sr qa analyst.

job summary:
For this contractor assignment, as a Quality Assurance Analyst Senior, you'll ensure our systems and services function properly. Creating tests that model various business scenarios, you'll expose risk and use your analytical skills to reduce redundancies in our testing efforts.

 
location: Cleveland, Ohio
job type: Contract
salary: $52.85 - 62.85 per hour
work hours: 8am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
 
responsibilities:
Establishes readiness, specifies skill needs, analyzes risk, provides estimates and plans work for testing efforts.

- Participates in requirements reviews, design reviews, systems analysis and testing review discussions.

- Determines scope and focus of testing effort and creates Test Strategy and risk analysis to guide testing efforts.

- Prepares test tools, automation and environment assets to support testing effort.

- Creates, uses and maintains automated scripts to increase efficiencies in testing, including troubleshooting problems with scripts.

- Tests systems or system components utilizing black box testing methods.

- Validates the function of system under test and observes results from various external and internal interfaces.

- Gathers test activity information during execution and prepares summarized information about the testing effort.

- Communicates regularly with project members and advocates for resolution of high priority problems with Project Sponsors, Service Manager and Project Manager.

- Maintains assigned test assets and recognizes gaps in current test assets, identifying ways to create needed assets.

- Creates effective ways to display data using various modeling, reporting, statistical perspectives and trending methods.

- Performs in-depth analysis by weighing relevance and accuracy of information to provide alternative solutions while appropriately incorporating input from others.

 
qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree or higher in a Business or Information Technology discipline or related field of study and minimum 4 years of related work experience analyzing, testing, and implementing business system changes or user acceptance testing.

- In lieu of the above, a high school diploma or GED or higher and the completion of a technical training program, and a minimum of 4 years of related work experience analyzing, testing, and implementing business system changes or user acceptance testing.

- In lieu of the above, a high school diploma or GED or higher and a minimum of 6 years of related work experience analyzing, testing, and implementing business system changes or user acceptance testing.

 
skills: Required skills:

- Experience testing software applications.

- Experience working with and testing AWS applications. Required understanding of S3, SQS, Lambda, and DDB.

- Experience with SQL Server. Understanding of relational databases, tables, and data. Ability to write basic SQL queries for data analysis.

- Experience testing APIs using Postman and evaluating responses.

- Experience using logging, such as CloudWatch or Splunk, to verify behavior and uncover defects.

- Strong analysis and critical thinking skills.

- Good communication skills and the ability to work as part of a software development team.

- Hands-on expertise in:

o risk analysis

o test case creation

o executing manual tests to expose behavior and risks

o system output evaluation

o defect tracking

o test result documentation (AzDO)

Preferred skills and experiences:

- ITSQB or AWS certifications a plus.



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Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).

This posting is open for thirty (30) days.

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