QA Test Analyst III

SA Technologies Inc. (www.satincorp.com) is a market leader and one of the fastest growing IT consulting firms with operations in US, Canada, Mexico & India. SAT is an Oracle Gold Partner, SAP Services Partner & IBM Certified enterprise.

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Position: QA Test Analyst III

Location: EVERETT WA

Duration: 6 Months contract to Hire

Summary: Develop and execute software test plans in order to identify software problems and their causes. The technical skills include the ability to design software or customize software for client use. Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or relevant field required. 8-10 years experience required. Responsibility level: Exercises independent judgment with minimal direction from supervisor. Skills and Competencies: Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills. Strong ability to work independently and manage one's time. Strong mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback. Strong knowledge of computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. Strong knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. Strong knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. Strong knowledge of computer development software, such as Microsoft Visual Basic, Linux, JavaScript, etc. Major Job Duties and Responsibilities: Review and approve test plans, scenarios, scripts or procedures. Review and approve testing programs that addresses areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, or usability. Review documentation of software defects and assign software developers to investigate and resolve the issue. Review and approve test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates. Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance or completeness or to mitigate risks. Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.

Responsibilities: 

• White Box testing 

• Analyzing requirements, able to understand impact on existing systems and come up with an all-encompassing solution 

• Works with product management, development and quality assurance teams to help define and implement automation suites, test harnesses, White box test suites and testing 

• Represent QA and contribute to architecture reviews, design reviews, code reviews and static code inspections 

• Work closely with developers and extend automated unit test cases and share test code 

• Collaborate with developers to create White box test strategy, test plans from functional specifications 

• Responsible for White box testing 

• Develop tests for API dependencies 

• Ensure testability in code and measure code coverage data regularly 

• Participate in code reviews 

• Ensures a product quality through continuous testing and refinement of the code base 

• Help QA team to arrive at correct set of black box test cases for any code change made during testing phase 

• Lead and provide technical guidance to the team 

• Coach/train engineers to follow white box testing techniques and automation

Required Skills: 

• Testing 

○ Extensive experience with White box testing 

○ Thorough knowledge in white box test techniques and strong in code coverage concepts & implementation 

○ In depth understanding of different layers of testing. 

○ Experience with at least one unit testing framework such as NUnit or MSTest 

○ Experience with Selenium, including creating object models using the Page Object Design Pattern 

• Microsoft web stack technologies 

○ ASP.Net MVC 4+ 

○ WCF and Web API web services 

○ ASP.Net Web Forms (Legacy applications) 

• General Development 

○ An understanding of the object oriented programming 

○ An understanding of dependency inversion. 

• Data 

○ Microsoft SQL 2008+ 

○ Ability to read, write, and debug queries 

○ Entity Framework 

• Software / Operating Systems 

○ Visual Studio 2012+ 

○ Microsoft SQL Management Studio 

○ Microsoft Office 

○ Windows Server 2008+ 

• Team based involvement 

○ Excellent problem solving and communication skills 

○ Experience in an agile environment 

○ Ability to communicate testing requirements and issues clearly with developers, management and the business. 

Education / Experience 

Bachelor's degree in a related subject matter or a minimum of 5+ years of direct professional experience in a software development role. 

Work Environment / Considerations 

• Working conditions are a traditional office environment. 

• Work requires extensive use of a computer. 

• Work hours are generally 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday 

• Responsibilities may require occasional evening and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported.

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