Quality Assurance Lead

Job Summary

Leading software quality and testing activities for a Department of Veterans Affairs initiative, the full-time remote Quality Assurance Lead will establish testing strategies, mentor QA Analysts, and ensure compliance with functional, security, and quality requirements while reducing the use of Social Security Numbers across critical applications.

Key responsibilities

• Lead QA and testing activities for VistA applications impacted by the SSN reduction initiative
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test strategies, plans, and standards based on project requirements and risks
• Coordinate defect management and ensure thorough end-to-end test coverage across development, QA, and business teams

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Health Informatics, or a related field, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years of software quality assurance experience in healthcare IT or complex enterprise systems
• 2+ years of experience in a QA leadership role
• Experience developing and executing test strategies for functional, integration, regression, and UAT
• Strong knowledge of defect management, release validation, and QA metrics