Job Title: Senior IT QA Specialist - Brazil
Brazil (100% Remote)
Experience Required: 8+ Years
English Fluency: Mandatory
Language: Resumes must be in English
Joining Timeline: Immediate Joiners or Candidates Available Within 1 Week ONLY
Applications will ONLY be considered from candidates currently residing in Brazil.
About the Role
We are seeking a highly experienced Senior IT QA Specialist to lead complex testing initiatives across enterprise-level systems and applications. This role requires a strategic QA professional with strong leadership capabilities, hands-on testing expertise, and experience collaborating with global teams in multinational environments.
The ideal candidate will play a key role in defining QA strategies, ensuring quality governance, driving execution excellence, and supporting automation initiatives across large-scale programs. The role also requires strong technical expertise in actuarial validations, data quality assurance, and enterprise data validation processes.
Key Responsibilities
* Lead end-to-end QA activities across multiple enterprise applications and systems
* Define and execute comprehensive QA strategies, test plans, and testing frameworks
* Perform actuarial validations, including quality control and audit procedures to ensure calculations, data, and assumptions used in insurance, pension, and healthcare-related systems are accurate and reliable
* Execute hands-on SQL, ETL, and data validation activities across complex datasets and integrations
* Act as a technical reference point for the QA team, providing guidance and expertise on testing approaches and validation processes
* Coordinate functional, integration, regression, system, and UAT testing activities
* Drive defect management processes, root cause analysis, and quality reporting
* Collaborate with cross-functional global teams including development, infrastructure, business, and project management
* Engage confidently with senior stakeholders across business and development teams, including handling complex discussions and challenging scenarios when needed
* Ensure adherence to QA standards, best practices, and governance processes
* Support automation enablement initiatives and continuous improvement efforts
* Manage testing timelines, risks, dependencies, and quality deliverables
* Provide leadership, mentoring, and guidance to QA team members when required
* Participate in stakeholder discussions and provide testing status updates to leadership teams
Required Qualifications
* 8+ years of experience in Quality Assurance and Software Testing
* Strong experience leading complex enterprise testing initiatives
* Proven experience with actuarial validations and data quality assurance processes
* Hands-on expertise with SQL, ETL processes, and data validation techniques
* Strong technical understanding of data reconciliation, validation controls, and audit procedures
* Proven experience working in multinational or global delivery environments
* Excellent English communication skills (written and verbal)
* Solid understanding of QA methodologies, SDLC, STLC, and testing best practices
* Hands-on experience with defect tracking and test management tools
* Strong analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and stakeholder management skills
* Ability to challenge business and development stakeholders constructively when required
* Experience supporting or enabling test automation initiatives
* Ability to work independently in fast-paced and distributed team environments
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience working on global programs or cross-regional initiatives
* Exposure to enterprise-scale applications and complex system integrations
* Previous experience in insurance, pension, healthcare, or regulated environments
* Knowledge of Agile/Scrum methodologies
Additional Information
* Remote opportunity within Brazil
* Candidates must currently reside in Brazil
* Resumes must be submitted in English
* Immediate availability or short notice period is highly preferred
Interested candidates can send their resumes to: juhi@ledelsea.com