Senior Testing Consultant (UAT/QA)

Location: Remote

About the role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Testing Consultant to serve as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in User Acceptance Testing (UAT), test strategy, quality assurance, and testing process improvement. The ideal candidate will support enterprise application implementations by collaborating with business users, product owners, developers, and project teams to ensure solutions meet business requirements and quality standards in Agile and traditional delivery environments.

Responsibilities

• Review and analyze business requirements, user stories, process flows, and acceptance criteria.
• Maintain the Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Develop and maintain comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test cases, test scenarios, and test suites.
• Execute manual User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and validate functional and non-functional requirements.
• Perform regression, integration, exploratory, performance, accessibility, and security testing.
• Prepare and manage test data required for UAT.
• Validate testing readiness, including environments, tools, requirements, and data.
• Log, track, and validate defects using Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar tools.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and determine defect severity and business impact.
• Support and mentor business SMEs during UAT execution.
• Develop testing documentation, templates, training materials, and best practices.
• Provide daily and weekly testing metrics, status reports, and quality updates.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog refinement, stand-ups, demos, and retrospectives.
• Contribute to release planning, release readiness, and Go/No-Go decisions.
• Identify opportunities for test automation and collaborate with automation engineers.
• Define testing scope, quality gates, entry/exit criteria, and release strategies.
• Monitor testing progress, defect trends, and quality risks.
• Assess test coverage across business processes, integrations, workflows, and edge cases.
• Coordinate test data refreshes and environment readiness.
• Provide QA/UAT effort estimates for sprint and release planning.
• Escalate quality risks, blockers, and unresolved issues with recommended mitigation plans.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in Software Testing, QA, or UAT.
• Proven experience leading testing initiatives for enterprise applications.
• Strong consulting, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Skills

• Strong experience in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Software Testing.
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Hands-on experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Experience designing and executing complex test scenarios.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Test Strategy
  • Test Planning
  • Test Case Design
  • Requirements Traceability Matrix (RTM)
  • Defect Management
  • Release Readiness
• Experience using:
  • Jira
  • Azure DevOps
  • Other Test Management Tools
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience working with business stakeholders and technical teams.
• Understanding of:
  • Accessibility (WCAG)
  • Security Testing
  • Performance Testing
• Experience in risk-based testing and release quality management.
• Ability to prioritize work and operate independently.
• Strong collaboration and stakeholder management skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Government or highly regulated environments.
• Familiarity with:
  • Selenium
  • Playwright
  • Robot Framework
  • Other automation tools
• Experience managing complex test data.
• Background in Business Analysis or broader QA disciplines beyond UAT.

Work Environment

• 100% Remote.
• Collaborative Agile development environment.
• Opportunity to support enterprise-scale digital transformation initiatives.
• Occasional high workload during release cycles.
• Cross-functional collaboration with business, product, development, QA, and project management teams.

Schedule

• Standard business hours (Monday – Friday).

Employment Terms

• Virtual Interview (MS Teams).
• Background Check: Required before onboarding.
• Equipment: Candidate must provide a reliable computer, internet connection, and phone for remote work.
• Onsite Requirement: Candidate should be available for onsite meetings if requested within a reasonable timeframe.