Quality Assurance Specialist 3/QAS3 (40320)

Quality Assurance Specialist 3/QAS3 (40320)

IDEALFORCE has a CONTRACT position available immediately for a Quality Assurance Specialist 3/QAS3 to join our customer in Columbus, OH. This is an ONSITE position. Please find below additional details about this job. Hiring Manager would like to have all qualified candidates interview face to face. Only LOCAL CANDIDATES are considered for this role.

Job Description

Quality Assurance Specialist to help IT design, pilot, and implement the software quality assurance review process. Will help development teams test software quality for production deployment. This position will function as a highly skilled Quality Assurance Specialist with specific responsibilities that include:

• Proactively engage in the end-to-end software testing cycle as it pertains to the project.
• Work closely with and follow direction from QA Manager
• Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.
• Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• With input from QA Manager and team, develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).
• Work with the ODPS project team to test updates, patches, and repairs to the application software components in the development, test, and QA environments. Develop software changes for promotion to production following best practice and standards as defined by the ODPS ITO.
• Take corrective action, subject to the ODPS Management approval, to resolve all issues and problems encountered with testing to ensure the applications perform as required.
• Design, execute and maintain automated test scripts.

Qualifications

1. Strong communication/ leadership skills.

2. Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.

3. Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.

4. Have excellent oral and written skills/possess strong meeting and work session facilitation skills.

5. Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.

6. Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements.

7. Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

8. Must be knowledgeable in the English language/speak clearly and understandably use the English language.

9. Must meet productivity standards, complete work in timely manner and strive to increase productivity

Mandatory Requirements/Time

• 7 Years in testing I.T products and applications.

• 5 Years automation experience using MS Visual Studio Coded UI, Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager

• 5 Years Development/scripting skills in C#

• 5 Years in End to End Test Automation experience

• 5 Years demonstrated experience in converting existing manual test cases to automation scripts.

• 5 Years conducting test case reviews to ensure scenarios accurately capture business functionality.

• Contributes to continuous process improvements to increase the efficiency of QA and development.

• Excellent communication skills both written and oral Needs to show at least 1 year Quality Assurance experience in a technical capacity with a large organization as ODPS. The experience must encompass the writing of test strategies, test scenarios, test plans and test scripts.

• Must have at least 1 year experience working on Agile/Scrum I.T. projects.

• Must have experience working with Microsoft Test Manager on at least one project

Desired Skills/Time

• Certifications in Software Testing Field.

• Programming background.

• Certifications in Microsoft tools and technologies.

• CRUD Testing experience

• Test coverage and estimations experience

Additional Information

Additional Information :

- "All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines".

- All candidates who are authorized to work in US are encouraged to apply.

- Candidates must clear the Background check prior to commencing the assignment.

THIRD PARTY CANDIDATES:

Email your candidate/s resume to joseph dot shelton at idealforce.com along with the following details: Rate, Current location and Availability.

Disclaimer :

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal responsibilities from time to time, as needed.