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SalaryJob Title: Quality Assurance Specialist
Client: State of Ohio
Location: Columbus, OH
W2 role (USC & GC)
Quality Assurance Specialist 3
QAS3 to help IT design, pilot, and implement the software Quality Assurance review process. Will help development teams test software quality for production deployment. This position will function as a highly skilled Quality Assurance Specialist with specific responsibilities that include:
1.Proactively engage in the end-to-end software testing cycle as it pertains to the project.
2.Work closely with and follow direction from QA Manager
3.Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.
4.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.
5.With input from QA Manager and team, develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).
6.Work with the ODPS project team to test updates, patches, and repairs to the application software components in the development, test, and QA environments. Develop software changes for promotion to production following best practice and standards as defined by the ODPS ITO.
7.Take corrective action, subject to the ODPS Management approval, to resolve all issues and problems encountered with testing to ensure the applications perform as required.
8.Design, execute and maintain automated test scripts.
During the interview process with the ODPS staff, the resource consultant must demonstrate competence/experience in their specific area(s) of project assignment. The resource's experience must also be documented for review and verification. Offered resources not showing technical or functional competence/experience will be sufficient reason to reject the Offeror's proposal. It is the responsibility of the Offeror to pre-screen their candidates to ensure compliance. Resources will have a background check conducted by ODPS.
1.Strong communication/ leadership skills.
2.Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.
3.Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.
4.Have excellent oral and written skills/possess strong meeting and work session facilitation skills.
5.Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.
6.Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements.
7.Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
8.Must be knowledgeable in the English language/speak clearly and understandably use the English language.
9.Must meet productivity standards, complete work in timely manner and strive to increase productivity
Requirements:
7 Years in testing I.T products and applications.
5 Years automation experience using MS Visual Studio C#, Selenium and Coded UI, developing and maintaining automated tests using Page object model
5 Years experience in Selenium – writing and maintaining Selenium tests using Page Object model
5 years using Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager
5 Years Development/scripting skills in C#
5 Years in End-to-End Test Automation experience
5 Years demonstrated experience in converting existing manual test cases to automation scripts.
5 Years conducting test case reviews to ensure scenarios accurately capture business functionality.
Contributes to continuous process improvements to increase the efficiency of QA and development.
Excellent communication skills both written and oral. Needs to show at least 1 year Quality Assurance experience in a technical capacity with a large organization as ODPS. The experience must encompass the writing of test strategies, test scenarios, test plans and test scripts.
Must have at least 1 year experience working on Agile/Scrum I.T. projects.
Must have experience working with Microsoft Test Manager on at least one project
Collaborate with Development Team to log and track application issues in Azure App Insights
Evaluates existing applications and platforms and provides recommendations for improving performance by conducting gap analysis, identifying feasible alternative solutions, and assisting in the scope of modifications.
Desired Skills:
Experience working in a DevOPS environment
Experience developing automated tests in the Cloud using Docker Containers
Experience using Power shell to automate tasks
Experience in Specflow
Experience in setting up and scheduling JAMS jobs
Experience working in Splunk generating reports and analysis using data sets
Certifications in Software Testing Field
Programming background
Certifications in Microsoft tools and technologies
CRUD Testing experience
Test coverage and estimations experience
Experience with Azure App Insights to log and track application issues
Experience in process engineering and operational improvement initiatives for automation tooling focused on cloud
Job Type: Contract
Pay: $40.00 - $46.00 per hour
Work Location: In person
