*Position – QA Analyst/ Tester* *Location - Horsham PA*
*Duration – 12+ months* * (GC or USC)* *Interview – face to face* *Job Responsibilities: * *Strong communication. QA testing (manual and automated) and coordination. Agile experience is a must. Formal project management training is preferred. **RESPONSIBILITIES WILL INCLUDE:* * Test Coordination • Involvement in project work starting with high level requirements in order to estimate the QA effort, contribute to the project WBS, and develop Test Strategies and Test Plans. • Define types of data, prep, environment prep required for testing. • Test environment planning and management including progression of content and code. • Clearly understand and manage complex system dependences and identify situations when mock options are appropriate. • Clear scheduling of dependencies with techniques focusing on overall team "productivity". Focus here should be to eliminate "waste" in the lean manner. • Facilitate testing meetings as well as status meetings with key stakeholders. Identify, communicate and manage test related issues and risks with downstream dependencies. • Non prod environment data coordination requires knowledge of back end systems and relationships with backend system testing teams. • Actively participate in triaging and remediating defects. • Provide up-to-date test metrics and statuses for the project and release level testing. • Flexibility to step in on manual or automated testing when needed. • Assist in designing and executing Production Acceptance Test for each release. Team Management • Assist in interviewing prospective candidates for open departmental positions. • Mentor team members on evolving best practices. • Collaborate and provide guidance in development of career development path for direct reports, monitoring progress over time. • Effectively recognize and manage staff diversity, performance, or conflicts. • Effectively develop direct reports through coaching, counseling, and performance feedback. • Assist team members with decisions in personnel related matters (performance review, disciplinary actions, and terminations) • Resource Allocation **Required Characteristics and Skills:* * • Excellent communication (written and verbal). • Planning, organizing, coordination, scheduling, risk evaluation and mitigation. • Analytical and detail oriented. • Triaging, prioritizing and managing issues. • Passion for engineering quality (lean process, elimination of waste). • Ability to mentor on QA best practices. • Fast learner. • Microsoft Office tools: MS Word, MS Excel • HP ALM, Rally • Microsoft Office tools: MS Access, Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, and Visio. • SQL, XML, SOA • Familiarity with BDD, Cucumber, Gerken, etc. • Familiarity with automated testing* *Regards,* *Himanshu Verma * *Talent Acquisition Executive* *[image: cid:image001.png@01D01011.0B0A3090]* *(W) **248-565-4747*172**; Fax: +1-248.254.7211* *Email: **hve...@tekshapers.com* <achau...@tekshapers.com> *Gtalk: **vermarecruiter* *Tekshapers Inc* -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "International SAP Projects" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to international-sap-projects+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to international-sap-projects@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/international-sap-projects. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.