QA Tester with UNIX/Linux

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a QA Tester with UNIX/Linux for a CONTRACT assignment with one of our premier Financial clients in Elk Grove Village, IL. Responsibilities :

• This position is for a senior tester who will interpret requirements and perform contextual business focused testing.
• Will work with the testing lead and business analyst to build integration, regression, and functional tests.
• Must exhibit UNIX knowledge, testing concepts, strong communication skills, and have flexibility to handle a dynamic work environment.
• Review application functional requirements and translate them into testing requirements
• Ability to understand current applications to build testing requirements
• Build and execute test cases in a formal UNIX testing environment
• Identify opportunities and implement changes to increase testing automation and testing depth

• Strong working knowledge of the UNIX command line, UNIX scripting
• Strong communication skills with the ability to research, problem solve, and work independently
• Working knowledge of Autosys or other job scheduler
• Working knowledge of the Credit Card Industry
• Have a strong technical background working as a programmer or tester for more than 5 years
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
• BA/BS in a technical field

• Experience with Credit Bureau attributes is a plus
• Experience in HP ALM is a plus
• Experience building/enhancing/maintaining an automated regression test suite in UNIX is a plus