QA Lead

MustHave Skills & Experience

• 10+ years in QA leadership, with at least 3+ years specifically in AWS cloud migration projects.
• Knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS, VPC, IAM, CloudWatch, AWS Migration Hub).
• Experience with migration validation strategies, including dry runs, cutover testing, and Data Centre Exit (DCE) programs.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, Client ALM, TOSCA, codeBeamer and automated testing frameworks.
• Proven ability to manage large, hybrid (onshore/offshore) teams in fast-paced Agile or hybrid environments.

Role Description:
Leads the end-to-end testing strategy for transitioning on-premises systems to AWS. Key responsibilities include designing migration testing strategies, managing data validation, performance testing in the cloud, defect management, and coordinating between engineering, application, end users and cloud teams to ensure zero-downtime, secure, and reliable migration waves

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute a robust, risk-based testing strategy tailored to AWS migration patterns (rehost, replatform, refactor)
• Oversee testing across multiple migration waves to ensure application stability, performance, and data integrity
• Ensure accuracy during large-scale data migrations, validating data validation, replication progress, and security in the cloud environment.
• Performance & Security Assurance Oversee non-functional testing, specifically validating scalability, high availability, and adherence to security standards
• Act as a central point for stakeholders, delivering test metrics, reports, and risk assessments to senior leadership
• Guide and drive UAT strategy and support end users during execution

NicetoHave Skills & Experience

• Testing experience in Life sciences and GxP applications
• Drive automation using CI/CD tools to validate infrastructure changes dynamically