iSeries QA Lead

iSeries QA Lead

Issaquah, WA

Job Description

Client is looking for an iSeires QA analyst Job Duties/Essential Functions Designs, develops, and executes software test strategies, test plans and test scripts.

Confirms accuracy and completeness of functional, integration, system, end to end, and acceptance test plans. Designs, creates and approves (or oversees the creation and approval of) project test cases, scripts and conditions as well as QA-related documentation.

Develops and ensures adherence to standardized software quality assurance best practices, policies, processes and controls as it pertains to the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Develops and communicates accurate project estimates based on testing dependency analysis as requested by the project/management team.

Analyzes and determines test dependencies including QA environment, QA tools, training, build and deployment plans and communication processes.

Analyzes relevant business content and participates in requirement gathering sessions providing input on requirement and design documents, assessing requirements for testability, clarity, purpose, inherent ambiguity, contradictory functions and implementation.

Develops, documents and leads the Defect Management process.

Ensures test cases are traceable to originating story/requirement and those tests fully test feature requirements and/or user story acceptance criteria.

Manages defects appropriately by assigning, monitoring and providing timely communication through the defect lifecycle.

Conducts QA risk management process throughout the test plan phase defining and differentiating between risk, defect, and issue.

Assists teammates in growing and developing the skills necessary to grasp application concepts and tool suite.

Identifies and resolves problems often anticipating issues before they occur or before they grow; develops and evaluates options and implements solutions.

Participates in requirements, use cases, and user story reviews. Provides accurate estimates for QA resources and testing schedules.

Creates and gains project approval on project test plans.

Creates and/or oversees the creation and approval of project test cases.

Oversees or generates all QA-related documentation. Assists with requirement tracing through the test cycle process.

Initiates are responsible for developing and updating new or existing documentation and processing service tickets.

Collaborates with Development to resolve defects uncovered during testing cycles. Finds better systems and procedures to automate or improve our QA processes.

Assists with standardized reporting and QA metrics. Assists with defect and requirement traceability and tracking resolution.

Attends team and project meetings as necessary. Regular and reliable workplace attendance at your assigned location

Requirement

Required Minimum 3 years' software quality assurance experience.

Experience testing in an iSeries (RPG) environment Strong knowledge of HP ALM and similar QA test tools.

Strong knowledge of a typical SDLC, as well as experience testing on Agile or DevOps teams. Experience working on QA teams as part of agile processes and methodologies.

Must be a self-starter, with the ability to work independently, with different groups and teams, utilizing solid communication skills. Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Excellent testing resource planning and test scheduling skills.

Ability to produce effective software test plans and test cases. Ability to produce verifiable and consistent test evidence and results.

Solid understanding of build tools and software configuration management standards. Software quality assurance experience.

Experience testing in one or more of the following environments: Cloud based testing, UI testing, functional testing, n-tier client/server, and RDBMS. Hands-on experience using HP, IBM, or other industry standard SQA tools.

Experience with Oracle or MS SQL Server or DB2 and the ability to write SQL queries using table joins.

Strong knowledge of Agile, SDLC, and SQA methodology. Excellent troubleshooting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.

Excellent test resource planning and test scheduling skills.

Ability to produce and mentor others in creation of effective software test plans and test cases. Ability to write quality defects and work directly with developers to resolve the defects.

Solid understanding of build tools and software configuration management standards. Ability to communicate and work closely with other teams: System administration, db administration

Job Description: Expectations from this role:

Create and Organise testing process based on project requirement and manage test activities within team, for the following

Test Estimates and Schedules-. Ensure Test Coverage

Produce test results, defect reports, test logs, and reports to evidence for testing

Publish RCA reports and preventive measures

Ensure Quality of Deliverables

Report project metrics and status

Ensure adherence of Engineering practices, processes and standards

Understand and contribute to test automation/performance testing

Work with DevOps team, when required; to understand testing framework and QA process for implementing continuous testing

Typical performance measures:

Test Script Creation and Execution Productivity

Defect Leakage Metrics (% of defect leaked, % of UAT defects and % of Production defects)

% of Test case reuse

4.Test execution Coverage

Defect Acceptance Ratio

6.Test Review efficiency

7. On-time delivery, Effort Variance

8. Test Automation Coverage

Performance Areas:

Supporting Organization:

Ensure utilization and quality of deliverables prepared by the team

Co-ordinate Test Environment and Test Data provisioning

Test Design, Development, Execution:

Participate in review, walkthrough, demo and obtain sign off by stakeholder

Prepare Test Summary Report for modules/features

Requirements Management:

Analyse, Prioritize, Identify Gaps; create workflow diagrams based on Requirements/User stories

Manage Project:

Participate in Test management

Preparing, Tracking and Reporting of Test progress based on schedule

Domain relevance:

Identify business processes, conduct risk analysis and ensure test coverage

Estimate:

Prepare Estimate, Schedule, Identify dependencies

Knowledge Management:

Consume, Contribute, Review (Best Practices, Lesson learned, Retrospective)

Test Design, Execution:

Test Plan preparation, Test Case/Script Creation, Test Execution

Risk Identification:

Identification of risk/issues and prepare Mitigation and Contingency plans

Test & Defect Management:

Conduct root cause and trend analysis of the defects

Test Planning:

Identify the test scenarios with understanding of systems, interfaces and application

Identify end-to-end business critical scenarios with less support Create and review the test scenarios and prepare RTM

Prepare estimates (time /effort) based on the requirements/User stories

Identify scope of testing

Client Management:

Define KPIs to the engagement and ensure adherence to these KPIs.

Stakeholder Connect:

Handle monthly/weekly governance calls and represent issues for the team

Skill Examples:

Ability to Create, Review and manage a test plan

Ability to prepare schedules based on estimates

Ability to track, report progress and take corrective measures on need basis

Ability to identify test scenarios and prepare RTM

Ability to analyze requirement/user stories and prioritize testing

Ability to carry out RCA

Ability to capture and report metrics

Ability to identify Test Data and Test Env. Specifications

Knowledge Examples:

Knowledge of Estimation techniques

Knowledge of Testing standards

Knowledge of identifying the scope of testing

Knowledge of RCA Techniques

Knowledge of Test design techniques

Knowledge of Test methodologies

Knowledge of scope identification and planning

Knowledge of Test automation tools and frameworks

Additional Sills: Iseries,Qa,Rpgle