QA Lead

Expleo • Greater Milwaukee, WI

2d • $82 - $89 • Hybrid

About The Position

Trissential is hiring a QA Lead to join their client’s team, playing a critical role in a large-scale initiative focused on modernizing core operational platforms across multiple entities. This position is not a hands-on performance engineering role; instead, it focuses on leading performance test planning, execution coordination, and ensuring results visibility to guarantee enterprise systems are ready to perform when needed. The ideal candidate is a seasoned QA Lead who excels at coordination, clarity, and delivering confidence in complex systems, bringing structure to complexity and aligning diverse teams toward a common goal. This high-impact leadership role involves owning the quality and readiness of performance testing across a multi-system, enterprise transformation. The QA Lead will partner directly with program leadership, operations, and engineering teams on complex, meaningful work supporting mission-critical platforms where reliability, scalability, and performance are paramount. The role offers balanced flexibility with a hybrid work model and provides professional credibility through leading large, integrated performance testing events and executive-level readouts.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software testing or quality assurance, with at least 4 years in a QA Lead or Test Management role
• Strong understanding of performance testing concepts, including planning, execution strategies, KPIs, and entry/exit criteria
• Experience supporting large-scale, highly integrated platforms with real-time or operational characteristics
• Hands-on experience with test management and defect tracking tools (Jira, Azure DevOps, ALM, or similar)
• Proven ability to coordinate testing across multiple systems, integrations, and delivery teams
• Excellent organizational and communication skills, with confidence facilitating meetings and reporting status
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience)

Nice To Haves

• Experience in utilities, energy delivery, or operational technology environments
• Exposure to SCADA or SCADA-like systems
• Prior leadership of large performance testing events, dry runs, and executive results read-outs
• Experience working in regulated or mission-critical environments
• Background supporting hybrid or agile delivery models on enterprise programs
• ISTQB or equivalent QA/testing certification

Responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the creation and completion of a comprehensive performance test plan, covering scope, environments, tooling, data, resourcing, schedules, and execution models
• Develop and maintain an integrated test preparation and readiness schedule across multiple systems, teams, and dependencies
• Create, organize, and manage performance test cases, execution groups, and workbooks within test management tools
• Coordinate cross-team working sessions supporting integration, automation, and performance testing across applications, mobile clients, and backend interfaces
• Plan and support performance test dry runs, validating entry criteria and readiness before execution
• Provide execution-time coordination and support across test cycles and extended testing events
• Manage on-site logistics for performance testing activities, including access, workspace coordination, and operational needs
• Facilitate defect triage sessions, tracking issues through prioritization, assignment, and remediation
• Consolidate and analyze performance results (UI response times, system utilization, interface throughput)
• Prepare and deliver clear performance test read-outs to technical and program leadership
• Serve as a central coordination point ensuring testing outcomes align with program milestones and operational readiness goals

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation – You choose the model that works best for you, both with company-sponsored benefits! $82–$89 per hour. Final compensation is determined based on skill alignment, years of experience, and fair, market-based rates by geography.
• Comprehensive Benefits for you and your dependents – Medical, dental, vision, free tele-health, HSA with company contribution, life and disability insurance, and 401k with matching
• Paid Time Off – Both compensation models offer paid time away from work
• Hybrid Work Model – Up to three days onsite per week
• Career Growth & Visibility – Lead high-profile testing initiatives on complex enterprise platforms
• Supportive, Professional Culture – Collaboration, clarity, and respect are core to how we work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees