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I have an urgent requirement with one of my clients, details given below. If you find your self suitable for the position, please send me your latest updated resume along with contact details. Please include your employer details as well. *Job Title* Quality Assurance Lead *Project Location* Hartford, CT *Duration* 6 months /Contract *Skills Required and Job Description:* *MOI Telephonic + Face to Face* *NEED -USC GC ONLY Job Summary: * We are seeking an experienced and motivated Quality Assurance lead to manage the QA activities for sets of projects focused on the Business Insurance Data Warehouse within the Shared Business Intelligence Systems organization. He/she will have a track record of leading the quality aspects of large scale data warehouse, business intelligence, analytics, and data management solutions in a matrix reporting environment. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership abilities, SDLC experience, resource management, presentation skills, and strong knowledge of Data Warehousing practices and technologies (Ab initio, Teradata, and Cognos in particular). The candidate must embody a continuous improvement mindset and demonstrate meaningful contributions in prior work. This role will be reporting to Portfolio QA Manager. *Qualifications: * - BS in Computer Science or Engineering or Equivalent Experience. *Primary Responsibilities:* - Lead a matrixed QA team at project level with onsite/offshore model. - Provide strong leadership to uphold gating, quality and timeliness of dependencies - Be a strong partner with Business counterparts to ensure Business intent is represented in QA assets - Be a change agent for quality; drive better quality, not just better testing - Provide regular status updates to management and follow approved escalation paths - Develop Test effort estimation, Test Strategies, Test Plans for QA on multiple projects. - Review team deliverables for completeness and correctness - Able to assist with hands-on test execution - Able to partner with geographically dispersed resources (employee and Globally Sourced Partners) - Ensure team follows the defined quality process - Strategize & manage QA Automation plan for the team. - Conduct QA reviews and audits - Partner with System Analyst in data profiling exercises - Coordinate Test Data and Test Environment management - Coordinate Performance testing and User Acceptance Testing - Identify, collect, analyze and report on software metrics - Assist management in interviewing new candidates - Assist management with QA resource allocations *Mandatory Requirements:* - BS in Computer Science or Engineering or Equivalent Experience - INS 21 Certification - 3+ years of Data Warehouse QA experience including - 1+ years of Teradata and/or ETL and/or Shell Scripting experience - 2+ years Relational Database/SQL experience - 2+ years as a QA lead for large scale IT applications - 3+ years of Estimating, Planning , Executing to a Project plan - 2+ years of experience coordinating with Global teams, including managing onsite/offshore resources - 2 examples of meaningful contributions to Process Improvements, with one of these outside of QA *Technical Knowledge:* - Demonstrates in depth knowledge of Management Information Data bases, Business Intelligence applications and techniques involved in testing warehouses databases, data marts and cubes. Provides oversight to team to ensure they understand the business and systems environment to develop appropriate and timely solutions to issues. Influences and directs staff to follow established best practices. - Has a master knowledge of Insurance applications and processes. Ability to collaborate and communicate with developers, system analysts as well as business team members. Ability to effectively lead an onshore and off shore resources. In depth understanding of software development life cycle as it relates to , waterfall, iterative and Agile methodologies. - Apart from above the individual should have extensive experience in Data flow, data mapping and Data Analysis for QA testing. - Working knowledge of systems interfaces with the business operations work-flow, and a solid understanding of the corporate and departmental information system strategies. - Is proficient in the use of workstation applications related to the testing function. - Ability to grasp new technologies and changing trends & apply in day to day work. *Tools & Technologies:* - Should be proficient in Quality Center & Automated testing tools, SQL - Experience with shared Business Intelligence systems and Teradata Architecture - Experience with Micro Strategy software, Cognos and AbInitio ETL tool architecture - Adaptable to evaluating specific, home grown tools for potential utilization or optimization - Familiar with Resource Management tools, Estimation tools & performance tools - Familiar with HP IT Governance tool *Business Knowledge & Partnership:* - Demonstrates a thorough understanding of the business function they are supporting. Establishes effective working relationships and works with business partners and systems analysts to help identify issues, provide solutions and establish priorities. Contributes to the creation of an atmosphere where business partner and developments issues are dealt with professionally and in a timely manner. *Problem Solving & Decision Making:* - Works with staff to identify and analyze problems and provides recommendations/solutions. - Directs staff for problem resolution and guidance. Escalates significant problems quickly and clearly and carefully makes decisions regarding risks and solutions. Understands the impact of changes to the system environment. - Provides leadership and guidance to implement solutions. - Demonstrates sound analytical and diagnostic skills dealing with issues that are loosely defined and/or where information is available but must be further manipulated. - Once decisions are made, is able to follow the management plan and direct activities to obtain intended results. - Openly and directly confronts conflict until resolved. - Knows how to execute to get things done. - Optimizes the use of all available resources. *Team Orientation:* - Builds relationships with: - Peers to achieve objectives. - Other departments to work as one team. - To secure necessary resources not under his/her personal control. - Works effectively with all levels. - Balances team and individual responsibilities. - Exhibits objectivity and openness to others' views. - Gives and welcomes feedback. - Puts success of team above own interest. 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