ABC - Software Tester/QA Analyst 4

Job Title:ABC - Software Tester/QA Analyst 4

Location:7450 Freight Way Mechanicsville, VA 23116

Description:

ABC - Software Test Analyst

ON SITE REQUIRED: 3 day/week. No Exceptions!

ABOUT THE ROLE

This position will be primarily responsible for software test analysis to support the VA ABC Quality Engineering Team performing manual testing. This position will support testing needs for the migration of the ABC licensing system to a SaaS environment. This will encompass the execution of our entire regression portfolio in the new enviornment.

Core Job Responsibilities

Coordinate with development teams for testing activities including:

• Requirements analyzation and review
• Execute test plans to ensure that all objectives are met
• Write and update (manual) test scripts
• Securing and maintaining repeatable test data
• Attend daily meetings with team members to discuss progress
• Assist with application design and acceptance criteria solicitation as necessary
• Coordinate application deployments with development teams
• Test applications and verify functionality in accordance with published requirements, test cases, procedures, and/or user stories
• Facilitate test review sessions as needed to execute integrated and system testing activities
  
  

Creates and owns the development and maintenance of the test strategy/plan on projects of all sizes and complexities with minimal guidance.

Understands the individual components of the system and how they interact with one another.

Self starter that is able to anticipate the next steps in the design and development of the test strategy

Understand the boundaries of the system and validate the impact of various processes on the system produce desired results.

Communicate and document test results to involved parties and work with stakeholders to ensure applications are being developed as expected

Escalates issues and risks to project leadership in accordance with best practices

Work closely with developers and business analysts to ensure product requirements are met

Ensure quality assurance procedures meet ABC/ITSD established development and testing standards

Ensure tasks identified in the master test and quality assurance plans are executed in accordance with defined standards

Maintain project documentation

Provides detailed communication that is both respectful and transparent with management and peers

Exhibits openness to others views

Works independently and/or with others while managing multiple assignments

Maintains study program to enhance QA skills and knowledge on new technologies.

Strong time management skills

When functioning as a lead QA Analyst on a project:

Ensures that the test strategy/plan is executed based on the design and within agreed upon timeframes.

Identifies and allocates tasks to the QA team on the project

Establishes standards and norms for the QA team on the project

Defines and ensures the quality, completeness and timeliness of all deliverables generated by the quality assurance team on the project

Ensures professional interactions of the QA team with key stakeholders

Manages the testing portion of the requirements traceability matrix

Assists analysts on team in completing tasks and resolving testing related issues

Partners with Project Manager to remove impediments to analysis team activities

Resolves conflicts between members of the analysis team and any other resource(s) or stakeholder(s) on the project

Facilitates and participates in peer reviews

Represents the QA team in project meetings

Reports on the status of analysis team activities to the project manager/coordinator and QA supervisor on a weekly basis

Required Education, Experience, Licensure, And Certification

Bachelor's Degree from a college or university with course work in information systems or computer

science; from a community college or equivalent with course work in information systems or computer

programming; or with acceptable work experience in information systems. Certification in Quality

Assurance Software Testing (CTFL, etc), preferred.

Knowledge:

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

Extensive knowledge of software testing and maintains documented quality assurance processes. Knowledge of industry web and client server testing best practices and quality assurance methodologies. Knowledge of the Rational Unified Process, Software Engineering Institutes (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMi), and ISO standards. Strong knowledge of SQL database systems and techniques. Knowledge of fundamental quality assurance concepts, practices, and procedures of particular

field of specialization. Experience with Jira and Zephyr. Experience with Microsoft Office. Variety of testing experience such as: integration, smoke, interface, regression, performance and functional testing.

Required/Desired Skills

Skill

Required /Desired

Amount

of Experience

Skilled in performing quality assurance and software testing processes and creating supporting deliverables

Required

5

Years

Skilled in conducting test planning, executing test cases and performing validation activities

Required

5

Years

Detail oriented thinker that can balance multiple testing efforts in a fast paced environment

Required

5

Years

Strong planning and organizational skills

Required

5

Years

Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills with an openness to listen to all viewpoints

Desired

5

Years

Ability to analyze risks and properly identify steps to mitigate their impact to testing activities

Required

5

Years

Self-starter works with minimum direction and supervision in achieving desired results

Required

5

Years

Must be able to work in a collaborative environment or independently

Required

5

Years

Lead the development of manual and automated test scripts, and perform front and back end test validation activities

Required

5

Years

Variety of testing experience such as: integration, smoke, interface, regression, performance, automation and functional testing.

Required

5

Years

Strong knowledge of SQL database systems and writing queries

Required

5

Years

Skilled in facilitating meetings and providing presentations to project teams

Desired

2

Years

Experience with Jira and Zephyr

Desired

2

Years