LRS Consulting Services is seeking an experienced Contract Quality Analyst to join a collaborative delivery team responsible for providing technology solutions for a global financial services client. This role partners closely with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to understand upcoming changes, identify risk, design right-sized test approaches, and ensure high-quality outcomes without slowing delivery.

The ideal candidate brings strong QA judgment, a pragmatic mindset, and the ability to adapt testing depth based on risk, business impact, and system complexity. This role values speed with purpose, focusing on meaningful validation rather than rigid process, and contributes to continuous improvement across the team.

This is a hybrid position based out of Milwaukee, WI, with flexibility for candidates located in the Milwaukee, Madison, or Chicago areas. On-site presence in the Milwaukee office is expected 1-2 days per week depending on location.

• Analyze business and technical requirements early to ensure clarity, testability, and shared understanding.
• Partner with product owners, developers, and architects to identify risk, dependencies, and appropriate test scope.
• Apply risk-based testing techniques to determine where deeper validation is required versus where lighter validation is sufficient.
• Design pragmatic test approaches aligned to system complexity, data sensitivity, and change impact.
• Contribute to improvements in QA practices, tooling, and automation where it increases efficiency and confidence.
• Actively participate in design reviews and story refinement to identify gaps, clarify acceptance criteria, and improve testability.
• Identify, source, and manage high-quality, compliant test data, ensuring adherence to data privacy and security standards.
• Coordinate test environment and test data readiness, including environment dependencies, build readiness, and release timing.
• Coordinate testing activities across cross-functional teams to support consistent quality outcomes.
• Coach and enable developers, peers, and team members to improve testing practices, quality awareness, and shared ownership of quality.
• Test Execution and Validation
• Design and execute manual and automated tests covering functional, integration, regression, and data scenarios.
• Perform exploratory and scenario-based testing to uncover edge cases and high-risk defects.
• Validate end-to-end business processes, including integrations across upstream/downstream systems and third-party vendors.
• Ensure data integrity and expected system behavior across environments.
• Coordinate and support user acceptance testing and release readiness activities, communicating clearly to stakeholders and delivery teams.
• Provide clear quality status and go/no-go release recommendations based on test results and observed risk.
• Own the defect lifecycle, including clear documentation, prioritization, and collaboration with the delivery team and stakeholders through resolution.
• Communicate quality risks, defects, and concerns with appropriate context and business impact at all levels, including leadership.
• Perform root cause analysis to help prevent recurring issues.
• Use defect trends and retrospective insights to improve future delivery cycles.

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience practicing Quality Assurance within Lean-Agile delivery environments.
• Strong understanding of test heuristics, fundamental and advanced testing techniques, and industry best practices.
• Significant experience testing complex applications across UI, API, integration, and data layers, including functional, end-to-end, and regression scenarios.
• Working knowledge of application-level data flows, APIs, and system integrations.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with product owners, developers, and architects.
• Strong analytical, prioritization, and communication skills.
• Ability to adapt testing approaches to balance speed, risk, and quality.
• Ability to effectively influence quality outcomes with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency with databases and SQL queries.
• Understanding of CI/CD principles and practices.
• Strong systems-thinking mindset with the ability to solve complex problems, prioritize effectively, and manage time in a fast-moving environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience testing Salesforce-based solutions and related integrations.
• Experience with web and mobile testing.
• Experience with HTML, JavaScript/TypeScript, C#/Java, and SQL.
• Experience contributing to or maintaining automated tests using common QA automation tools; ability to read and write test scripts.
• Fintech or financial services domain experience.

The base range for this contract position is $55 - $75 per hour, depending on experience.

Our pay ranges are determined by role, level, and location. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hires of this position across all US locations. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training.

LRS is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants for employment will receive consideration without unlawful discrimination based on race, color, religion, creed, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, gender identity, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, citizenship, status or protected veteran status.

In some cases, LRS Consulting uses generative artificial intelligence ("AI") in support of our hiring processes. LRS takes steps to ensure the use of AI does not result in discrimination based on protected class(es). AI may be used in the hiring process solely in support of the assessment of candidate qualifications. All decisions in the hiring process are made by LRS employees. If AI will be used in the hiring process for the position for which you are applying, you will be notified and will have the opportunity to opt out. Please contact AI.Questions@lrs.com with any questions.