SQAFYI - Software QA Resource - FYI

US-MN-St. Paul: QA/Test Lead

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Date: 28-Feb-2008

QA/Test Lead

Main Responsibilities:

• Responsible for the overall Test Strategy and Quality Management Plan for the systems and applications within one of the major Business Solution Areas. • Assist with the development of Quality Assurance and Software Test Standards, Processes, Procedures, Methodologies, and Practices to support the overall QA Organization as well as the Business Solution Application. • Responsible for all System Integration, System Performance and Stress, and Regression Testing for that area. • Responsible for developing the Test Approaches which define the detailed test plans for all project implementations within a major release. • Lead the definition of the testing strategy and test resource plan for all phase of testing. • Review and sign-off on the Project Scopes and technical requirements for testing. • Lead technical team leads in developing the test scenarios and test cases based on business processes, system use cases, and functional requirements. • Lead and coordinate all test execution activities with that Business Solution Application. • Lead daily test meetings during test cycles. • Review test cases and results with the team as required. • Coordinates Performance Testing, and securing the appropriate resources from the Performance Test Team and Infrastructure/Basis Teams to design, conduct, and analyze the performance tests and results. • Coordinate all test and quality metrics for the area. • Provide on-going test and quality management reporting. • Oversee all test staff and activities for the assigned application area. • Ensure that all Quality and Test Standards are being met. • Schedule resources to accomplish testing. • Time Team Reporting. • Lead Risk Analysis efforts. • Provide Test Process Training to the project and test staff as required. • Serve as the escalation point for issues involving quality process and system testing. • Oversee decisions about testing schedules and schedule changes. • Ensure that all aspects of testing such as manual execution, and automated regression and performance testing are properly completed. • Provides weekly test status to the Program Managers and QA Manger. • Develop Corrective and Preventative Action Plans for major deficiencies in the QA/Test Program; and Process Improvement Plans to the Quality System. • Ensure Quality Records are generated and maintained by the development and test teams for that area. • Provide feedback regarding team members by participating in annual performance reviews. • Participate in post-project reviews with team members and clients.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree • 8+ Years of work experience. • 8+ Years experience with the Microsoft Office suite of products and MS Project. • 2-5 Years hands on experience in Mercury Quality Center, WinRunner or Quick Test Pro. • 1–2 Years of experience working with Mercury Loadrunner, performance test modeling and testing. • 2-5 Years as a Test Lead for large enterprise applications. • 2-5 Years experience in scripting languages.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s of Science in Computer Science, Information Management, or Computer Engineering preferred. • Knowledge of use case methodology and the iterative development process is preferred. • Leadership skills including creativity, team building, and negotiation techniques. • Great communication skills, both verbal and written. • Knowledge of structure test approaches and how they are applied to the Software Development Life Cycle.

For more information, please write to us.

Thank you,
Team SQAFYI - Software QA Resource FYI
http://sqa.fyicenter.com

US-MN-St. Paul: QA/Test Lead