Onsite QA Analyst — Contract in Phoenix (Automation)

First Roles; Phoenix (AZ); On-site; USD 55,000 - 83,000; Full time

Job summary

IDEALFORCE has multiple CONTRACT positions available immediately for Quality Assurance Analyst to join our customer in Phoenix AZ. This is an ONSITE position with LOCAL candidates preferred. The QA Analyst develops and executes software test plans to identify problems and communicates results to stakeholders.

The role requires 5+ years of testing experience, familiarity with regression, integration, load testing and automation concepts, and collaboration with developers, PMs and operations.

Qualifications

• BS Degree CS or MIS or equivalent experience in related roles.
• Five (5) years software testing experience with regression testing, integration testing, load and performance testing.
• Two (2) years in a Software Quality Assurance role.
• Experience writing black box and GUI test cases, designing tests to mitigate risks and helping business experts define requirements.
• Experience with scripting languages (JavaScript) and/or open source test tools or programming in any language.
• Knowledge of and experience with TFS and MS Test and test automation.
• Experience collaborating with programmers and business experts.
• Experience in context-based, exploratory, or scenario testing.
• Experience with testing of web services.
• Extensive backend testing, data mapping, ETL and writing complex SQL/Procs.
• Agile/Scrum experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop, execute and implement test plans, test cases and test scripts for applications built upon a .NET platform.
• Write, publish and maintain test plans, test cases and test scripts.
• Publish and communicate test results and test plan status.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams (Development, PM, Operations).
• Participate in functional, regression, user acceptance and load testing.
• Provide resource analysis and planning for the test effort.
• Coordinate with IT to ensure test platforms are available.
• Review processes for compliance.
• Design and maintain test data for projects.
• Participate in design discussions, reviews and test strategy sessions.
• Integrate test specs into design specs.
• Establish test metrics per QA standards.
• Ensure builds in environments are acceptable.
• Install, configure and use tools to automate functional testing.

Skills

Software testing

Regression testing

Load testing

SQL/ETL

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Problem solving

Education industry knowledge

Education

BS Degree CS or MIS

Tools

FitNesse

Canoo WebTest

HtmlUnit

TFS

MS Test

Job description

IDEALFORCE has multiple CONTRACT positions available immediately for Quality Assurance Analyst to join our customer in Phoenix AZ. This is an ONSITE position with LOCAL candidates preferred. The QA Analyst develops and executes software test plans to identify problems and communicates results to stakeholders.

The role requires 5+ years of testing experience, familiarity with regression, integration, load testing and automation concepts, and collaboration with developers, PMs and operations.