RQ10579 - Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Intermediate

Scope:

• Contribute towards testing activities for the delivery and product management life cycle of the CDT project. The resource will be responsible for the following activities:
  


• Assist in the development of test strategy, preparation of test cases / scenarios, test scripts, regression test cases/scenarios required to verify solution and system.
  


• Execute all test activities including AODA, data testing, stress/load testing, test scripts to verify solution.
  


• Reconcile record and track system or functional defects, break/fixes identified during unit and user acceptance testing.
  


• Communication with project manager, test lead and developers to ensure application quality and alignment with project timelines
  

Assignment Deliverables:

• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
  


• Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan.
  


• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues to management. 
  


• Develop, document, and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts like the test scripts, test data and data validation.
  


• Execution of manual test cases and report test results.
  


• Document software defects and track resolution.
  


• Ability to create test plan, test cases and test scripts to validate those changes made to the application
  


• Support User Acceptance Testing and lead initial UAT sessions.
  


• Review user documentation and provide feedback to improve application alignment and clarity of the information.
  


• Management and maintenance of defect log and communication of defect related issues to project team
  


• Working closely with QA team lead and developers holding triage sessions and ensuring appropriate prioritization of defects
  


• Working closely with the client lead, prioritize, schedule and remediate defects.
  


• Prepare test data sets that mimic real\-world scenarios, ensuring the data covers a wide range of cases and scenarios.
  


• Ability to create and execute database queries to extract relevant data
  


• Execute and evaluate manual/automated test cases and report test results.
  


• Hold and facilitate test plan/test case reviews with cross functional team members.
  

Requirements

Experience and Skill Set Requirements:

Must Haves:

• 8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
  


• Knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms
  


• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  


• Conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards
  

• Excellent analytical, problem\-solving and decision\-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills, verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
  

Skill Set Requirements:

Mandatory Requirements:

• 8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
  


• Knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms
  


• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  


• Conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards
  


• Excellent analytical, problem\-solving and decision\-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills, verbal and written communication skills and interpersonal skills.
  

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
  


• Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
  


• Knowledge and experience in the use of Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools and data query tools to aid in the development of test cases
  


• Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms
  


• Experience executing functional tests, non\-functional tests and systems level integration tests
  


• Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
  


• Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
  


• Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
  


• Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc.
  


• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  


• Excellent analytical, problem\-solving and decision\-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills, and interpersonal skills
  


• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines
  


• Knowledge of one or more automated testing tools
  

Technical Skills:

• Hands on experiences with technologies such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS, Cloud applications
  


• Experience executing functional tests, non\-functional tests, data testing, and systems level integration tests
  


• Knowledge and experience of automation tools and the use of version control systems on one or more platforms
  


• Able to extract and retrieve data by using database queries (e.g., SQL)
  


• Demonstrate knowledge of regression and integration testing with enterprise level applications/solutions.
  


• Demonstrated knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  

Quality Assurance Skills:

• Demonstrated experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants.
  


• Demonstrated experience in test management (Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Execution), defect management (Defect Life Cycle and Triage) and Test Execution Reporting.
  


• Experience with User Acceptance Testing and UAT sessions
  

Business Skills:

• Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete. 
  


• Excellent analytical, problem\-solving and decision\-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; strong verbal and written communication skills
  


• Provide periodic status reports, present test data defects/migration strategy and approach to executives and other stakeholders.
  

Public Sector Experience:

• Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations