*QA Test Lead* Duration: Through end of 2014
Target rate: $45/hr West Chester, PA *Summary* The Test Lead is responsible for the writing the test plan, reviewing requirements as testable, leading the development and execution of test cases, defect triage and management and status reporting for the testing progress. They are expected to follow the best practices in place at CLIENT The Test Lead will require *7+ years* in software quality analysis and testing in multiple environments including all aspects of software testing (planning, development, execution, monitoring, control). *For this assignment, they also need 3+ years of experience in services testing and verification.* *Duties and Responsibilities* - Analyze requirements for completeness, correctness and clarity to drive the testing effort and confirm them as testable - Ensures 100% test coverage to requirements - Acts as a Lead to direct, control and manage test related activities at various stages throughout the development process. - Support solution delivery activities related to testing including: Developing the Test Plan, Managing Test Execution Activities, Reporting on Test Metrics and supporting Test Closure activities. - Self-starter able to work independently and easily collaborate with the Project team. - Ability to manage workload with a minimum supervision - Ensures team adherence to Quality Assurance policies, procedures and processes. - Monitors team performance, spotting trends and identifying anomalies for escalation. - Participates as a key contributor in regards to test and quality aspects of the project. - Coordinates and engages the appropriate level of expertise on issues related to testing. - Designs tests to ensure adherence to functional and quality requirements - Ascertains impacts of key issues/considerations and makes recommendations for risk mitigation strategies. - Defines the targets of test - Debugs the development and execution of test scripts against the targets of test - Define test data and environment requirements to support test execution activities. - Creates test scenarios/detailed test cases that ensure all error handling processes perform as expected - Works with QA Supervisor to develop the ROM estimate. - Facilitate defect triage meetings - Analyzes test failures and metrics for quality assessment - Develops and/or leads test case development to verify requirements according to standards/best practices with alignment to test plan/strategy - Provide estimates to develop and execute test cases - Provide quality metrics for test case build, execution, and defect management activities - Evaluation/selection of appropriate tests, testing methods, etc., leveraging technical expertise to make independent decisions - Excellent attention to detail and the understanding of how to find flaws in non-UI based complex software. - Excellent communication skills – both written and spoken - Must be a self-starter - Able to manage teams that are not co-located (i.e., global) *Job Knowledge * - Strong oral and written communication skills - Strong experience in test methodologies and support test practices: test planning, test case development, test case execution and defect triage, and test closure activities. - Strong Analytical and Problem Solving Skills - Strong attention to detail and ability to work in a fast paced environment. - Experience with various software testing strategies and approaches (e.g., parallel testing, regression testing) - Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Good understanding of Quality Assurance and Control concepts - Knowledge of test metrics and how they are used for decision support - Knowledge of common programming concepts, practices and structures - Expert knowledge of the Client ALM test tool components: Dashboard, Management, Requirements, Testing and Defects - Understands data structures, data models and technical design documents in order to be able to identify test scenarios. - Strong GUI/API testing ability and validation skills. - Ability to use SQL for data verification test cases. - Must understand technical data-related terminology and concepts *Thanks and Regards* *Shweta Ojha* Technical Recruiter | Sage Group Consulting 3400 Highway 35 S,Suite# 9,Hazlet, NJ,USA 07730 *Direct*: 732-784-6492 | *Email*: so...@sagetl.com *Gtalk*: sojha1290|*Yim*: ojha1290 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "USITCV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to usitcv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to usitcv@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/usitcv. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
