Description
QA Analyst
St. Paul, MN
Contract Opportunity
Responsibilities Expected of the Selected Vendor
Develop and implement training plan, schedule and milestones for training QA Team members in QA Methodology and Best Practices.
Mentor and provide peer review analysis for less advanced Quality Assurance Analysts/Testers: collaborate with experienced Quality Assurance Analysts/Testers to gain experience and expertise.
Develop and implement QA estimation methodology.
Analyze and recommend improvements in the Defect Management process.
Analyze and define regression tests.
Analyze and report overall test status and results.
Identify and clarify test issues for reporting to Project Management and Business with recommendations for prioritization, escalation, and resolution.
Conduct or lead risk analysis throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
Create work and resource plans.
Coordinate test schedules, work and resource plans, manage progress of all test activities against plan.
Establish testing entrance and exit criteria.
Confirm execution of project regression testing tasks.
Execute manual and/or automated test scripts.
Support the implementation of Release Management activities.
Required Skills (to be scored as pass/fail)
Required minimum qualifications:
15 Years Quality Assurance Experience
5 years in a Quality Assurance project and team leadership role
At least five (5) Quality Assurance engagements lasting a minimum of 3 months.
Desired Skills
5 years experience developing test strategies, test plans, traceability matrices and final quality assurance reports.
5 years experience estimating QA work effort.
5 years experience defect management and resolution.
5 years experience mentoring/training QA testers in QA Methodology and Best Practices.