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Company Description

SV Tech Systems prides itself in being the leading provider of recruitment and staffing services for a wide range of industries. We provide staffing services to firms throughout the United States and Canada. We attract the best pool of talent with the aim of nurturing sound work ethics and solid values amongst a highly motivated and diverse workforce. We provide world-class technology services by constantly exploring and implementing innovative solutions that drive long-term value to our customers. We believe that success is a measure of performance; therefore, we help customers envision and shape their future around the key drivers of technology, productivity and cost-effectiveness. Our expertise is derived from years of delivering world class IT staffing services to every company from a small start up to the fortune 500. SV Tech is committed to delivering innovation; therefore we collaborate with our clients to help them become high-performance businesses.

Job Description

Title            : Sr. Service QA Analyst
Location    : Minneapolis, MN
Duration    : 6 Months

Senior Service Quality Assurance Analyst
A Minneapolis, MN client is looking for a Senior Service Quality Assurance Analyst.
This position will start ASAP and is anticipated to end 6/30/15.
The successful candidate to fill this Senior Service Quality Assurance position will require previous QA experience in an Agile (scrum) environment.  The QA Analyst participates and fulfills a variety of responsibilities conjointly with a cross-functional team and requires a person who can think outside the box, work with a a variety of people and challenges as well as in an environment that is flexible and fast paced.  This position is responsible for building test cases, asking questions and challenging assumptions to help clarify the business requirements, participating in estimating stories, providing fast feedback to developers and Product Owner, participating in release readiness, and enforcing the definition of done.
This position is responsible for leading and developing automated test strategies and scripts that can provides repeatable, consistent, regression tests for Saleesforce.com functionality.  Experience with HP Quick Test Pro is required and experience in HP Quality Center administration is a definite plus.  
ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
    In-depth understanding of Software Testing Methodology (Agile/Scrum) which includes Test Planning, Test Coverage, Unit Test Development, Functional Test Development, Test Execution, Test Triage, Fix Verification and Regression Testing.
    Test Execution: Triage Automated Tests. Conduct Functional, Regression, to assure Functionality is working as expected.
    Works with minimal direction from management
    Works well in fast-paced, team environment
    Ability to coordinate testing efforts with other members, service owners and development team
    Participates in sprint planning and assists Product Owner in ensuring user stories are understood and testable
    Participates in test plan and test case reviews and assists in the QA process
    Can accurately and effectively communicate testing status to Service Director, knows how to use accumulated project data to present status
     Actively discovers, researches and makes recommendations for process improvement
    Automates manual test cases and knows when automation of test cases is useful as well as not
Automation Specific: Functional/Regression Automation Testing
    Being able to lead automation tasks with a project
    Being able to design a solid automation framework where test scripts are reusable and easily maintained
    Create and communicate automation programming standards to team members
    Self-motivated with a "Lead by example" attitude
    Define, design, develop, execute automated and manual tests and review results
    Promote automation benefits
SKILLS/ABILITIES:
    Ability to conduct, monitor and provide feedback to others for Unit/Functional/ Regression Test Execution
    Problem Research and Error Isolation: Conduct analysis of testing results/failures. Prepare and submit detailed problem reports for correction. Work with Business Owners and development staff to resolve issues.
    Fix Verification/Impact Analysis: Verify problems reported during testing are working as designed. Verify no further regressions are caused by the fix.
    Responsible for communicating with Service Director on test progress/status in a timely manner.
    Develop high and in-depth Product Knowledge and develop Subject Matter Expertise. Able to access impact of changes through our product and determine test coverage needed.
    Ability to work with Product Owner for customer priorities, escalated items and to meet project completion dates with acceptable levels of software quality
    Analyze defects. Expand test coverage, test documentation and test execution accordingly.
    Able to identify and implement solutions for Process and Testing improvements.
    Produce or improve process and procedure documentation
    Strong analytical skills, attention to detail and consistent follow-through to assure problems are resolved and Product meets established criteria
    Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Must be able to communicate with individuals with all levels of technical and non-technical skill sets
    Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work independently or as part of a team, people skills are essential
    Good listening skills; problem solving and the ability to handle multiple projects at once is necessary
    Ability to demonstrate initiative for identifying problems, determining solutions, suggesting and implementing Process and Testing improvements
    The ability to handle objections, criticism and counter professionally as necessary

Qualifications

 REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:
    Education: BS degree with an emphasis in CS/MIS/CIS
    Understanding of Software Development and Testing Methodologies (specifically Agile/Scrum/TDD)
    Must have the ability to develop Test Procedures, Test Plans and Test Strategies
    5+ years of experience in developing tests and test data for software systems, Web and Mobile applications
    5+ years of experience in test execution of software systems, Web and Mobile applications
    Experience working with Stakeholders regarding information gathering and problem identification
    Experience with HP Quick Test Professional
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
    Experience with Salesforce or other Client Relationship Management products a definite plus
    Certification in Quality Assurance highly desirable
    Certification in test automation highly desirable
    Experience with tools other than HP Quality Center and HP Quick Test Professional (ie. Jira, Selenium for example) a plus
    Experience with HP Quality Center administration a plus
    5+ years of software development a plus

Additional Information

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Praveen,

Technical Recruiter,

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