Senior QA Consultant/Coach 100% REMOTE

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Job Description - Senior Software QA Consultant (Automation / Quality Engineering)

Location: REMOTE from AR, CO, FL, GA, IL, IN, IA, KS, KY, LA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, NE, NH, NJ, OH, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, WI, WY)

Duration: 6-month contract (no likely conversion to FTE)

Overview

We're looking for a Senior Software QA Consultant to act as a coach and advisor to an existing QA leader and team. This is not a hands-on execution role or a people management role - it's focused on providing guidance, structure, and strategy to help mature QA practices for a large enterprise initiative.

This person will work closely with the current QA Manager and development leadership to expand testing strategy, improve communication with stakeholders, and bring more structure and clarity to quality engineering efforts.

Key Responsibilities

Coaching & Mentorship

Partner directly with the QA Manager to provide guidance on leadership, team structure, and QA best practices

Help upskill and mentor QA leadership in managing large-scale testing efforts

Provide practical recommendations on prioritization, planning, and execution

QA Strategy & Frameworks

Assess current QA processes and identify gaps

Help define and refine testing strategy for a large enterprise platform (Traverse)

Recommend improvements across test automation, coverage, and overall quality approach

Introduce scalable frameworks and best practices where needed

Process Improvement & Communication

Help establish clearer QA processes, standards, and documentation

Improve how QA strategy, progress, and risks are communicated to leadership and stakeholders

Provide structure around reporting, metrics, and release readiness

Collaboration

Partner with development and leadership teams to align on quality expectations

Act as a sounding board for QA and engineering decisions

Support cross-functional alignment between QA, Dev, and business stakeholders

Qualifications

10+ years in QA / Quality Engineering

Strong background in test automation (UI, API, services, cloud)

Experience building or advising on QA strategy for large-scale projects

Prior experience mentoring or coaching QA leaders or teams

Solid understanding of CI/CD and modern testing practices

Familiarity with AWS and/or Azure

Experience in Agile/DevOps environments

Strong communication skills - able to translate QA strategy to non-QA stakeholdersBeacon Hill is an equal opportunity employer and individuals with disabilities and/or protected veterans are encouraged to apply.

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Company Profile:

Beacon Hill Technologies, a premier National Information Technology Staffing Group, provides world class technology talent across all industries utilizing a complete suite of staffing services. Beacon Hill Technologies' dedicated team of recruiting and staffing experts consistently delivers quality IT professionals to solve our customers' technical and business needs.

Beacon Hill Technologies covers a broad spectrum of IT positions, including Project Management and Business Analysis, Programming/Development, Database, Infrastructure, Quality Assurance, Production/Support and ERP roles.

Learn more about Beacon Hill and our specialty divisions, Beacon Hill Associates, Beacon Hill Financial, Beacon Hill HR, Beacon Hill Legal, Beacon Hill Life Sciences and Beacon Hill Technologies by visiting .

Benefits Information:

Beacon Hill offers a robust benefit package including, but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, and federal and state leave programs as required by applicable agency regulations to those that meet eligibility. Upon successfully being hired, details will be provided related to our benefit offerings.

We look forward to working with you.

Beacon Hill. Employing the Future

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Minimum Education Required

Not Specified

Minimum Experience Required

Not Specified

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Compensation

$75.00 - $85.00 / Hourly

Postal Code

55155

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

15216

Job Benefits

See job description