QA Automation Lead (Airlines Domain) _ Chicago, IL (Day1 onsite)

Requirement details:

Job Title: QA Automation Lead

Location: Chicago, IL (Day1 onsite)

Duration: 12+ Months

Job Description:

Required Skills and Qualifications:

12+ years of experience in QA, with at least 3 years in a leadership role for large enterprise-level programs.

Prior experience in Airlines domain is mandatory

Strong hands-on experience with test automation frameworks and scripting.

Proven experience driving QA in Agile, DevOps, and CI/CD environments.

Experience working in cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud Platform) and microservices testing.

Excellent verbal and written communication skills; able to interface with senior executives and global stakeholders.

Strong leadership, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.

Required Skills

Define and execute enterprise-wide QA strategy for large programs involving multiple teams and technologies.

Provide hands-on leadership in automation frameworks (Selenium, RestAssured, etc.) and CI/CD integration.

Drive quality engineering best practices across functional, integration, regression, and performance testing.

Collaborate with Program Managers, Developers, Business Analysts, and other stakeholders to define quality goals and metrics.

Identify quality risks early and ensure mitigation plans are in place.

Build and lead a high-performing QA team, mentoring them on technical and process excellence.

Create and maintain dashboards for executive reporting on quality KPIs.

Continuously assess QA maturity and implement process improvements (e.g., shift-left, test data management, etc).

Engage with enterprise tools (JIRA, ADO, etc.) for managing test cycles and reporting.