Ascii Group, LLC · 3 hours ago
Quality Assurance Lead
Stamford, CT
Contract
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$60/hr - $60/hr
8+ years expAscii Group, LLC is seeking a Quality Assurance Program Manager to lead enterprise‐scale quality strategy and delivery across multiple banking products and programs. The role involves program leadership, automation excellence, and ensuring production quality oversight in a banking environment.
Human ResourcesInformation TechnologyStaffing Agency
Hiring Manager
Ajay K.
Responsibilities
Own end‐to‐end QA program planning, budgeting, resourcing, and risk management across multiple workstreams and vendors
Establish enterprise test strategy (functional, integration, E2E, UAT, NFR) aligned to product roadmaps and regulatory milestones (FFIEC, GLBA, SOX, PCI DSS)
Drive continuous improvement using shift‐left/shift‐right practices and standardized quality playbooks (defect prevention, root‐cause analysis, test data strategies, and release readiness)
Architect and scale automation frameworks (UI, API, services, DB) using tools such as Selenium/WebDriver, Cypress/Playwright, RestAssured/Postman, JUnit/TestNG, and Cucumber/BDD
Integrate automated suites into CI/CD (Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitLab) with quality gates, test impact analysis, and dashboards (Allure/Extent/ReportPortal)
Champion data‐driven testing, synthetic data generation, service virtualization, and environment reliability for predictable, fast feedback
Lead QA planning and integration testing for Client platforms—core banking (DNA/Signature/Premier), payments (ACH/PEP+ or equivalent), card and digital banking channels—covering migrations, conversions, and feature upgrades
Coordinate with Client/vendor teams for release notes, defect triage, and hotfix validation; ensure end‐to‐end traceability from regulatory requirements to test evidence
Govern quality for releases and change windows; run go/no‐go, readiness checks, rollback plans, and defect SLAs
Oversee production support quality with proactive monitoring, incident RCA, and problem management; ensure hands‐on troubleshooting and data validation as needed
Qualification
Required
8+ years in software quality, with 5+ years leading multi‐team QA programs in BFSI
Proven automation testing leadership (framework design, coding standards, coverage strategy) across UI/API/data layers
Strong banking domain experience and familiarity with Client product ecosystems (core banking, payments, digital)
Demonstrated production support exposure and hands‐on technical skills (SQL, logs, API calls, debugging); coding experience in Java
Experience with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and test reporting/observability tools
Excellent stakeholder management (business, tech, vendor), communication, and executive reporting
Company
Ascii Group, LLC
ASCII Group, LLC is a full service provider of comprehensive IT staffing services designed to fulfill the needs of local, regional and global companies.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
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Late StageLeadership Team
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President & CEO
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