QA Lead

Role: QA Lead
Department: App Innovation
Location: Flexible/Hybrid, also open to Remote from EU locations
Travel Required: N/A
Reporting To: App Innovation Manager
Storm Technology specialises in helping clients expand the possibilities of what digital technology can achieve for their business. A Microsoft Solutions Partner with over 30 years’ experience, Storm Technology is the Microsoft solutions partner of choice for digital technology advancement and adoption. Our team is comprised of highly skilled business professionals, technology experts, and change management specialists, who bring business and technology know-how together with a proven project methodology to deliver tangible return on investment. They are passionate individuals who thrive when part of a team that designs the best Microsoft technology solutions for our clients.
In August 2024, Storm announced that it had been acquired by Littlefish , an award-winning managed IT and cyber security services provider based in Nottingham, UK. We believe that this acquisition further strengthens Storm’s service portfolio for both new and existing clients in Ireland, particularly within the managed IT services and cyber security space, and facilitates future growth, enabling the delivery of its Microsoft business solutions to the UK market. In turn, this will see both companies extend their capabilities across larger scale projects and to a wider breadth of clients. Together, Storm Technology and Littlefish will continue to deliver industry leading services to existing customers across the areas of managed IT services, cloud services, and strategic consultancy. So, this is a very exciting time to join this important phase of our growth journey
About this role:
Overview We are seeking a QA Lead who is passionate about leading quality and helping customers achieve more with their technology investment. As part of our App Innovation consultancy, we aim to help our customers of all sizes build and innovate on their digital solutions. This role will report directly to the practice team and will work closely with other customers, team leads, technical consultants, resource managers and developers across the business to ensure practice goals and objectives are met.
Performance Priorities and Key Areas of Role Focus Define, implement, and manage QA strategy, processes, and standards across projects.
Lead and mentor a QA team, providing technical guidance and oversight.
Develop, execute, and maintain automated and manual test scripts.
Configure and manage test plans, pipelines, and reporting within Azure DevOps .
Ensure traceability of requirements, defects, and test coverage through Azure DevOps Boards/Test Plans.
Establish metrics and KPIs to monitor product quality and testing effectiveness.
Drive continuous improvement in QA practices, including automation, performance, and security testing.
Act as the escalation point for all QA-related matters.
Technical Requirements of the Successful Candidate Strong background as a QA Lead / Test Manager in enterprise-scale projects.
Advanced proficiency in Azure DevOps (Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Test Plans).
Hands-on experience with automated testing frameworks (e.g., Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, SpecFlow). Ideally Playwright.
Familiarity with API testing tools (e.g., Postman, RestAssured).
Experience with CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests.
Knowledge of software testing methodologies (functional, regression, performance, UAT).
Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum delivery environments.
Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
Additional skills ISTQB / similar testing certification.
Experience with performance testing tools (e.g., JMeter, LoadRunner).
Exposure to cloud-based test environments (Azure).
Familiarity with security and compliance testing.
Knowledge of containerisation (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices testing.

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