QA Tester

Requirement:

Role: Q.A. Tester III (5-7 Years)

Location: Gilbert, AZ

Duration: 8 months

Position Description :

POSITION PURPOSE: Provides leadership and expertise on complex test projects to test teams, including: Planning, driving, managing, and coordinating testing activities through all phases of the software development lifecycle.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities:

Analyzes testability of requirements

Designs and prepares test strategy & approach, testing metrics and other testing artifacts

Creates test cases based on requirements and conducts reviews with development team/business users.

Prioritizes and executes functional tests and regression tests

Reports defects, raises issues or concerns to project team

Creates and maintains quality assurance standards and processes

Monitors common business specific quality measurement frameworks and tracks improvement against predefined metrics

Plans and deploys software testing and project management processes based on the current methodologies of the company

Creates and monitors quality assurance related activities at both the program and project level

Assesses risk to quality based upon results of verification and validation

Reports software defects; raises issues/concerns regarding issue prioritization

Coordinates activities across multiple teams, including but not limited to development and project management.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Undergraduate degree in CS/CE/CIS/MIS/Engineering/Technology related field or equivalent experience and or training. 4+ years of experience in Software Testing/Quality Assurance (SQA)

Testing tools experience (Microsoft Test Manager, Rally, Client ALM, SQL, Etc.

Experience with web service testing (SoapUI, SOAtest)

Strong software analysis skills

Advanced understanding of Quality Management and best practices with regard to testing techniques, methodologies, processes, tools, artifacts, and measurement

Thorough knowledge of Agile software development

Solid understanding of relational databases

Advanced abilities with use of reference materials and other resources to complete tasks

Strong customer service focus

Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities

Ability to effectively meet deadlines and prioritize projects in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment

Airline experience - a plus