QA Analyst

QA AnalystLocation: Evanston, ILDuration: 4 Months CTHRequired Skills:6+ years of testing experience – (hands on UI and data related testing)3+ years SQL experience, strong understanding of RDBMS concepts, with ability to understand and write complex queries.Manual testing covering functional, non-Functional, and analytical testing.Solid experience in Test Automation using Selenium, WebDriver - developing test cases, test data setup.Ability to understand complex business processes & workflow, functional & technical process of application, perform data analysis, validation, and verification.Experience creating test plans and detailed test cases.Experience preparing requirement traceability documents.Experience with test effort estimationExperience with performance testingTechnical - Postgres, SQL Server, Java, JavaScript, Excel, Gherkin, Cucumber, GITMethodology:Agile - Normal course of project execution is under Agile methodology.Predictive/Waterfall - Some of the QA projects run under waterfall methodology.Strong communication skills – ability to interact with senior developers and business product owners.Highly motivated self-starter and team player with ability to work under minimal supervision.Nice-to-have Skills:Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, TFSExperience using JMeterExperience with Client ALM/QC.NET, AS400/DB2 (IBM i), SSIS, SSMS, PGADMIN, Python, SAML, RPAEnvironment:Our client's current IT landscape primarily includes.NET, SharePoint, Java, AS/400 with SQL Server, Postgres and DB2 database backends. The following Project Management methodologies are adopted: Hybrid Agile/SCRUM (software development) and Waterfall (infrastructure projects).