QA Analyst Senior IT

For this contract position with a leading Pacific Northwest company, we're looking for a candidate with strong exposure to ERP/Datawarehouse projects and hands-on experience writing SQL queries for data validation. - Exposure to BI apps will be a huge plus. This QA Analyst will work with the development team to document, root cause, and resolve outstanding bugs.

JOB SUMMARY AND MISSION:

Establishing and sustaining quality assurance processes, practices, methods, tools and controls in support of application and system requirement, development and test activities throughout the software development and sustainment life cycles. Supervises and performs complex system and problem analysis.

SUMMARY OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

- Supervises and performs complex system and problem analysis associated with applications development and test management activities encompassing project, release, and sustainment efforts.
- Constructs and reviews test plans, scenarios, cases and scripts, ensuring that requirement coverage is adequate and business requirements, functional specifications and designs are linked to test artifacts.
- Provides supervision and guidance to other quality assurance analysts, developers, and testers in the development and implementation of quality assurance processes, methods, and tools.
- Provides status and makes recommendations on meeting test criteria and production rollout readiness.
- Works with project and business resources to ensure functional and technical specifications and designs fulfil the requirements quality criteria.
- Participates in requirements and design review.
- Maps business requirements, functional and technical specifications to test scenarios, cases, and scripts.
- Accurately monitors and communicates test execution results.
- Creates and follows current processes, standards and practices to develop, test and implement quality assurance operational procedures for use by applicable requirements, development, test, and quality assurance teams.
- Provides assessment information on business and functional impacts.
- Facilitates architecting, designing, and implementing new and existing testing tools and methods.
- Organizes and manages data environment and configuration requirements with business, functional and technical analysts, as well as development and test teams.

EXPERIENCE/QUALIFICATIONS:

- Work experience in software requirements, development or testing with creating and executing quality assurance test plans, scenarios, cases, checklists and scripts: 5 years
- Experience in software requirements, development, and testing activities with multiple, simultaneous quality assurance efforts, and a track record as a contributor with providing quality assurance support in an analyst capacity, including tools development and usage: 5 years
- Demonstrated collaboration on project teams and interaction with project managers, business and functional analysts, developers and the business community directly related to quality assurance responsibilities and roles: 5 years
- Experience with programming languages and script development: 5 years
- Demonstrated test management processes and technical skills, including an understanding of manual and automated test execution and performance related tools: 5 years
- Demonstrated knowledge using version control and defect tracking methods, including an understanding of associated tools: 5 years
- Knowledge of project management skills, including an understanding of project management processes and related tools: 5 years
- Knowledge of application software development life cycle concepts
- Background in ERP/Datawarehouse projects
- Hands-on experience writing SQL queries for data validation REQUIRED
- Must have exposure to one of the ETL toolsets like Informatica, Data stage or SSIS
- Must have exposure to one of the reporting toolsets like OBIEE, Microstrategy or Cognos, SSRS
- Must be able to write test cases based on specs, and expand test coverage via performing white-box testing
- Must be able to log quality bugs with proper repro scenarios and clear root-cause analysis
- Organization and planning skills
- Exceptional communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely, both orally and in writing
- Excellent facilitation and presentation skills
- Strong attention to detail
- Exceptional analytical and problem solving abilities
- Technical systems knowledge
- Ability to manage numerous concurrent activities and tasks under time constraints
- Ability to and instruct and educate others on developing applicable test plans, scenarios, cases, and scripts
- Team player who exhibits effective interpersonal skills with a collaborative style
- Demonstrated abilities with improving individual job skills through training, self-research and self-study