Systems Testing/QA Specialist - Senior

Mandatory Requirements

• 8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
  

• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the use and configuration of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms, like Microsoft DevOps 
  

• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
  

• Experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
  

• Conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards
  

• Hands-on experiences with technologies/platforms such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS and Cloud applications
  

• Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete
  

• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
  

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
  

• Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
  

• Experience initiating the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results, checking the entrance and exit criteria
  

• Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
  

• Experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
  

• Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
  

• Experience contributing the testing perspective to other project activities, such as development, integration testing, etc
  

• Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
  

• Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
  

• Experience adapting planning based on test results and progress (tweaking the plan) and take necessary actions to compensate for problems
  

• Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc
  

• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, with the ability to shift priorities quickly and effectively when needed