Description
TITLE: QA TESTER
TYPE: 12 MONTHS
LOCATION: ATLANTA/30346
ABOUT US
Synergis is a woman-owned company that serves a myriad of clients across nearly all industries, from start-ups to Fortune 100 companies. The outcomes of these relationships are demonstrated in a growing list of more than 300 clients and industry recognitions by Inc. magazine and the Atlanta Business Chronicle.
From its foundation in 1997, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals in all areas of information technology. Recently named the Best Place to Work in Atlanta by the Atlanta Business Chronicle, Synergis has been successfully recruiting and placing IT professionals for over 10 years. For more information about Synergis, please visit the company website at .
Synergis is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.
CLIENT DETAILS
Located in nearly 100 countries and territories world-wide, our client is the world's largest global organization within their industry. Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, they continue to be on the cutting edge of new technology. This established and growing organization has been recognized for their superior employee development efforts in Training Magazine's Top 125 for 2010 and remains an industry leader in environmental sustainability making continuous efforts to make an impact on the global environment. They offer a fast paced and high energy environment where your career is destined to thrive.
MAJOR JOB DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
- Work with a cross-functional to derive business and technical requirements for a new cloud-based reservations system
- Test all requirements to ensure they meet specific quality standards.
- Develop acceptance criteria for each individual requirement or user story.
- Work with the QA team to develop and implement standardized test frameworks for both manual and automated testing.
- Work with the QA team to develop and implement a distributed scrum model for deploying test resources into global development teams.
- Coordinate the testing of multiple streams of work using internal and external resources.
- Work with QA Analysts and Developers to ensure that all aspects of the system have proper testing coverage and overall system reliability, performance and quality
- Provide testing management for ongoing projects and future initiatives
- Deliver effective and efficient testing solutions by meeting key project milestones and overall project deliverables on time, and adhering to development and quality standards
- Analyze the testing needs and develop testing strategy and plans
- Review and approve test plans, scenarios, scripts or procedures such as database impacts, software scenarios or usability.
- Review software documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance or completeness and/or to mitigate risks
- Ensure application documentation is complete and maintained/updated in a timely fashion
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
- Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant field
- 8-10 years progressive experience quality assurance roles covering all aspects of the quality arena
- Applied experience in gathering and developing business requirements, along with other members from a cross-functional team.
- Experience with hotel/leisure/travel industries - preferred
SKILLS & COMPETENCIES
- Strong knowledge of testing disciplines and methodologies
- Knowledge of test frameworks - both manual and automated (ie, Open2Test or BPT)
- Experience with distributed scrum teams
- Experience using automated tools - both commercial (QTP, Load Runner) and open-source (Selenium)
- Strong analytical skills - able to create testable requirements from higher level concepts
- Analytical thinker, detailed oriented
- Strong Interpersonal skills - able to interact with others at all levels of the organization
- Strong problem solving skills
For immediate consideration, please contact Tim Brady at:
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