QA Analyst

Headquartered in New Jersey (U.S), Cygnus Professionals Inc. is a next generation global information technology Solution and Consulting company powered by strong management and leadership team with over 30 person years of experience. Today, Cygnus has strong footprints in more than 4 countries with more than 25 satisfied customers. We strive to extend our presence across industries and geographies with our industry-focused business excellence.

Cygnus Professionals Inc.  has been named by the US Pan Asian American Chamber of Commerce Education Foundation (USPAACC) as one of the “Fast 100 Asian American Businesses” – joining the country’s fastest-growing Asian American-owned companies, based on percentage revenue growth over the immediate past two years.

Job Title: QA Analyst

Location: Columbus, OH

Duration: 3 Months+

Position Type: Contract

Interview Type: Phone and then In-Person

Job Description:

QAS3 to help IT design, pilot, and implement the software quality assurance review process. Will help development teams test software quality for production deployment.

This position will function as a highly skilled Quality Assurance Specialist with specific responsibilities that include:

1. Proactively engage in the end-to-end software testing cycle as it pertains to the project.

1. Work closely with and follow direction from QA Manager

1. Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.

1. Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.

1. With input from QA Manager and team, develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).

1. Work with the ODPS project team to test updates, patches, and repairs to the application software components in the development, test, and QA environments. Develop software changes for promotion to production following best practice and standards as defined by the ODPS ITO.

1. Take corrective action, subject to the ODPS Management approval, to resolve all issues and problems encountered with testing to ensure the applications perform as required.

Required Skills:

• 7 Years in testing I.T products and applications.

• 5 Years automation experience using MS Visual Studio Coded UI, Team

• Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager

• 5 Years Development/scripting skills in C#

• 2 Years’ experience developing and implementing Load Tests using Visual Studio and experience using Test Controllers and Agents to run the tests

• 5 Years in End to End Test Automation experience

• 5 Years demonstrated experience in converting existing manual test cases to automation scripts.

• 5 Years conducting test case reviews to ensure scenarios accurately capture business functionality.

• Contributes to continuous process improvements to increase the efficiency of QA and development.

• Excellent communication skills both written and oral Needs to show at least 1 year Quality Assurance experience in a technical capacity with a large organization as ODPS. The experience must encompass the writing of test strategies, test scenarios, test plans and test scripts.

• Must have at least 1 year experience working on Agile/Scrum I.T. projects.

• Must have experience working with Microsoft Test Manager on at least one project

Nice to have:

• Certifications in Software Testing Field.

• Programming background.

• Certifications in Microsoft tools and technologies.

• CRUD Testing experience

• Test coverage and estimations experience