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Company Description
Founded in 1996, SofTec Solutions is a leading IT Consulting Services firm for Federal, State & Local Government, Commercial and Healthcare industries. We pride ourselves on building strong relationships with our candidates and clients to find just the right match. We look for candidates who go beyond the norm of the usual employee and are hungry for new learning experiences and situations. Because of our resources we have been listed for three consecutive years in the Inc. Magazine's Fastest Growing Companies in America.
Job Description
Job Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Location: Waltham, MA (Boston, MA)
Terms: 6 Month Contract-to-Hire
Summary:
The Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Engineer for FS Risk & Compliance has primary responsibility for quality assurance for projects developing product software features from planning phase through implementation to ensure end-user requirements are met across five Business Units. SQA Engineers work in a fast paced environment utilizing Agile SDLC process. SQA Engineer activities include learning and maintaining a thorough understanding of all business unit products and process, assisting in the planning phase of SQA projects, managing and participating in the analysis, design, and test phases of SQA projects and providing consistent communication with the SQA team and project team.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities:
• Develops and maintains a thorough knowledge of BU products, services and processes by engaging in formal and informal training, self-directed learning, studying product Knowledge Acquisition documents while maintaining knowledge of industry standards, methodologies, processes, and best practices. The candidate will need to learn about the various service offerings available, standard technical project plan, process, design standards and procedures.
• Assists in the planning phase of QA projects by collaborating with the project team (e.g., Development, Product Management, Project Management) to gain a thorough understanding of the project objectives, prioritizing steps and creating high-level test scenario outlines ensuring thorough testing of program logic and system flow.
• Manages and participates in the analysis and design phases of QA projects by collaborating with off shore team to create test scenario and acceptance test outlines while creating test cases and acceptance tests in accordance to the outline to ensure test cases meet project objectives and conform to standards.
• Manages and participates in the test phase of QA projects by executing test scripts for all testing (e.g., functional, positive and negative, installation, system, acceptance, regression testing), except automation testing. Candidate will implement resolutions or workarounds for defects, perform regression and integration testing prior to releases and ensure optimal functioning of feature as a whole.
• Participates in the overall management of SQA projects by reporting SQA status at project meetings and on weekly updates while managing the processes and procedures within the SQA domain. Managing standard project methodology and templates customized for each project's unique needs while adhering to project timelines and project plans for monitoring and tracking project milestones and deliverables.
• Serves as a subject matter expert on quality assurance issues by providing technical support on issues relating to QA, identifying recurring problems or defects, collaborating in ongoing decisions concerning QA design and processes and analysis.
Qualifications
Education Minimum:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Computer Information Systems, Management Information Systems, OR experience in Quality Assurance testing.
Qualifications:
1-3 years of experience in a Quality Assurance position, including:
• Developing test plans.
• Executing test scripts.
• Communicating accurately and professionally both orally and in written form.
• Working in a dynamic, fast paced environment under time-sensitive deadlines.
• Managing multiple projects at one time.
• Delivering results on time.
• Working well independently with minimal supervision while also functioning as an integral part of a team.
Working in distributed object oriented development using SQL Server. Preferred Experience (includes minimum):
• Working in a web based n-tier development environment using COM+ and/or .NET.
• Experience with offshore team members
Minimum Knowledge:
• Software development life cycle
• Software quality assurance process
• English language Preferred Knowledge (includes minimum):
• Familiar with structured or object-oriented lifecycle development practices (e.g., the unified process)
• Agile methodologies
• Web technology
• Experience executing Automated scripts using QTP and/or Selenium
• Experience executing and scripting performance benchmark tests Tools:
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook). Team Foundation Server, Microsoft Project Server, Microsoft Visual Studio, and Mercury Quick Test Pro, SQL Server, Windows, Oracle
Additional Information
All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.