Lead Quality Assurance Analyst (Remote)
Our client, a leading Pacific Northwest utility provider committed to public service and environmental preservation, is looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst for their Portland, Oregon location. In this role you will supports large multi-year projects while also performing Operations and Maintenance (O&M) key QA tasks such as test script development and execution, defect tracking, test coordination, test environment verification, and data quality management.
This fully remote position is a one-year renewable contract that includes employee benefits! Candidates must reside in our client’s service territory of WA, OR, ID, MT to be considered. If you think you’d be a good fit, we want to hear from you!
Key Responsibilities for Lead Quality Assurance Analyst:
- Coordinate, draft, and execute manual and automated application tests as assigned.
- Review product use requirements and those as defined in the System Life Cycle (SLC), the reference for guidance of test scenarios and developing manual and/or automated test scripts.
- Develop programmatic test plans, use cases, scripts, and related documentation for a complex, highly secure suite of Internet/intranet applications.
- Design, draft, and recommend tests which will be used in system integration, functional, and acceptance testing.
- Coordinate and facilitate test environments, testers, and developers among multiple projects during the testing phase(s).
- Perform defect management to include input defects, update status, determine severity, verify fixes, and produce defect reports.
- Perform regression testing and unit testing to verify correct operation of an upgraded application.
- Read and run compares on sanitized test databases using database skills either as XML, Oracle, or SQL.
- Help create Test Driven Development (TDD) automated tests for production executables and deliverables.
- Model and document test cases using multiple methods such as, Waterfall Modeling, and Agile Modeling.
- Develop / draft manual and automated test scripts to support functional and non-functional testing.
- Project-specific responsibilities:
- Verify that requirements are identified, clear, needed, and testable.
- Attend project and requirement reviews and verification of test scripts.
- Review product interface specification.
- Help resolve requirement definition problems.
- Compare user needs to project requirements.
- Interface with all necessary project personnel including Project Management, QA Lead, business analysts, and technical developers to verify compliance with the Quality Plan and Testing Methodology.
- Review and recommend changes to functional requirements in the form of use cases and other testing documents.
- Perform technical writing.
- Facilitate portions of the project QA efforts to include perform manual functional QA testing and assist other QA Testers.
- Identify problems and track them until they are resolved.
- Monitor project progress, identify risks as they are found and recommend mitigations to the manager.
- Verify that Agency policies and procedures are followed.
- Review requirements with development staff to establish a common interpretation and frame of reference for project deliverables.
- Facilitate and coordinate creation of test requirements, plans, and manual test scripts by functional users and technical leads.
Requirements/Qualification for Lead Quality Assurance Analyst:
- U.S. Citizenship and valid U.S. Driver’s License is required.
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information technology or a closely related technical field is preferred.
- 6+ years of QA experience is required with a bachelor’s degree in specified fields.
- 10+ years of QA experience is required without a degree or bachelor’s degree in unspecified fields.
- 5+ years of experience leading a Quality Assurance Team.
- Experience should involve test methodology design and implementation, along with hands-on experience writing test plans, test cases, test data, and test database creation/sanitation, problem tracking/resolution, coordinating test activities among multiple testers, and maintaining defect logs among other applied skills and knowledge.
- Demonstrated working-level Azure DevOps/TFS skill set and experience at multiple tool versions, to include knowledge of “story”, “epic”, and hierarchy terms and how to apply. Current standard tool is Azure DevOps 2019.
- Demonstrated working knowledge of System Life Cycle (SLC) principles.
- Experience leading QA effort for a vendor-supplied solution, either COTS, or vendor developed, on-site or in the cloud.
- Advanced knowledge on the design and implementation of QA and testing methodologies in large complex systems using various development methodologies.
**We are unable to accommodate corp. to corp. candidates**
About Motus Recruiting and Staffing, Inc:
Founded in 2006, Motus is an award-winning recruiting and staffing firm in the Pacific Northwest, specializing in professional services and technology solutions. We are a group of people who not only recognize the importance of representation, but actively fight for diversity, equity, and inclusion in the recruitment process. Our goal is to educate organizations on the importance of DEI when hiring, promoting, and supporting diverse employees. We are calling organizations to demonstrate their commitment to DEI by being intentional about who they hire.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, disability or protected veteran status.
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