# Lead IT Quality Engineer

> SSC HR Solutions · Cairo, Egypt · — · Posted 2025-06-17

**Workplace:** on_site

**Department:** Information Technology

## Description

**Job Description**

_As an IT QE Lead, you will be embarking on a mission to elevate quality to new, exceptional heights. This role is vital to the success of product teams "IT_ product lifecycle"_, requiring a unique blend of leadership skills, a comprehensive understanding of the IT products lifecycle and the ability to foresee potential quality issues and address them proactively._

_As a QE Lead, one of your primary responsibilities is to actively monitor, guide, and mentor product teams. By providing continuous feedback and coaching, you help cultivate a culture of quality and excellence. Effective communication and collaboration skills are essential._

_You will often be required to make critical decisions regarding quality improvements and corrective actions. This calls for a high level of confidence and assertiveness._

_By upholding rigorous quality standards, you help establish the company as an industry leader, providing a competitive advantage._

**Key Responsibilities:**

-   Guide and mentor the teams to follow and adhere to the quality guidelines defined in the IT Global Quality Strategy.
-   Make sure that each team is familiar with and know the Quality Gates to be fulfilled.
-   Monitor the fulfilment of the Quality Gates defined on all phases of the IT Products Lifecycle.
-   Define corrective actions with the team for those unfulfilled Quality Gates and follow up on their effectiveness.
-   Gather metrics, generate and publish reports on the Quality for each team.
-   Provide feedback to the QA Manager to support the establishment of the Quality Strategy.
-   Act as a contact point for all Quality related topics within the Platforms, ARTs & Product teams.
-   Act as a contact point between external teams and CCH in order to guarantee transparency and adherence to CCH's internal quality guidelines and promote the proper spirit to work as one team.
-   Work close with Scrum Masters and RTEs to support the adherence to the established Agile Methodology.
-   On Platform and ART level you keep the overview of the Quality of all product teams.
-   Support the onboarding of new team members.
-   You will not be performing hands-on test activities, but oversee the quality in each step of the Product Development Lifecycle.

## Requirements

-   Bachelor degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field is an advantage.
-   Minimum of 5 years of hands-on experience in roles related to Quality in Software Development.
-   Strong quality-oriented mindset and familiarity with Quality Standards and strong experience fostering such Standards.
-   Deep understanding about the complete Product Lifecyle (including project management, risk management, release management, delivery and planning, product maintenance, CI/CD, V&V, etc.)
-   Strong understanding of Agile principles and experience working in Agile testing methodologies.
-   Previous experience working in SAFe framework is desired.
-   Experience in leading and mentoring teams, promoting collaboration and continuous improvement.
-   Knowledge in Azure DevOps (ADO) for tickets management (Epics, Features, User Stories, Test Cases, Defects, Tasks) and reporting.
-   Excellent understanding on different methodologies as Agile (Scrum, Kanban, etc.), Waterfall
-   Understanding on CI/CD and pipelines
-   Knowledge on requirements management and risk management
-   Knowledge on Release Management and Operations/Maintenance phase (incidents management)
-   Familiar with Quality Standards and maturity models
-   Understanding on test automation strategies, frameworks, coverage, etc.
-   Experience with eCommerce Platforms such as SAP Hybris/SAP Commerce Cloud, Microsoft Dynamics 365, HR Workday, and others will be considered a strong advantage.
-   Knowledge and experience in data management and data quality will be considered as strong advantage.
-   A broad Quality mindset beyond testing is crucial for the role.

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