Quality Assurance Specialist

Quality Assurance Analyst
Onsite

Description:
Diversified Systems is searching for a Quality Assurance Analyst to perform software quality assurance activities including testing, defect tracking, process adherence, and collaboration with development teams to ensure application quality and compliance with standards.

Responsibilities:

• Assist IT in the design, pilot, and implementation of the software quality assurance review process.
• Provide feedback to project teams regarding process/procedure improvement opportunities and other potential areas for improvement discovered during software quality activities.
• Assist development teams test software quality for production deployment.
• Proactively engage in the end-to-end software testing cycle as it pertains to the project.
• Perform database queries for testing as needed by the project.
• Work closely with and follow direction from Team Lead.
• Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.
• 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.
• With input from Team Lead and team, develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures.
• Work with the project team to test updates, patches, and repairs to the application software components in the development, test, and QA environments.
• Take corrective action, subject to the Management approval, to resolve all issues and problems encountered with testing to ensure the applications perform as required.
• Review project's required work products to ensure compliance with approved tailored procedures and standards.
• Perform detailed reviews of interim and final tasks as appropriate.
• Perform or manage the required software quality phase end reviews of work product and process for each software project and produce the required software quality reports, as specified in the project's software quality plan.

Requirements:

• Experience in developing and managing short and long-term plans and schedules for organization wide software quality needs required.
• Knowledge of automated testing applications – not required - nice to have highly desired.
• Knowledge of Service Now project tracking tool – not required - nice to have highly desired.
• Experience with SQL Databases required.
• 7 years of experience testing I.T. products and applications required.
• 7 years of experience testing applications both COTS products and in-house developed required.
• 7 years of experience developing and executing test cases, scripts, plans and procedures both manual and automated required.
• 7 years of experience designing, developing test cases and logging defects with minimal supervision required.
• 1 year of experience working on a project using AGILE methodologies required.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills both written and oral required.
• Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience required.
• Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines required.
• Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills required.
• Must meet productivity standards, complete work in timely manner and strive to increase productivity required.
• Experience defining and developing quality standards required.
• Conduct reviews according to schedule required.
• Communicate and work with customers and other personnel as necessary required.
• Report progress on action item / defect resolution and possible risk areas and ensure action items are addressed and closed in a timely manner based on agreed dates and activities required.
• Ensure that defined processes are followed required.
• Organize and prepare work effectively to facilitate proactive resolution of problems, rather than reactive required.
• Mentor and share knowledge with State staff required.
• Contributes to continuous process improvements to increase the efficiency of QA and development required.
• Able to anticipate and resolve issues dealing with software quality required.

About Diversified Systems
Founded in 1990, Diversified Systems is an award-winning Technology Services corporation providing all levels of IT project consulting services nationwide. DSI is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio with regional offices in the American Midwest and East Coast. We offer our consultants a number of flexible and competitive compensation benefit packages.

Diversified Systems is committed to the principles of equal employment. We are committed to complying with all federal, state, and local laws providing equal employment opportunities, and all other employment laws and regulations.

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