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

Requirements:

• 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

Responsibilities 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