hybrid

Genesis10 is currently seeking a Senior QA Analyst - Hybrid for a contract position with a Global Financial Institution located in Charlotte, NC, Plano, TX and Pennington, NJ. This is a 12+ month contract opportunity.

This role requires a subject matter expert with deep functional and technical knowledge of assigned applications to lead and govern testing efforts. The selected candidate will partner closely with Development and Product teams to ensure quality outcomes, define comprehensive test strategies, and drive continuous improvement in a hybrid agile environment. This position has a hybrid schedule requirement of a minimum of 3 days per week onsite.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a subject matter expert with deep functional and technical knowledge of assigned applications; partner closely with Development and Product teams to ensure quality outcomes
• Lead and govern testing efforts across business change initiatives, aligning with change management activities and contributing to overall release readiness plans
• Define and execute comprehensive test strategies, ensure appropriate coverage, analyze results, and provide guidance on quality risks and release decisions
• Mentor and coach junior team members; drive testing best practices, foster a culture of learning, and champion continuous improvement and testing excellence
• Assess the impact of new or modified requirements on existing and new systems, ensuring risks and dependencies are identified early
• Proactively identify project bottlenecks, risks, and impediments; track issues to resolution and escalate when necessary
• Oversee defect management end to end, including identification of edge cases, prioritization, root cause analysis, and resolution tracking
• Ensure testing dependencies, risks, and quality concerns are clearly documented, communicated, and actively managed
• Act as the primary escalation point for testing-related issues that may impact scope, timeline, or delivery quality
• Quickly adapt to and operationalize newly introduced processes, tools, or enterprise standards
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance test effectiveness, delivery quality, and operational efficiency
• Leverage enterprise testing and delivery tools such as JIRA and ALM Octane for planning, execution, reporting, and governance
• Identify and implement process improvements to support end to end integrated testing across multiple systems and interfaces
• Provide guidance on test automation strategy and adoption, ensuring alignment with overall quality and delivery objectives
• Collaborate and communicate effectively with leadership, business partners, customers, and external teams as required
• Develop and maintain the System Test Plan, including risk assessments, test approach, and documented workarounds where applicable
• Maintain transparent and proactive communication across all project stakeholders and impacted parties
• Provide hands on testing or leadership support during critical phases of delivery to ensure milestones and deadlines are met

Requirements:

• Demonstrated expertise in QA processes, testing standards, and delivery quality governance in complex environments
• Strong command of test planning, execution, defect management, and Root Cause Analysis (RCA)
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and experience working within Agile or hybrid delivery models
• Strong analytical, problem solving, and decision making skills with a risk based mindset
• Proven stakeholder management and communication skills across technical and business audiences
• Ability to work effectively across distributed teams and drive quality initiatives in a matrixed organization
• Experience with Selenium
• Experience with Functional/Manual Testing
• Experience with Agile tools (e.g., Bitbucket, JIRA, ALM Octane)

Desired Skills:

• SDM/Horizon automation
• Knowledge of IBM Connect:Direct
• Knowledge of IBM/Sterling's Sterling Integrator 5.x/6.x

Pay range: $49.37 - $57.37 per hour

Only candidates available and ready to work directly as Genesis10 employees will be considered for this position.

If you have the described qualifications and are interested in this exciting opportunity, please apply!