Sr. Test Analyst

KimohaTech; West Sacramento (CA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

CalSTRS in West Sacramento seeks an experienced test analyst to support the modernization of legacy applications. The candidate must have at least ten years in the last twelve performing testing activities with large organizations and coordinating tester teams to set up test execution goals.

Desirable skills include defect management, creating metrics, reviewing business and technical deliverables, and hands-on experience with JAMA and SQL for testing data.

Qualifications

• Minimum ten years of experience as a test analyst in large organizations.
• Experience coordinating teams of testers to set up test execution goals and objectives.
• Defect management including validation, follow-up, solution verification, and escalation.
• Experience producing test execution and defect metrics (burndown charts and trends).
• Strong background reviewing and contributing to project deliverables and artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with business, functional and technical testers to set up test execution goals.
• Manage defects: validation, follow-up, solution verification and escalation.
• Produce test execution metrics and trends for project teams.

Skills

Team coordination

Defect management

Test metrics

Tools

JAMA

Job description

As of the Offer Due Date, the proposed project person must have the following listed experience, knowledge, skills and abilities, as evidenced by Attachment II, Proposed Project Person Skill Summary Sheet and resume:

• At least ten (10) years of experience within the last twelve (12) years performing the following activities while working as a test analyst with large organizations, leading or participating in the technical implementation or modernization of legacy applications:
  • Coordinating with a team of business, functional and technical testers to set up test execution goals and objectives.
  • Defect management being responsible for validation, follow-up, solution verification, and escalation actions for all defects encountered for the application.
  • Producing test execution and defect metrics as necessary for the project teams comprising of burndown charts and trends.
• At least ten (10) years of experience within the last twelve (12) years reviewing, developing, and / or providing input to project deliverables and artifacts produced during the project such as the following:
  • Business Requirements and Business Rules
  • Technical and Service Requirements
  • Traceability Matrices
• At least eight (8) years of experience within the last twelve (12) years using Test Application Lifecycle Management tools such as JAMA to document functional and non-functional requirements, design specifications, test cases, defects and providing full traceability for the project.
• At least eight (8) years of experience within the last twelve (12) years having a good hands-on experience of working with large databases, using and writing SQL Queries for finding data for testing applications or Interfaces.

Desirable Technical Qualifications

1. Experience as a Test Analyst working with a public pension system of similar size to CalSTRS.
2. Experience as a Test Analyst leading or participating in the technical implementation of pension/ retirement-related software development projects.
3. At least five (5) years of experience within the last twelve (12) years designing, developing, and performing testing using testing automation frameworks such as Selenium, Cucumber and ROBOT Framework.
4. The proposed project person will be able to adhere to the hybrid working model by working on-site 2-3 days per week at CalSTRS Headquarters, West Sacramento, CA. If no, provide a short explanation. (no points)