Software Quality Engineer

The SOFTWARE QUALITY ENGINEER will be responsible for working as part of the Software Quality Assurance team for a leading healthcare company. This position will work with many groups within IT and with the business on analysis, design and development efforts to ensure high-quality testable deliverables and to plan, design, develop and execute automated and manual test cases and track defects.

This is a position will require a good deal of regression testing and someone who can understand system changes and design a test strategy that minimizes the risk in a short amount of time. We need someone who can think through the risk involved and lead other QA Testers through completing the project work.

QUALIFICATIONS

- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, and four years test engineering experience with two years of experience working on complex projects
- Four years of experience leading and mentoring test staff
- Or equivalent combination of education test engineering and lead experience
- 4-5 years of test automation or development experience using an object-oriented language, preferably Java or C# required
- Experience using Rational Software's suite of products or other testing tools
- Experience writing automated testing scripts
- Experience working with business partners in writing detailed test plans
- Agile experience needed
- Experience in prioritizing the testing a must
- Defect triage and management a must
- Rallydev experience a plus
- Good people skills and ability to get agreement through collaborative decisions
- Understanding of organizational resources, priorities, needs and policies
- Ability to manage project resources, adjust schedule and priority in respond to business needs
- Must be self-motivated and work with minimal direction
- Demonstrated ability to work well and lead individuals, peers and business teams
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills and the ability to interact with variety of customers and stakeholders
- Ability to work cooperatively in a group to achieve common goals
- Ability to establish and maintain productive working relationships with co-workers
- Strong customer service attitude and skills
- Ability to coach and provide direction to others in test automation
- Ability to mentor and provide direction to others in programming and debugging, and in analysing and solving program and system issues and problems
- Experience or training in project management techniques a plus

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

- Contributes to efficient and effective program and system solutions in solving complex business problems
- Designs test automation infrastructure for large projects and directs team members in implementing the design
- Develops complex programs and systems in support of software quality assurance processes
- Assists management in creating and maintaining plans/processes in supporting corporate projects
- Manages the escalation of issues and requests to insure the needs of the business are met
- Sets an example of accountability for all associates by following policies, standards, and procedures
- Steps up to conflicts, reads each situation quickly, and finds common ground to get cooperation
- Meets regularly with each associate to discuss status of assignments
- Defines, rewards, and communicates success in terms of the whole team and the value to the customers
- Sets priorities based on what is most important to the business
- Ensures that the associates focus on the operational activities that ensure maximum availability and reliability of the supported platform/technology
- Provides technical leadership and direction to testing staff
- Provides information to the associates in a timely manner
- Acts as a resource so the associates can make accurate decisions
- Provides status to customers on their requests and issues
- Provides input for the preparation of the department's operational budgets for the fiscal year
- Contributes to and supports the corporation's quality initiatives by encouraging team and individual contributions toward the corporation's quality improvement efforts
- Acts as a consultant to manage, configure, implement, monitor, identify, diagnose, resolve problems and perform analysis related to the integrated IT environment
- Represents the Release and Quality Assurance organization to contribute and advocate best practices in the design and implementation of Information Technology solutions
- Contributes to and supports the corporation's quality initiatives by encouraging team and individual contributions toward the corporation's quality improvement efforts
- Provides project information to the project manager and lead developer