Quality Assurance Analyst- Tallahassee, FL

Quality Assurance Analyst

Location:

Tallahassee, FL Duration:
Contract Rate: DOE (USC. GC holders are only preferred)

Education:

BS/ equivalent experience 6+ years of experience with testing and workload modeling across various technology platforms (web-based, web services, .NET, apps, etc.). 6+ years of experience test planning and defining Service-Level Agreements (SLAs); experience with Non-Functional Requirements (NFRs) Quick Test Professional (QTP)/Unified Functional Testing (UFT) Automation Tool. PREFERRED:
Government preferred

• Availability to work 100% on the Client's site in Tallahassee, FL (required);
• Systems development, testing, and/or business experience (3+ years);
• Experience with testing and workload modeling across various technology platforms (web based, web services,.NET, apps, etc.) (6+ years);
• Experience with test planning and defining SLAs (6+ years);
• Experience in Quick Test Professional (QTP)/Unified Functional Testing (UFT) Automation Tool;
• Experience developing and deploying test strategies for software applications and interfaces;
• Experience developing and managing testing strategies (6+ years);
• Experience with a variety of testing techniques and methodologies;
• Experience with Quality Assurance (QA) methodologies, such as test plans, test cycles, and software releases;
• Experience with QA Best Practices;
• Experience with current, industry-wide Quality and Test processes and practices, tools, and techniques;
• Demonstrated technical and professional skills in job related areas;
• Experience with testing in source control (Team Foundation Server);
• Experience translating business requirements into test scenarios;
• Experience working in cross functional teams;
• Experience proactively identifying problems and generating solutions;
• Experience with the dataflow, data model, and data dictionary;
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Management Information Systems, or equivalent with programming experience.

Include but are not limited to the following:
• Understand the application functionality and Non Functional Requirements (NFRs) along with defined Service Level Agreements (SLAs);
• Identify the test scenarios to validate the performance of key business functions and certify the NFRs;
• Identify the test environment, testing data, and accessing needs;
• Create performance test plans and baselines;
• Execute planned tests;
• Analyze test results and identify any discrepancies against the SLAs;
• Publish performance analysis reports and conduct review sessions with all the stakeholders;
• Provide ad hoc performance testing / load generation for support of development tasks;
• Assist with troubleshooting and system tuning;
• Lead performance test reviews;
• Review performance test artifacts for comment and approval;
• Write and distribute risk assessments;
• Work with the development leads and business leads to ensure full coverage in the testing scripts.