Description : About the Role :
We are seeking a QA hands-on lead with strong leadership, good to have cybersecurity exposure, and a modern, AI-aware mindset toward quality engineering.
You will oversee the end-to-end QA lifecycle - defining test strategy, test approach, managing a team of functional testers, enabling automation, and ensuring each release meets the highest standards for functionality, security, performance, and user experience.
You will also promote AI-driven efficiency across QA planning, reporting, and execution.
Key Responsibilities :
- Define and own the QA strategy and process maturity across product releases.
- Collaborate with the Development leads, Product Manager, and CS Engineers to validate feature readiness and develop an actionable QA plan for releases.
- Work with CS / Sales to conduct demo and walkthrough sessions for UAT handover
- Manage test planning, estimation, execution tracking, and defect tracking.
- Drive NFR testing - Security, Performance, and User Experience validations.
- Author, review, and approve test plans, cases, and regression suites for completeness.
- Ensure continuous test process improvements using AI-assisted tools.
- Assist with integrating QA workflows with CI / CD pipelines and automation frameworks.
- Conduct root-cause analyses of user incidents and ensure preventive QA measures are implemented.
- Maintain instances for Demo and for simulations
Required Skills & Competencies :
Category :
Team mentoring, stakeholder coordination, quality Strategy :Strong understanding of QA governance, metrics, Awareness :Familiar with Selenium, PyTest, or similar :Security, Performance, and UX testing hands-on experienceAI Awareness :
Practical use of AI-driven test management or defect analytics toolsTools :
GitHub, Jira, Pytest, Selenium, & ReportingStrong focus on clarity, traceability, and metrics-driven QA reportsPreferred Experience :
Product company background primarily working in cyber security spacePreferred Qualifications :
Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field.ISTQB Advanced Test Manager certification (preferred).Prior experience in Cybersecurity Product QA.Exposure to AI-based testing tools or quality analytics frameworks.Experience in Agile / DevSecOps environments(ref : hirist.tech)