Contractor Quality Assurance Analyst

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Quality Assurance Analyst in Rosemont, IL.

Summary:
The primary purpose of this position is to improve the quality of software produced for the Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) program at this company. The QA Analyst will work with QA Lead and Project team to define the individual project testing plans, test scenarios, test cases and perform test execution utilizing accepted tools.

Essential Duties:
* Quality Assurance Analyst will focus on Quality Assurance Testing Enterprise wide
* Understand and translate requirements to test scenarios and test cases
* Perform System Integration, Regression, and provide support for User Acceptance testing
* Perform defect management
* Assist in setting the testing strategies and objectives for the Project
* QA Analyst will utilize testing tools like HP ALM Quality Centre which speed up Test Planning, Execution, Defect Management and Reporting
* Utilize Web Service testing tools (JMeter, HP Service Test) to support SOA testing efforts
* Summarizes outcome of testing and review results with Test lead and Project team
* Delivers the use of Traceability Matrix

REQUIREMENTS:
* BA/BS in Computer Science or a related degree
* Minimum of 3 to 5 years IT experience with Testing and/or Quality Assurance
* Extensive exposure to Back-end/ETL testing with strong SQL skills is a must
* Hands-on experience with Cloud services such as AWS, Azure, IICS
* Experience working with databases like SSMS, Oracle, Workbench, Snowflake
* Demonstrated experience with HP Quality Center or similar QA suite
* Demonstrated experience or knowledge of performing quality assurance for Web Services
* Prior experience with data access tools such as SQL or data profiling tools
* Prior technical experience with multiple platforms such as, HP NonStop (Tandem), IBM Mainframe, TIBCO integration framework a plus
* Experience in Testing Online Web Applications
* Experienced in Test data analysis and identification
* Knowledge of manual testing concepts and software life cycle process
* Expertise in SOA web service testing
* Quality Assurance certification - preferred

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.