Quality Assurance Analyst, Advanced

INTERVIEW= Onsite / Virtual
JOB TYPE= Onsite

Minimum Qualifications of Candidate
The Department is seeking a Quality Assurance Analyst professional with the following minimum qualifications (these qualifications must be clearly stated on the resume and verifiable via reference checks):
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Bachelor of Science/Arts degree, or equivalent work experience.
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Minimum 3 years of relevant Quality Assurance technical experience including systems development, testing and/or business experience can substitute for the required education.
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Experience in database testing in Microsoft SQL Server environments including designing and manipulating test data, validating stored procedures, jobs, triggers and replication.
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Experience in automated testing is preferred.
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Ability to translate technical requirements & test plans.
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Experience & knowledge in technical aspects of software solutions testing. Business process understanding.

Deliverables/Tasks
The Quality Assurance Analyst key deliverables include, but are not limited to, the following:
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Understand the project requirements and project goals and use to produce deliverables.
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Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of system test requirements.
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Develop and execute formal test plans to ensure the delivery of quality software applications.
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Writing test cases/scripts and maintaining involvement in test case automation and execution.
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Define and track quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status.
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Collect and analyze data for software process evaluation and improvements.
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Facilitate test plan review and use case meetings with development teams and key stakeholders.
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Provide demonstrations on fully tested features for user acceptance testing.
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Integrate evaluation and improvements into the business process to address the business needs.
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Document all problems and assist in the resolution.
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Deliver quality processing training to technical staff and act as an internal quality consultant.
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Perform quality audits across the various IT functions to ensure quality standards, procedures and methodologies are being followed.
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Participate in conference calls with State and Federal stakeholders, as necessary.
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Research and maintain knowledge in emerging technologies and possible application to the project/team.