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Position Summary- Key individual contributor to Quality Assurance (QA) project teams within GT&O.
- Works with project teams to ensure standard quality practices/processes are followed.
- Conducts end-to-end testing on applications and technology, to ensure that business, technical, functional requirements are being met.
- Designs and Executes test scripts based upon test strategy/plans in an effort to identify defects prior to production. Tests may be manual, automated or both.
- Assists with data management.
- Responsible for ensuring on time completion of all required testing deliverable
- Responsible to expose and mitigate operational risk relative to the execution of the system test plans.
- Effective at working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment managing multiple competing priorities.
- Uses time management skills to drive multiple project deliverables within a fast paced environment.
- Provides verbal and written executive status updates to key stakeholders.
- Ensures that any risks associated with the agreed test strategy and the system test plan are clearly documented and described to the clients/users and colleagues.
- Manages all risks associated with the testing and takes preventative action when any risks become unacceptable.
- Plans, arranges and facilitates meetings, workgroups, and communications with stakeholders during test planning and throughout subsequent development and testing activities.
- Ability to work in a fast paced environment to drive Quality goals while meeting aggressive delivery deadlines
- Knowledgeable on the principles of test management and testing process
- Excellent communication skills, written and oral
- Automation skills required using automation tools beyond recording features; TOSCA and /or Selenium advanced coding methods expected.
- QA background with analytical skills, ability to decompose requirements into testable cases covering positive, negative, variety of data scenarios
- Experience in testing backend services, integrations with upstream / downstream systems
- Development / automation coding expertise a plus with demonstration of technical skills; specific technology is not important as most QA can move between different types of applications
- SME expertise in Web service testing. This includes understanding of XML schema, tools that support testing web service interface, JSON
- SME SQL skills including complex query writing, ability to review schema to gain understanding of db structure, ability to use variety of SQL tools to accomplish required testing
- Experience with Application Lifestyle Management (ALM) to manage testing and test reporting
- Experience with JIRA
- Experience testing within an Agile development lifecycle
- Experience with Agile Central (Rally)
- Experience with Selenium
- Responsible for ensuring on time completion of all required testing deliverable
- Responsible to expose and mitigate operational risk relative to the execution of the system test plans.
- Effective at working in a dynamic, fast-paced environment managing multiple competing priorities.
- Uses time management skills to drive multiple project deliverables within a fast paced environment.
- Provides verbal and written executive status updates to key stakeholders.
- Ensures that any risks associated with the agreed test strategy and the system test plan are clearly documented and described to the clients/users and colleagues.
- Experience level: Experienced
- Education: Bachelors