Antier Solutions - Senior Quality Assurance Manager - Automation/Manual Testing

About the Role :

We are seeking a highly experienced QA professional to establish and enforce testing standards and best practices across the organization, with a strong emphasis on security, penetration testing, API quality, and database validation.

This person will be responsible for ensuring secure, end-to-end quality control on all projects, from small-scale applications to large enterprise solutions.

This individual will :

- Define and standardize QA processes and testing frameworks, with security-first testing principles.

- Ensure a balance between manual, automation, and security testing techniques.

- Audit and enforce adherence to QA best practices, including API and security compliance, across projects.

- Implement continuous testing strategies to enhance product quality without compromising security depth.

- Be technology-agnostic and adaptable to different software stacks, including API-driven and microservices architectures.

Key Responsibilities :

Testing Standards & Best Practices :

- Define and implement QA strategies, methodologies, and frameworks for all projects, with explicit inclusion of security and API testing standards.

- Establish testing guidelines for manual, automation, performance, API, database, and security testing.

- Develop standard operating procedures (SOPs) for various testing phases, including penetration testing and security validation.

- Ensure test plans, test cases, and defect management processes meet industry standards, including OWASP and secure SDLC practices.

Manual & Automation Testing Leadership :

- Oversee functional, regression, integration, and end-to-end testing approaches, with special focus on API-driven systems.

- Develop and implement automation testing strategies for improved efficiency, including automated API and security test coverage.

- Define the usage of tools such as Selenium, Appium, JMeter, Postman, Cypress, and security testing tools like Burp Suite or equivalents.

- Ensure a smooth balance between manual, automation, and penetration/security testing approaches.

QA Audits & Compliance :

- Conduct regular audits on projects to ensure compliance with defined testing standards, security benchmarks, and API quality guidelines.

- Identify gaps in functional, API, database, and security test coverage and ensure necessary improvements.

- Work closely with project teams to enforce a quality-first and security-aware approach.

- Maintain and improve QA reporting and documentation, including security risk and vulnerability reporting.

Collaboration & Mentorship :

- Work closely with developers, DevOps engineers, security teams, and project managers to ensure a seamless and secure QA process.

- Provide technical leadership and mentorship to QA engineers across different teams, particularly in API, database, and security testing practices.

- Encourage a culture of continuous learning, security awareness, and quality ownership.

Performance & Security Testing :

- Oversee performance testing strategies to ensure application scalability and reliability.

- Implement penetration testing and application security best practices to safeguard projects from vulnerabilities.

- Ensure coverage of OWASP Top 10 (Web & API) risks, authentication/authorization flaws, and data exposure issues.

- Optimize test execution cycles and automation coverage for faster releases while maintaining robust security validation.

Key Qualifications & Skills :

Must-Have :

- 10+ years of experience in software testing, with expertise in both manual and automation testing.

- Strong background in defining and implementing QA frameworks and best practices, including security and API testing standards.

- Experience in end-to-end testing strategies for small, medium, and large-scale projects, especially API and microservices-based systems.

- Proficiency in multiple testing tools and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, JMeter, Postman, Cypress, Appium).

- Hands-on experience in API testing, penetration testing, security testing, and database validation.

- Strong analytical skills to identify security risks, gaps, and inefficiencies in testing.

- Experience in auditing and ensuring compliance with QA and security standards across projects.

Preferred :

- Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and test automation integration.

- Experience in cloud-based testing and containerized environments (AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, etc.).

- Understanding of AI-driven testing and security techniques and tools.

- Familiarity with blockchain, AI/ML, Web3, or emerging technologies.

Why Join Us?

- Define and lead the entire QA strategy across the organization, including security and API quality ownership.

- Work on diverse technology stacks, ensuring secure and high-quality standards across multiple domains.

- Mentor and build a strong QA team, driving continuous improvement and security awareness.

- Be a key decision-maker in enforcing quality-first and security-first development practices