Jr. QA Consultant

We have a position for a Jr. QA Consultant with one of our clients in Atlanta, GA for an initial contract duration of 6 months. s and all those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply.

The Quality Assurance Analysts role is to develop and establish quality assurance standards and measures for the information technology services within the organization.

Under broad supervision, the Jr. QA Tester/Analyst will be supporting the execution of test lifecycle deliverables per standard methodology and procedures to ensure successful Test Strategy/plan implementation for the Client.

While the intent may be a long-term tenure, this position is subject to annual budget restrictions. The initial contract is through the end of this fiscal year and is anticipated to be renewed July 1st.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Experience in testing Custom applications.
• Experience in testing GIS components.
• Create and document test plans, execute tests, analyze results, and report problems and anomalies, all via the lens of business end users.
• Operate in Agile approach to support testing needs.
• Work closely and collaboratively with business partners, PMO and Vendor technical delivery teams to understand business requirements.
• Ensure software testing is done on-time and as planned and notify management about bottlenecks and other issues and risks.
• Assist Business subject matter experts and business analysts in the development of UAT test scenarios leveraging test cases.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and demos.
• Report weekly status to Quality Assurance Testing Lead.

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Business, or similar.

General Experience:

• 3-5 years of experience with testing in software development projects.
• Experience in mid-scale or large-scale system development projects (including using test automation, test strategy, developing and executing test scripts and test plans).
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to review and analyze system specifications (e.g. System Requirements, Business Requirements, Design Documents, etc.).
• Able to perform manual testing and/or automated testing.
• Experience in documenting Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM) and confirming applications are ready for UAT.
• Experience in preparing UAT instructions for end users and facilitating/overseeing UAT activities.
• Experience in documenting Test Cases.
• Experience in evaluating and documenting Test Results.
• Ability to prepare sample data for testing.
• Skills in System testing, parallel/comparative testing, QA testing, performance and load testing, regression testing, security testing, business continuity/disaster recovery testing, post-go-live testing/validation.

Specialized Experience:

• Experience in quality assurance concepts and best practices.
• Experience creating test cases and writing manual test scripts.
• Experience in running tests for application functions.
• Experience with SDLC and agile methodologies.
• Familiarity with defect management tools.
• Preferred to have experience with public sector.
• Preferred training or software testing certifications such as: Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST), Certified Test Engineer (CSTE), Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA), Certified Manager of Software Quality (CMSQ).