Job Information

Date Opened

03/03/2026

Job Type

Full time

Industry

IT Services

Work Experience

8+ years

Salary

As per Industry Standards

City

Tirunelveli / Chennai

State/Province

Tamil Nadu

Country

India

Zip/Postal Code

627007

The QA Lead is responsible for defining, implementing, and overseeing the Quality Assurance strategy to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products. This role leads a team of QA engineers, drives test automation initiatives, improves testing processes, and collaborates closely with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Product, and DevOps.

Key Responsibilities

1. QA Strategy & Leadership

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Define and implement the overall QA strategy, standards, and best practices.

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Lead, mentor, and manage a team of QA engineers (manual and automation).

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Establish quality metrics, KPIs, and reporting mechanisms.

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Promote a quality-first culture across the organization.

2. Test Planning & Execution

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Develop comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts.

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Oversee functional, regression, integration, system, performance, and UAT testing.

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Ensure test coverage aligns with business and technical requirements.

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Manage defect lifecycle using tools such as JIRA.

3. Automation & Tools

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Drive test automation strategy and framework implementation.

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Work with automation tools such as Selenium, Cypress, or Playwright.

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Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins.

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Evaluate and recommend current QA tools and technologies.

Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.

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5+ years of experience in software testing/QA.

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4+ years of experience leading QA teams.

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Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, Agile/Scrum methodologies.

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Experience with API testing tools such as Postman.

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Hands-on experience in test automation frameworks.

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Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.

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Experience in Selenium , Playwright

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Knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).

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Experience in DevOps environments.

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ISTQB or similar QA certification.

📌 QA Lead (India)
🏢 Icanio Technologies
📍 India