*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 "MCMS" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to mcms+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to mcms@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/mcms. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
