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The QA Lead will independently create and maintain test artefacts, provide clear quality insights and recommendations to project stakeholders, and take ownership of overall test delivery and release readiness.\n\nThe role also has line management responsibility for software test engineers, supporting their performance, career development, mentoring, and technical capability growth.\n\nIn addition, the QA Lead will contribute to the continuous development and evolution of the wider testing capability within CACI India, including standards, processes, automation practices, and quality engineering approaches.\n\nThe role reports to the Head of Engineering, India, and works closely with the Automation Practice Lead, India, as well as project teams and testing stakeholders across CACI UK and India.\n\nKey Responsibilities\nTest Leadership & Delivery\nCollaborate with senior stakeholders within the CACI India Testing Practice and project teams across the UK and India to define, maintain, and 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communicated, and resolved within agreed timelines.\nProvide accurate and timely test status reporting, metrics, quality insights, and recommendations to project and senior stakeholders.\n\nTest Automation & Quality Engineering\nDesign, develop, maintain, and enhance automated test frameworks and test suites to improve test coverage, quality, reliability, and delivery efficiency.\nIdentify suitable opportunities for automation and drive the adoption of automated testing across project teams.\nIntegrate automated testing into CI/CD pipelines to support continuous testing and earlier identification of quality issues.\nPromote modern Quality Engineering practices, including shift-left testing, risk-based testing, continuous testing, and appropriate automation strategies.\nContribute to the selection and evaluation of testing tools, frameworks, and approaches where required.\nSupport the continuous improvement of testing processes, standards, frameworks, and automation capability across CACI India.\n\nPeople Leadership & Development\nProvide line management for software test engineers, supporting workload planning, performance management, career development, onboarding, and capability building.\nMentor and support junior and less experienced testers, helping them develop their technical skills and testing expertise.\nPromote consistent testing standards, engineering practices, knowledge sharing, and continuous professional development within the testing community.\nContribute to the development of the wider CACI India testing capability through coaching, knowledge sharing, standards, reusable assets, and communities of practice.\n\nStakeholder Management\nBuild effective working relationships with project managers, developers, business analysts, product owners, technical leads, and senior stakeholders.\nCommunicate complex testing and quality issues clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.\nProvide constructive challenge where appropriate and ensure quality considerations are incorporated into project planning and delivery decisions.\nRepresent the testing and Quality Engineering function confidently across CACI UK and India.\n\nSkills & Experience\nAt least 8 years' experience in software testing, Quality Assurance, or Quality Engineering, including at least 3 years in a Test Lead, QA Lead, or equivalent technical leadership role.\nProven experience independently defining and managing Test Strategies and Test Plans.\nStrong experience in designing, executing, and reporting on functional, integration, system, regression, and user acceptance testing.\nStrong hands-on experience in test automation, including the development, maintenance, and enhancement of automation frameworks and test suites.\nExperience with automation technologies such as Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Appium, REST API automation, or equivalent technologies.\nGood programming or scripting skills relevant to test automation.\nExperience integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and working within DevOps environments.\nGood understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and modern Quality Engineering practices.\nExperience with defect management, test metrics, quality reporting, and release readiness assessments.\nExperience mentoring, coaching, and developing software testers.\nExperience of line management or demonstrable experience leading and developing testing teams.\nStrong stakeholder management, communication, analytical, organisational, and problem-solving skills.\nAbility to work effectively across geographically distributed teams, including collaboration with colleagues in the UK and India.\n\nKey Attributes\nSelf-driven, proactive, and comfortable working with minimal supervision.\nStrong ownership and accountability for quality outcomes.\nHands-on technical mindset with a passion for test automation and Quality Engineering.\nAble to balance technical delivery with effective people and stakeholder leadership.\nStrong 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Company meetings are held every quarter, and a training/work brief weekend is held once a year, amongst many other social events.\n\nCACI is an equal opportunities employer. Therefore, we embrace diversity and are committed to a working environment where no one will be treated less favourably on the grounds of their sex, race, disability, sexual orientation religion, belief or age. We have a Diversity & Inclusion Steering Group and we always welcome new people with fresh perspectives from any background to join the group\n\nAn inclusive and equitable environment enables us to draw on expertise and unique experiences and bring out the best in each other. We champion diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and we are supportive of Veterans and people from a military background. 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