*Job Title: **Quality Assurance Specialist*
*Location: *1970 W. Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215
*Contract: *6+ months (Note: This will likely be extended through fiscal
year 2018)
*Interview Process:** Candidates MUST be available for in person interview
1/5/17*
Will close to submissions on: Tuesday, 1/3 at 12:00 PM EST
*Job Overview:*
· Help IT design, pilot, and implement the software quality
assurance review process.
· Will help development teams test software quality for production
deployment.
· This position will function as a highly skilled Quality Assurance
Specialist with specific responsibilities that include:
*Major Job Duties and Responsibilities:*
· Proactively engage in the end-to-end software testing cycle as it
pertains to the project.
· Work closely with and follow direction from QA Manager
· Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and
objectives for the project.
· Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project
including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices,
and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
· With input from QA Manager and team, develop and execute test
cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).
· Work with the ODPS project team to test updates, patches, and
repairs to the application software components in the development, test,
and QA environments. Develop software changes for promotion to production
following best practice and standards as defined by the ODPS ITO.
· Take corrective action, subject to the ODPS Management approval,
to resolve all issues and problems encountered with testing to ensure the
applications perform as required.
· Design, develop, execute and maintain automated test scripts.
· Perform, maintain, create and execute load tests on applications
as needed based on defined processes
*Education/Experience/Skills Required: *
· Strong communication/ leadership skills.
· Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.
· Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business
and/or functional lines.
· Have excellent oral and written skills/possess strong meeting and
work session facilitation skills.
· Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the
ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.
· Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the
elicitation of system and/or user requirements.
· Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning,
problem solving, and decision-making skills.
· Must be knowledgeable in the English language/speak clearly and
understandably use the English language.
· 10 Years in testing I.T products and applications.
· 5 Years automation experience using MS Visual Studio Coded UI,
Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager
· 5 Years of verifiable .NET Development/scripting experience in C#
· 5 Years in End to End Test Automation experience
· 5 years of verifiable experience with SQL Server Database Design
and development including optimization of queries, creating tables, views,
stored procedures, and functions.
· 5 Years demonstrated experience in converting existing manual test
cases to automation scripts.
· 5 Years conducting test case reviews to ensure scenarios
accurately capture business functionality.
· Contributes to continuous process improvements to increase the
efficiency of QA and development.
· Excellent communication skills both written and oral Needs to show
at least 1 year Quality Assurance experience in a technical capacity with a
large organization as ODPS. The experience must encompass the writing of
test strategies, test scenarios, test plans and test scripts.
· Must have at least 1 year experience working on Agile/Scrum I.T.
projects.
· Must have experience working with Microsoft Test Manager on at
least one project
· 1 year experience or a demonstrable understanding of code
repository strategies, code promotion strategies and recovery using Team
Foundation Server.
· Experience with load and performance testing in a multi-tier
application tiers with multiple servers and SQL Server clusters.
· Experience in analyzing the results of the testing to determine
solutions to problem areas.
· Certifications in Software Testing Field.
· Programming background.
· Certifications in Microsoft tools and technologies.
· CRUD Testing experience
· Test coverage and estimations experience
· Must meet productivity standards, complete work in timely manner
and strive to increase productivity
JOB TITLE-*Cognos Developer*
Malden MA
6+ months
*Commonwealth of MA – Candidate must be local*
The client has several new data warehouse initiatives underway and has a
need for a Senior Cognos consultant to assist in the implementations. The
candidate will work with the current Cognos applications and their future
extensions that enable end-users to analyze a schools performance at
multiple levels. The candidate will work with other members of the Data
Warehouse team to resolve technical and data issues for the district users.
The individual should be analytically oriented and be able to work as part
of a small team. Cognos 10 is the standard BI tool. We plan to move to
Cognos 11 in the future.
Description
1. Implement Cognos reports as defined by business users,
2. Deliver, maintain, and troubleshoot as well as enhance BI functionality
and apply the toolset for Business Intelligence / Data Warehouse solutions
3. Performance tuning of Cognos reports
4. Work with technical specifications and related documentation
5. Data Warehouse and SQL knowledge (3-5 years of essential experience)
6. Implementation of Cognos cubes
7. Collaborates with business users and works well within a large team
8. Develops, supports and implements Business Intelligence (BI) solutions,
multi-dimensional cubes, and relational models as well as complex reports.
9. Utilizes skills and business knowledge for the migration of applications
to Dev, UAT and Production environment.
Required qualifications:
1. 5+ years experience with all Cognos components and 1+ year as part of
that with Cognos 10, including:
a. Framework Manager
b. Report Studio
2. Strong SQL skills
3. BA/BS in Computer Science or related field.
4. Must be organized and detail-oriented.
5. Must have a team player attitude.
6. Proven experience working effectively with Business and IT partners.
7. Strong communication, both written and verbal.
8. Participate in the development, testing, and implementation of
efficient, cost effective reporting solutions.
9. Designs, develops, tests, implements and supports reporting solutions
and enhancements.
10. Creates and maintains documentation to support the full software
development lifecycle
11. Mentors others in areas of expertise, including current technologies,
systems, business practices, and standards.
12. Evaluates business requirements and processes to provide possible
solutions and accurate estimates for development efforts.
13. Effectively communicates with business partners, peers and management.
14. Shape and enhance the Cognos technical design and development process
Desired qualifications:
1. Broad knowledge of IT systems, processes and controls
2. Strong capabilities in analyzing data
3. Public Education work experience
4. Understanding of education data and/or terminology
5. Understanding of Kimball methodology
6. Experience with Cognos 11
*Job Title:* *Program Manager (OAKS Enterprise State Training Lead
Position)*
*Location: *30 East Broad St. Columbus, OH 43215
*Contract: *6+ months (Note: This position is expected to be a multi-year
position)
*Job Responsibilities:*
· Establish and implement statewide learning standards for the Ohio
Administrative Knowledge System (OAKS)
· Create and implement an enterprise learning Oracle User
Productivity Kit (UPK) program strategy
· Manage multiple training development and delivery projects by
working with other training leads and developers
· Work with program consultants and curriculum managers to identify
target learners, determine educational needs, and recommend best delivery
modes for learning and development programs
*Job Requirements/Mandatory:*
· At least 4 years of experience in designing, developing, or
implementing IT-related training projects
· At least 2 years of experience managing an enterprise learning
program
· At least 2 years of experience working within a highly matrixed
organization
· At least 1 year of experience updating and managing IT training
environments
· At least 1 year of experience working with Oracle User
Productivity Kit (UPK) software
*Preferred:*
· At least 2 years of PeopleSoft experience
· Instructional design certification
· Working knowledge of media technology, instructional design
theory, and best practices in online education, learning theory,
instruction delivery models, technology tools, technology infrastructure,
quality control, and metrics
· Excellent project management skills and experience with project
processes and procedures, as well as documentation and reporting
· Experience with report creation, web design, and web-based content
management tools
· Experience integrating and administering social learning and
development solutions with learning management systems (LMS) and learning
content management systems (LCMS)
· Experience administering and providing support for virtual
classrooms or virtual labs
Thanks & Regards:
Brian
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