QA Test Lead

With our clients shift to vertically-aligned technical product teams, we have a need for 2 QA Test Leads who can work closely with our development teams who are mostly St. Louis based and via Nearshore in Apex's Mexico Delivery Center. We are specifically looking for QA Leads who can work independently and occasionally wear multiple hats, if called upon, to best drive QA best practices and supplement our team's strengths. QA Test Leads will guide a team responsible for creating test plans and testing each story per the acceptance criteria. You will collaborate across scrum teams. QA Leads may attend agile ceremony meetings working closely with the scrum master and product owner to ensure testing is on track. When deploying code to higher environments, team is responsible for testing our stories in the higher environments.Lead manual and automation testing efforts in lower environmentsExperience in WebdriverIO (https://webdriver.io/), Sauce Labs (https://saucelabs.com/), and JavaScript. Or similar low-code products for continuous testing for desktop browsers.Jira used for Defect ManagementExperience with a Test Case Management Tool.Understanding of Single Page Applications is a plusKnowledge of Chrome Dev Tools a plusKnowledge of Cypress, Mocha, or Cucumber a plusCreate detailed test plans and test casesThe skills and experience necessary for this analyst role include:Excellent oral and written communication skillsStrong interpersonal and consultative skillsClear facilitation skillsAnalytical thinking and problem solvingBeing detail-oriented and capable of delivering a high level of accuracyOrganizational skillsProficient in PostmanProficient in API/UI testing at every stage of development aNice to have Telcom experience and ordering experiencee (hybrid schedule) once converted with the end clientRequired Skills : 3+ years of Test Lead experience; leading QA best practices/standards JavaScript based testing framework (Cypress, Mocha, Chai, Selenium, Jasmine or other similar) Jira & ALM is a must haveBasic Qualification : 3+ years of Test Lead experience; leading QA best practices/standards JavaScript based testing framework (Cypress, Mocha, Chai, Selenium, Jasmine or other similar) Jira & ALM is a must haveAdditional Skills : 3+ years of Test Lead experience; leading QA best practices/standards JavaScript based testing framework (Cypress, Mocha, Chai, Selenium, Jasmine or other similar) Jira & ALM is a must haveRemote during contract (6 months) - must be willing to work 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (hybrid schedule) once converted with the end client Background Check :YesNotes :Selling points for candidate :Remote during contract (6 months) - must be willing to work 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (hybrid schedule) once converted with the end client Project Verification Info :No info providedCandidate must be your W2 Employee :YesExclusive to Apex :YesFace to face interview required :NoCandidate must be local :YesCandidate must be authorized to work without sponsorship :YesInterview times set :YesType of project :Development/EngineeringMaster Job Title :QA/SW TesterBranch Code :St. Louis