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Interview Type: Either Web Cam or In Person *** Very long term project; expect to go for 4+ years ***w2 or 1099 or c2c ***Hybrid***

Job Description:

The Quality Assurance Analyst’s role is to develop and establish quality assurance standards and measures for the information technology services within the organization.

Duties/Responsibilities:

+ Experience in testing Custom applications.

+ Experience in testing GIS components.

+ Create and document test plans, execute tests, analyze results, and report problems and anomalies, all via the lens of business end users

+ Operate in Agile approach to support testing needs

+ Work closely and collaboratively with business partners, PMO and Vendor technical delivery teams to understand business requirements

+ Ensure software testing is done on-time and as planned and notify management about bottlenecks and other issues and risks

+ Assist Business subject matter experts and business analysts in the development of UAT test scenarios leveraging test cases

+ Participate in defect triage meetings and demos

+ Report weekly status to Quality Assurance Testing Lead

Education:

+ Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or similar

General Experience:

+ 3-5 years of experience with testing in software development projects.

+ Experience in mid-scale or large-scale system development projects (including using test automation, test strategy, developing and executing test scripts and test plans)

+ Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.

+ Strong verbal and written communication skills

+ Able to perform manual testing and/or automated testing.

+ Experience in preparing UAT instructions for end users and facilitating/overseeing UAT activities

+ Experience in documenting Test Cases

+ Experience in evaluating and documenting Test Results

+ Ability to prepare sample data for testing.

+ Skills in System testing, parallel/comparative testing, QA testing, performance and load testing, regression testing, security testing, business continuity/disaster recovery testing, post-go-live testing/validation

+ Experience with mobile device testing is a plus.

+ Analytical mind and skills in troubleshooting, problem-solving, and issue isolation

+ Detail oriented.

+ Excellent communication/collaboration skills with software developers/architects, business analysts, etc.

+ Able to work with cross-functional teams to validate product quality throughout the development life cycle

+ Experience with GitHub, ServiceNow

Specialized Experience:

+ Experience in quality assurance concepts and best practices.

+ Experience creating test cases and writing manual test scripts.

+ Experience in running tests for application functions.

+ Experience with SDLC and agile methodologies.

+ Familiarity with defect management tools

+ Preferred to have experience with public sector.

Preferred training or software testing certifications such as:

+ Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST)

+ Certified Test Engineer (CSTE)

+ Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)

+ Certified Manager of Software Quality (CMSQ

Required Skills :

+ Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, a related field or equivalent work experience 3 Years

+ At least Five (5) years of experience with testing in software development projects. 3 Years

+ Experience in mid-scale or large-scale system development projects (including using test automation, test strategy, developing and executing test sc 3 Years

+ Able to review and analyze system specifications (e.g. System Requirements, Business Requirements, Design Documents, etc.) 3 Years

+ Experience in documenting Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM) and confirming applications are ready for UAT 3 Years