QA Engineer

 

GoAhead Solutions has an immediate need for a QA Engineer in Lake Oswego, OR. This would be a Two month contract to start out.

Job Description:

Must be familiar with testing in an SQL backend web GUI Frontend data driven testing model.
Big Plus: Familiarity with PHP; someone who can generate simple SQL query and can read and understand HTML.

Core team member involved in testing of new web-based application that is highly data driven. Must have proficiency in Oracle 11g, SQL queries, HTML, PHP, and CSS. This is work in a fast moving Agile environment.

Involved in requirements analysis, test planning activities, writing test cases/scripts, test case automation and execution of all testing required to ensure that the software is of the highest quality. Testing levels may include application integration, system, system/network integration and acceptance testing; may also include non-functional testing such as performance, volume, load and fallback. Software process professionals are involved in driving the corporate CMM process improvement programme and in assessing and reporting on the software development processes adopted by projects through audits, reviews and inspections.

Primary Job Duties:
-Responsible for providing the planning, integration, casing, scripting, and execution of all testing required of a single software change or project.
-Reviews business requirements and designs specifications for low to moderately complex changes/systems for completeness and testability.
-Develops and maintains test plans, test environments, test cases, test scripts and/or workflow usage.
-Conducts testing using company-specific, manual or automated processes.
-Executes test scripts/cases and communicates the results of testing.
-Prepares and maintains test case documentation which may include alignment to client configurations.
-Diagnoses and resolves technical and operational problems on installed networks, systems or products.
-Documents all problems and works to resolve them. Reports progress on problem resolution to management. Implements pre-determined improvements to current procedures and reports on success of changes. Performs work flow analysis and recommends quality improvements.
-Prepare SQA plans for projects according to documented procedure.
-Works with the software project during its early stages to establish plans, standards, and procedures.
-Reviews projects software engineering activity to verify compliance.
-Audits designated software work products to verify compliance.
-Implements collection of software metrics.
-Escalates software process issues to appropriate levels of management.