Business Professional - QA Specialist II

Job Title:
Business Professional - QA Specialist II

Contractor

Work Location:

Philadelphia, PA

PRIMARY PURPOSE OF POSITION:
Tests, performs activities relating to analysis, evaluation, building, and testing for the PECO Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) applications and meters.

Assists to oversee the daily operations of the PECO Advanced Metering Infrastructure (AMI) applications to ensure availability, reliability, efficiency and performance continuity against established metrics and Service Level Agreements (SLAs) under the general guidance of a Sr. Systems Engineer and Manager. Expands and applies knowledge of customer process to job activities.

PRIMARY DUTIES AND ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Collaborate with business analysts, developers, and other stakeholders on software projects
• Responsible for Meter Lab maintenance (adding, changing, and deleting meters on the meter boards)
• Responsible for supporting Hand Held devices and working to resolve issue with the field technicians and evaluating new Software application
• Execute in depth software testing, track issues, and determine if system requirements have been met
• Support development of sound test scripts and maintain effective test script documentation
• Document test cases, test results, and release notes
• Prioritize testing development and execution
• Aid in defect reporting, management, and prioritization from conception to resolution
• Support User Acceptance Testing and provide assistance as needed
• Identify and implement continuous improvements associated with the Application and Business processes
• Create job aids and installation instructions for applications
• Create changes in Service Now

Qualifications

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS

Minimum:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or a related 4-year technical degree (or a minimum 4 years of IT experience)
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in the following:
  • Middleware: IBM Web Sphere MQ Explorer, Fusion Middleware
  • Programming
    
    Languages:
    
    JAVA, NET Framework, PL/SQL, SQL, UNIX Shell, C/C++, XML
  • Databases: SQL Server Management Studio, Oracle, DB2
  • Testing Tools:
    Azure Dev Ops (ADO), HP Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) 15, Soap UI, SPUFI for DB2
• Experience testing within a technical development environment on complex business applications
• Demonstrated ability in regression testing
• Demonstrated knowledge and use of HP ALM
• Ability to understand business user cases, manipulate data and test systems to ensure sufficient meter and application functionality testing
• Aggressive troubleshooting and bug diagnostic skills/techniques
• Strong Communication skills - Able to effectively communicate highly technical information in non-technical terminology (written and verbal)
• Demonstrated ability to organize multiple deliverables to deliver high-quality results
• Adaptability and drive for results
• Accountability

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of Service Now
• Knowledge of the energy business a plus