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SA Technologies Inc. (www.satincorp.com) is a market leader and one of the fastest growing IT consulting firms with operations in US, Canada, Mexico & India. SAT is an Oracle Gold Partner, SAP Services Partner & IBM Certified enterprise.

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Position: QA Test Analyst III

Location: EVERETT WA

Duration: 6 Months contract to Hire

Summary: Develop and execute software test plans in order to identify software problems and their causes. The technical skills include the ability to design software or customize software for client use. Education/Experience: Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering or relevant field required. 8-10 years experience required. Responsibility level: Exercises independent judgment with minimal direction from supervisor. Skills and Competencies: Verbal and written communication skills, problem solving skills, customer service and interpersonal skills. Strong ability to work independently and manage one's time. Strong mentoring skills necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback. Strong knowledge of computer hardware and software, including applications and programming. Strong knowledge of design techniques, tools, and principles involved in production of precision technical plans, blueprints, drawings, and models. Strong knowledge of the practical application of engineering science and technology. Strong knowledge of computer development software, such as Microsoft Visual Basic, Linux, JavaScript, etc. Major Job Duties and Responsibilities: Review and approve test plans, scenarios, scripts or procedures. Review and approve testing programs that addresses areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, or usability. Review documentation of software defects and assign software developers to investigate and resolve the issue. Review and approve test schedules or strategies in accordance with project scope or delivery dates. Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance or completeness or to mitigate risks. Participate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.

Responsibilities: 

White Box testing 

Analyzing requirements, able to understand impact on existing systems and come up with an all-encompassing solution 

Works with product management, development and quality assurance teams to help define and implement automation suites, test harnesses, White box test suites and testing 

Represent QA and contribute to architecture reviews, design reviews, code reviews and static code inspections 

Work closely with developers and extend automated unit test cases and share test code 

Collaborate with developers to create White box test strategy, test plans from functional specifications 

Responsible for White box testing 

Develop tests for API dependencies 

Ensure testability in code and measure code coverage data regularly 

Participate in code reviews 

Ensures a product quality through continuous testing and refinement of the code base 

Help QA team to arrive at correct set of black box test cases for any code change made during testing phase 

Lead and provide technical guidance to the team 

Coach/train engineers to follow white box testing techniques and automation

Required Skills: 

Testing 

Extensive experience with White box testing 

Thorough knowledge in white box test techniques and strong in code coverage concepts & implementation 

In depth understanding of different layers of testing. 

Experience with at least one unit testing framework such as NUnit or MSTest 

Experience with Selenium, including creating object models using the Page Object Design Pattern 

Microsoft web stack technologies 

ASP.Net MVC 4+ 

WCF and Web API web services 

ASP.Net Web Forms (Legacy applications) 

General Development 

An understanding of the object oriented programming 

An understanding of dependency inversion. 

Data 

Microsoft SQL 2008+ 

Ability to read, write, and debug queries 

Entity Framework 

Software / Operating Systems 

Visual Studio 2012+ 

Microsoft SQL Management Studio 

Microsoft Office 

Windows Server 2008+ 

Team based involvement 

Excellent problem solving and communication skills 

Experience in an agile environment 

Ability to communicate testing requirements and issues clearly with developers, management and the business. 

Education / Experience 

Bachelor's degree in a related subject matter or a minimum of 5+ years of direct professional experience in a software development role. 

Work Environment / Considerations 

Working conditions are a traditional office environment. 

Work requires extensive use of a computer. 

Work hours are generally 9:00 am to 5:00 pm, Monday through Friday 

Responsibilities may require occasional evening and weekend work in response to needs of the systems being supported.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.