Quality Assurance Analyst

Quality Assurance Analyst 3

This full-time contract position will work within the Quality Assurance (JLQ) organization of *** (BPA). The Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst position supports large multi-year projects while also performing operations and maintenance key QA tasks such as test script development and execution, defect tracking, test coordination, test environment verification, and data quality management.

The best fit for this position will excel in a team environment with collaborative work on technical solutions, continuous process improvement, and delivery of quality services. This team verifies reliable application source control, change management, and system support while maintaining quality standards and practices on projects and existing applications for commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) and critical in-house systems. This role integrates with IT teams such as infrastructure, cyber security, application development, and operations, as well as clients across the agency.

Assignment Responsibilities:

• Create, coordinate, and execute manual and automated application tests.
• Facilitate, articulate, and implement the quality assurance approach for the quality plan and the product test plan from review of requirements for the product's use as well as requirements defined in BPA's System Life Cycle (SLC), which provides guidance for defining test scenarios and writing manual test scripts.
• Assist in the design and writing of tests which will be used in system integration, functional, and acceptance testing.
• Assist with the development of programmatic test plans, cases, scripts, and related documentation for a complex, highly secure suite of internet and intranet applications.
• Coordinate and facilitate test environments, testers, and developers among multiple projects during the testing phase.
• Perform defect management to include inputting defects, updating statuses, determining severity, verifying fixes, and producing defect reports.
• Perform installation and unit testing to verify correct operation of an upgraded application.
• Read and run comparisons on sanitized test databases using database skills either as XML, Oracle, or SQL.
• Prepare time estimates, communicate resource requirements, and provide timely progress reports to the program manager, project managers, and QA Lead.
• Provide presentations on testing deliverables, milestones, and report on quality discrepancies.
• Help create Test Driven Development (TDD) automated tests for production code.
• Use multiple methods such as Waterfall Modeling, Agile Modeling, and others to model and document test cases.
• Adapt to current industry QA standards and systems and assist the manager in policy development to align with them.
• Facilitate quality assurance objectives for assigned projects.
• Assist the QA manager in implementing QA goals and objectives.
• Develop and draft manual test scripts to support functional and non-functional testing.
• Identify problems and recommend corrective actions.
• Promote quality assurance activities associated with projects and quality efforts as assigned.
• Configure testing resources and tools to evaluate application functionality, integration, and performance.
• Promote the setting of quality objectives.
• Promote consistent use of terminology across projects and departments.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information technology, or a closely related technical field is preferred.
• 10 years of demonstrated QA experience is required with an applicable degree.
• 14 years of demonstrated QA experience is required without a degree or an applicable degree.
• Experience should involve test methodology design and implementation along with hands-on experience writing test plans, test cases, test data and test database creation/sanitizing, problem tracking/resolution, coordinating test activities among multiple testers, and maintaining defect logs among other applied skills and knowledge.
• Experienced in a testing and defect management tool (such as TFS) to include the design of releases, requirement and test hierarchies and reports.
• Demonstrated experience using XML, Oracle, or SQL for application integration, testing, and environmental compatibility.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of system development life cycle (SDLC) principles.
• Demonstrated experience in aligning QA strategy with software development activities and overall schedule while supporting the SDLC.
• Proficient in executing the test and validation activities of a large, complex project.
• Advanced knowledge on the design and implementation of QA and testing methodologies in large, complex systems using various development methodologies.