BA/QA Lead at Strategic Staffing Solutions
Detroit, MI
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Jul 7, 2026
Detroit, MI
Jul 21, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
A hybrid contract role supporting an Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) Operations organization, combining senior business analysis with quality assurance leadership. Day-to-day work covers requirements gathering, testing strategy across all phases (system, integration, UAT, compliance, and performance), defect management, and regulatory compliance validation. Best suited to someone with at least five years leading QA or BA initiatives on enterprise applications, ideally with utility or AMI domain experience.
Senior level · 5+ years · Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Contract
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 270 people in the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software quality assurance analysts and testers). range 55–400
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $104,642 (middle half $84,304–$133,084).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (9)
The role is a genuine hybrid of Business Analysis and QA/Testing leadership. QA is designated 'Primary' in the posting, so 15-1253 is the primary SOC; 15-1211 (Computer Systems Analysts) is the close runner-up given the substantial BA responsibilities.
The title contains no seniority level word, so advertised seniority is Unspecified; however, the 5+ years of leadership experience required and the scope of the role (leading cross-functional QA and BA efforts) support a Senior classification.
Degree requirement is None: the posting accepts a High School Diploma/GED with 8+ years, an Associate's with 6+ years, or a Bachelor's with 4+ years — equivalent experience is explicitly accepted at every level.
Azure DevOps, Jira, and ALM are listed together under Preferred Qualifications as interchangeable options ('or similar tools'); Selenium and TestRail appear in the same preferred section.
Skills such as end-to-end testing, system testing, integration testing, regression testing, UAT, and defect management are listed under Required Qualifications and represent testing-phase capabilities rather than named tools, but are retained here as they are concrete, named testing disciplines that function as hard gates for this QA-lead role.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
This is a W2 contract engagement of 12+ months with renewal eligibility, located in Detroit, MI on a hybrid schedule (Tuesday–Thursday in office).
Ignored 2 non-technology phrase(s) as skills (responsibilities/concepts, not named tools): end-to-end testing, defect management.
Posting is for a contract engagement — the market benchmarks below price full-time roles, so read the comp comparison with that in mind.
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