Q Analysts is looking for a Quality Assurance Analyst for one of its clients located in The Woodlands Texas.

Job Description:

* Our client is seeking a mid level Quality Assurance Analyst who will work with a team of developers, business users to test software releases and support customer facing applications under the supervision of a QA lead.

* This resource will need to interact with developers and business to ensure requirements are fully understood and tested.

Job Responsibilities:

* Responsible for functional, end to end test planning and drafting test plans. Participate in user story analysis and incorporate testing requirements, while working closely with developers and business analysts on your Agile team.

* Responsible for setting up automated test suite and able to run automated scripts.

* Executing test cases/test plans against test environments. Analyzing and documenting test results.

* Raising and tracking defects in bug tracking tool. Identify quality and performance issues in new features developed, and write clear and precise descriptions in the bug tracking system.

* Troubleshooting issues found in QA - for instance by looking at the app logs etc

* Liaising with developers and product management on issue tracking, and raising risks with QA team lead

* Ability to communicate clearly, with QA team and other departments. Provide regular status on quality assurance tasks.

Minimum Required Skills:

* Experience with ETL

* Business Objects preferred, however experience with Microstrategy, Cognos or any other B.I. tool experience is ok

* Experience working with data warehouses

* 4-year degree in computer science or related field or equivalent experience

* 4 years experience in software and/or program testing

* Experience working in Health Industry

* 4 experience working in a formal application development environment with an established SDLC and defect life cycle

* 4 experience in all phases of functional, regression, acceptance and performance testing

* 4 experience with relational database analysis. Ability to interpret and understand database schemas to ensure database integrity

* Perform tool evaluations, and participate in creation of standards and guidelines along with other teams.

* 3 years testing experience with Oracle databases, PL/SQL, SQL, and UNIX

Preferred Skills:

* 4 years experience working with XML and EDI files is preferred

* PHP Testing Experience 4 years testing experience with web based applications, J2EE, and SOA platform is desired