Contractor Quality Assurance Analyst

For one of our ongoing project, we are looking for a Quality Assurance Analyst who can work remotely from Minneapolis., MN

• Participate in formal review of business/functional requirements and application design
• Prepare a Test Plan
• Determine the types of testing that will be executed. Design and document test cases and scripts (manual and/or automated)
• Identify and communicate test requirements
• Establish testing entrance and exit criteria
• Identify and prepare test data
• Execute manual and/or automated test scripts for complex projects.
• Analyze, report, help troubleshoot and resolve test failures
• Report overall test status and results
• Report and log defects found as a result of the test execution

Desired Skills:

• 5 years of QA experience creating and executing manual test cases / test scripts from scratch.
• Experience with Software development lifecycle methodologies including agile and the Scrum framework as a team member.
• Experience writing and executing both positive (happy path) and negative (e.g. boundary, input validation, exception (error validation) test cases.
• Experience in collaborative teamwork, establishing/maintaining working relationships with business customers and technology staff, while concurrently providing technical leadership in planning, designing, executing tests, mentoring, and developing procedures for product quality on complex projects utilizing industry-standard software development methodologies.
• Experience in multiple programming languages, software development technologies, and diverse database platforms, with hands-on experience in working with web-based forms, web-based content, interactive solutions, and conducting testing on web-based applications, web services, and database systems.
• Experience on large, complex implementations with 3rd party vendors.
• Experience in utilizing DevOps tools such as Jira for streamlined software development, continuous integration, and deployment processes.
• Experience with security, accessibility, performance, and stress testing.
• Ability to communicate clearly, present complex information to users in a comprehensive style, translate technical, and system information for non-technical stakeholders.
• SQL experience