Job Description

Mandatory Requirements

• 8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
• Knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms, preferably Microsoft DevOps
• Experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills

Desired Skills and Experience

• Experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
• Knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
• Knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms, like Microsoft DevOps
• Experience initiating the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results, checking the entrance and exit criteria
• Experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
• Experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
• Experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
• Experience contributing the testing perspective to other project activities, such as development, integration testing, etc
• Experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
• Experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
• Experience adapting planning based on test results and progress (tweaking the plan) and take necessary actions to compensate for problems
• Experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills
• A team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, with the ability to shift priorities quickly and effectively when needed

Resumes Evaluation/Criteria:

Criteria 1: Technical Skills - 35 Points

• Hands on experiences with technologies/platforms such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS and Cloud applications
• Knowledge and experience of automation tools and use of version control systems on one or more platforms
• Demonstrate knowledge of regression, data and integration testing with enterprise level applications/solutions.
• Demonstrate experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests, data testing and systems level integration tests
• Demonstrate ability to extract and retrieve data by using database queries (e.g., SQL)
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrate knowledge of structured methodologies for the development, design, implementation and maintenance of applications
• Demonstrate experience contributing the testing perspective to other project activities, such as development, integration testing, etc.
• Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms, preferably DevOps

Criteria 2: Quality Assurance Skills - 35 Points

• 8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
• Demonstrate experience in test management (Test Plan, Test Scenarios, Test Cases and Test Execution), defect management (Defect Life Cycle and Triage) and Test Execution Reporting
• Demonstrate experience in defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participants
• Demonstrate experience with User Acceptance Testing and leading initial UAT sessions
• Demonstrate experience in planning, organizing and implementing testing efforts at the specified experience level
• Demonstrate knowledge and experience in the use of automated test tools and version control systems on one or more platforms, like Microsoft DevOps
• Experience initiating the specification, preparation, implementation and execution of tests, monitor the test results, checking the entrance and exit criteria
• Demonstrate experience executing functional tests, non-functional tests and systems level integration tests
• Demonstrate experience with quality assurance principles, practices, tools and structured methodologies
• Demonstrate experience creating testing strategy documentation, test plans, test cases and test data for various types and phases of testing, including technical and business functional validation
• Demonstrate experience in quality assurance and testing, including unit testing, data testing, integration testing, load testing, performance testing, etc

Criteria 3: Business Skills - 25 Points

• Demonstrate experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete
• Demonstrate experience in providing periodic status reports, present test data defects/migration strategy and approach to executives and other stakeholders
• Demonstrate experience coordinating testing activities with project managers and others team members
• Demonstrate experience supporting user acceptance testing and participating in UAT activities
• Demonstrate experience adapting planning based on test results and progress (tweaking the plan) and take necessary actions to compensate for problems
• Demonstrate experience being a team player with a track record for meeting deadlines, with the ability to shift priorities quickly and effectively when needed
• Demonstrate conceptual skills to see the big picture and assist in integrating QA/testing processes and standards
• Demonstrate excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills

Criteria 4: Public Sector Experience - 5 Points

• Previous experience working in Government or Public Sector organizations

Knowledge Transfer

What needs to be KT : All documentation relating to the technology designs and technology knowledge specific to the candidate's assignment All information gathered while working with vendors and internal solutions to be shared Any best practices, work around, lessons learned must be documented

To whom : Project Manager/Team Members

When : 1:1 meetings / team meetings / documentation in DevOps Wiki and boards throughout the duration of the project life cycle.

Must Have:

8+ years of demonstrated QA experience, including leading QA teams, defect tracking using a collaborative tool to manage defects and change request and to communicate status of these to all project participant

Hands-on experiences with technologies/platforms such as SharePoint, Web Services, HTML, JavaScript and VBScript, COTS, SaaS and Cloud application

Demonstrated experience working with clients and technical teams to ensure effective resolution of defects and management of change requests are complete

Knowledge and experience in the use of version control systems on one or more platforms, preferably Microsoft DevOps

Knowledge and experience in all phases of the Systems Development Life Cycle

Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills; organizational, creativity and perseverance skills; verbal and written communication skills; and interpersonal skills

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