QA Analyst @ Columbia, MD

Hello All,

Please find the below requirement details

 

Position: QA Analyst

Location: Columbia, MD

Duration: 6 Months

Client: Walden University

Rate: $55/Hr. on C2C

 

NOTE: Not just a typical  QA Consultant

 

Required Skills

- Salesforce QA

- Mulesoft QA

 – Integration Testing - Portal and Mobile Testing

– UI/UX Testing

- Salesforce Omni Channel Testing different skill sets for each role 

- Not just a typical manual QA

 

Job Description

Apex Systems has an immediate need for a QA Analyst. Our client is using a leading ERP solution for the Higher Education market and integrating it with other applications to manage its online education business.  As part of the continued support of these complex implementations and to support upcoming strategic projects, our client is looking for an experienced and detail oriented Quality Assurance Analyst possessing excellent written and oral communication skills, can work well independently and has strong analytical and problem-solving skills.  The analyst will be responsible for testing external and internal systems and ensuring that user and quality requirements are satisfied to specification.  As a member of our software engineering team the Analyst will be responsible for implementing and supporting the company's student information system solution. The ideal candidate is familiar with configuration management best practices, agile development cycles, Linux environments. 

 

Responsibilities of QA Analyst:

 

Design and develop functional, stress and performance test scripts/cases plans and suites, including the ability to define success criteria, based on functional requirements. 

Develop and maintain test inventories, manual test scripts, and test data for manual functional and regression test execution.

Maintain existing test frameworks. 

Provide analytical metrics of data validation results and provide input for improvement

Provide technical support for test planning, preparation, and execution of multiple test events

Participate in planning activities, review stories and features and provide estimates

Execute test cases for applications including integration, load, performance (functional and transactional between systems), and regression

Verify results on supported platforms

Perform database queries to identify and validate test data

Database testing using SQL queries

Assist with data set up for test automation and perform validation of test results.

Review data flow across multiple systems

Report and track defects, and work closely with Developers in defect resolution

Assist IT Engineers/Administrators to troubleshoot issues during and after launches

Work with business users to perform UAT and analyze results.

Support escalation point for client reported issues/defects and work with engineering team to determine root cause, verify available work around, and communicate a resolution

Participated in peer reviews of tests, project artifacts and provided feedback using standards.

Analyze test results, report defects, and track defects until closure.

Assist with preparing and reconciling defect metrics (e.g., density, severity, etc.).

Analyze the resolution of software defects to serve as input to plans for retesting.

Assist Test Analysts\Engineers with the development and maintenance of the test framework (standards, checklists, toolset).

 

Requirements of QA Analyst:

 

3+ year's software quality assurance testing and/or development experience

2+ years creating and executing test plans and test scripts

2+ years web based application or Mobile testing

2+ years Salesforce CRM testing

Strong organizational, interpersonal and communication skills including effective oral and written communication

Communicating product readiness, level of quality, and results to the project team.

Proven ability to review specifications and documentation

Strong understanding of all aspects of the QA role, and all areas of application testing

Strong XML, HTML and SQL experience (Oracle preferred)

Capacity for attending to details

 

Ideal candidates will have:

Bachelors with emphasis on CS, or equivalent experience

Understanding of Service Oriented Architecture and testing Web Services

Strong Windows background with some UNIX

Experience with defect tracking systems and other software life cycle management tools

Experience with Azure DevOps

Willingness to work core US business hours (9am ET – 4pm ET)

Experience working in an agile-dev environment/structure

Experience with SAFe is a plus

Experience with Higher Education is a plus

 

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Thanks & Regards, Ranjith Dandabathini  Account Manager - Apex Account

Phone: (209) 392-5335 Email: Ranjith@imcsgroup.net 9901 East Valley Ranch Parkway Suite 3020 Irving, Texas – 75063

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