Quality Assurance Engineer

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Duration:0-12 month(s)

Description/Comment:
As a Software Quality Assurance Engineer you will be responsible for tasks
ranging from requirements planning, to Software testing as well as reporting
to ensure that design specifications requirements of the developed and
client-provided software products are met and that the quality is within
total quality management limits and standards. In this role you will also be
responsible for reviewing requirements and designs and to create, edit, and
clarify test plans & cases with software project teams. You will also
provide work direction, coordination and leadership for projects, as
appropriate.

Our Agile teams are highly motivated product development teams that produce
global software products. Our work touches various areas of a complex global
IT system and high quality is extremely important to ensure ongoing business
success.

The SQA team(s) specifically are responsible for planning, reviewing,
testing and validation of a suite of applications across several product
areas. Our work environment is collaborative, casual, flexible and
results-driven. Since the business provides a mission-critical service to a
demanding set of clients, high-quality performance is required to meet
customer expectations.

If you have the mental fortitude to comprehend and add value as part of the
team working in a complex environment, we want to hear from you.

Additional Job Details:Desired Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
. Professional Certification such as ISTQB, CSTE, CASQ, CAST, CSBA, CSPE
. Client Quality Center experience
. Automation experience (ie:Twist, Selenium,Gauge) and some Java development
experience highly preferred
. Clearquest Defect Tracking System experience
. Experience with n-tier Java enterprise systems
. Project leadership experience in areas of forecasting effort, resource
needs, scheduling effort and resources, reporting status and adjusting
schedules and forecasts is preferred
. Experience with requirement and design meetings and reviews
. Security and vulnerability testing experience

Minimum Required Skills:The SQA Engineer will:
. Perform root cause analysis on discrepancies or defects by reviewing the
development code, determine and/or categorize the root cause issues and make
recommendations on or present options for how to handle the issue or
discrepancy.
. Interact with developers and end users to develop and execute test
strategies for testing of highly complex, high volume web testing
initiatives. Participate in requirements and design review meetings,
actively representing SQA.
. Design and write tests and test scripts utilizing complex SQL program data
comparisons while designing complex business test cases for validation of
reporting and end-user data access.
. Create, edit and update test plans and test cases ensuring complete test
coverage, full test documentation for all code to be tested, and appropriate
use of test methodology. Create trace matrices and/or flow graphs to support
test plan and test cases.
. Validate test data and results by developing appropriate SQL queries and
application utilities.
. Test software releases against requirements or stories utilizing
appropriate testing techniques.
. Document, escalate and follow up on defects per standard processes
utilizing ClearQuest, VersionOne or Quality Center as appropriate.
. Perform SQA tasks as part of an Agile development team by communicating
frequently and clearly with team members on product issues, and testing to
products with high quality.
. Develop, write and execute test plans and scripts for identifying and
tracking defects and fixes in product development, software application
development, information systems, and operations systems.

Required Education & Experience
. Two or more years of experience in software quality assurance testing
. Proficient with SQL, HTML, XML and client server/ complex systems
experience

Minimum Education Requirement: Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or
Business and/or equivalent education and experience