Iseires Qa Analyst

Position: iSeires QA analyst

Location: Issaquah, WA

Duration: 8 Months

Job Type: Temporary Assignment

Work Type: Onsite

Pay Rate: $51.00-$51.00/HR

Overview:

TekWissen is a global workforce management provider headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan that offers strategic talent solutions to our clients world-wide.

Job Description

• Client is looking for an iSeires QA analyst Job Duties/Essential Functions Designs, develops, and executes software test strategies, test plans and test scripts.
• Confirms accuracy and completeness of functional, integration, system, end to end, and acceptance test plans.
• Designs, creates and approves (or oversees the creation and approval of) project test cases, scripts and conditions as well as QA-related documentation.
• Develops and ensures adherence to standardized software quality assurance best practices, policies, processes and controls as it pertains to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Develops and communicates accurate project estimates based on testing dependency analysis as requested by the project/management team.
• Analyzes and determines test dependencies including QA environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans and communication processes.
• Analyzes relevant business content and participates in requirement gathering sessions providing input on requirement and design documents, assessing requirements for testability, clarity, purpose, inherent ambiguity, contradictory functions and implementation.
• Develops, documents and leads the Defect Management process.
• Ensures test cases are traceable to originating story/requirement and those tests fully test feature requirements and/or user story acceptance criteria.
• Manages defects appropriately by assigning, monitoring and providing timely communication through the defect lifecycle.
• Conducts QA risk management process throughout the test plan phase defining and differentiating between risk, defect, and issue.
• Assists teammates in growing and developing the skills necessary to grasp application concepts and tool suite.
• Identifies and resolves problems often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow;
  develops and evaluates options and implements solutions.
• Participates in requirements, use cases, and user story reviews. Provides accurate estimates for QA resources and testing schedules.
• Creates and gains project approval on project test plans.
• Creates and/or oversees the creation and approval of project test cases.
• Oversees or generates all QA-related documentation. Assists with requirement tracing through the test cycle process.
• Initiates are responsible for developing and updating new or existing documentation and processing service tickets.
• Collaborates with Development to resolve defects uncovered during testing cycles. Finds better systems and procedures to automate or improve our QA processes.
• Assists with standardized reporting and QA metrics. Assists with defect and requirement traceability and tracking resolution.
• Attends team and project meetings as necessary. Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location.

Requirement

• Required Minimum 3 years’ software quality assurance experience.
• Experience testing in an iSeries (RPG) environment Strong knowledge of HP ALM and similar QA test tools.
• Strong knowledge of a typical SDLC, as well as experience testing on Agile or DevOps teams.
• Experience working on QA teams as part of agile processes and methodologies.
• Must be a self-starter, with the ability to work independently, with different groups and teams, utilizing solid communication skills.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent testing resource planning and test scheduling skills.
• Ability to produce effective software test plans and test cases.
• Ability to produce verifiable and consistent test evidence and results.
• Solid understanding of build tools and software configuration management standards.
• Software quality assurance experience.
• Experience testing in one or more of the following environments: Cloud based testing, UI testing, functional testing, n-tier client/server, and RDBMS.
• Hands-on experience using HP, IBM, or other industry standard SQA tools.
• Experience with Oracle or MS SQL Server or DB2 and the ability to write SQL queries using table joins.
• Strong knowledge of Agile, SDLC, and SQA methodology.
• Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent test resource planning and test scheduling skills.
• Ability to produce and mentor others in creation of effective software test plans and test cases.
• Ability to write quality defects and work directly with developers to resolve the defects.
• Solid understanding of build tools and software configuration management standards.
• Ability to communicate and work closely with other teams: System administration, db administration

TekWissen® Group is an equal opportunity employer supporting workforce diversity.