Kforce has a client in Birmingham, AL that is seeking a Lead Quality Assurance Testing Analyst. Summary: We are seeking a highly experienced and strategic QA Automation Engineer (QA Lead) to oversee and lead the contract QA effort, including supervising a QA Automation Engineer III. This role is ideal for someone with excellent leadership, coordination, and communication skills who can drive quality engineering practices across manual and automated testing efforts while staying hands-on when needed. The Lead Quality Assurance Testing Analyst will lead the planning, coordination, and execution of quality assurance activities throughout the SDLC, manage defect lifecycle processes, and ensure the successful delivery of quality code through both manual and automated testing. This is a leadership-focused QA role with expectations of technical oversight, coordination, and hands-on contribution when necessary. Responsibilities: * Act as the lead for the contract QA team, supervising QA resources and ensuring the successful execution of sprint testing and regression cycles * Serve as the main point of contact for QA-related project coordination and planning, working closely with developers, product owners, and business stakeholders * Provide hands-on support in automation or manual testing tasks as needed, especially during critical sprints or releases * Create and maintain detailed QA documentation, test plans, and reporting dashboards to track test execution and defect metrics * Lead sprint-level QA planning and estimation; Ensure alignment of QA tasks within Agile ceremonies * Enforce QA best practices and mentor junior QA team members * Ensure integration of automation scripts into CI/CD pipelines and leverage testing frameworks/tools such as Selenium, Postman, and qTest * Drive process improvements related to quality, test coverage, and delivery velocity.