Test Lead Analyst

Participate in day-to-day testing activities and tasks which may include team meetings to discuss ongoing testing efforts, creating testing artifacts, and communicating test results with other team and vendor SMEs. Client is seeking a Leased Employee engagement with your firm's designated Test Lead/Analyst to provide expert ADMS/OMS Monarch and Compass (OSI AspenTech ADMS platform) testing services.

Title: Test Lead Analyst (Hybrid)
Location: Sacramento, CA (The contractor is expected to be hybrid. The LE resource will be required to be on-site at SMUD's Bradshaw location every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and occasionally on Monday and Friday as needed.)
Duration: 12 months

SCOPE OF WORK
Client is seeking a Leased Employee engagement with your firm's designated Test Lead/Analyst to provide expert ADMS/OMS Monarch and Compass (OSI AspenTech ADMS platform) testing services. This resource shall perform duties as defined within this Scope of Work to enhance and maintain SMUD's ADMS/OMS and Compass software and applications.
Key responsibilities and deliverables include:

• Collaborate with Client stakeholders to develop testing criteria and conduct testing and debugging, including root cause analysis and documentation of findings.
• Diagnose and resolve ADMS/OMS Monarch and Compass Application issues, including coordination with the vendor and end users for bug resolution.
• Participate in day-to-day testing activities and tasks which may include team meetings to discuss ongoing testing efforts, creating testing artifacts, and communicating test results with other team and vendor SMEs.
• Specific tasks to include:
  • Writing and executing test scripts for different ADMS/OMS Monarch and Compass applications and interfaces.
  • Developing executable test plans based on business and functional requirements.
  • Performing functional, end-user, integration, regression and performance testing.
  • Data clean-up work post testing: reviewing, correcting, deleting, and re-entering data.
  • Recording and documenting results and comparing to expected results.
  • Issue/Defect management:
    • Recording and documenting anomalies and issues
    • Isolating, replicating, and reporting defects
    • Leading and participating in issue/defect resolution discussions/working sessions.
    • Working with the vendor and internal teams to verify defect fixes
• Occasionally provide end-user support for workgroups using OSI AspenTech ADMS/OMS Monarch and Compass Solutions.
• Communicate effectively in both oral and written form, especially when presenting technical information to nontechnical users.
• Establish and maintain positive, cooperative working relationships with SMUD colleagues and project teams, contributing to a collaborative work environment.

Performance and Reporting
The resource will:

• Report to the assigned SMUD project manager or technical lead.
• Provide regular updates on progress, issues, and risks related to assigned tasks.
• Comply with all applicable SMUD policies, including security and confidentiality requirements.
• Participate in SMUD meetings, planning sessions, and reviews as required.

Mandatory Requirements

• Minimum two (2) years of experience with different OSI AspenTech ADMS Monarch applications.
• Minimum two (2) years of experience with OSI AspenTech OMS and Compass applications.
• Minimum seven (7) years of experience in testing and quality assurance activities.
• Prior experience and understanding of GIS model.

Desirable Qualifications

• Experience with various test automation tools to assist with testing
• Knowledge and hands-on experience of any Defect Tracking Tool: Client ALM, Jira, etc.
• 2-3 years of experience with creating process maps and translating those process maps into test plans and test scripts.
• Experience with Waterfall, Agile and Iterative development methodologies.

Assumptions

• Contractors must have reliable internet, work exclusively within the United States.
• Contractor's work schedule will fall between 7:00 am and 5:00 pm (PST) with an agreed 8-hour time slot, Monday Friday.
• The contractor is expected to be hybrid. The LE resource will be required to be on-site at SMUD's Bradshaw location every Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday and occasionally on Monday and Friday as needed.
• The resource working on this task will have strong communication, written and collaboration skills, with the ability to communicate highly technical information to project team both verbally and in writing.

TECHNICAL SUBMITTAL REQUIREMENTS

1. Describe your experience with OSI AspenTech's ADMS/OMS Monarch and Compass system. What applications did you work on? Where were your key responsibilities and deliverables?
2. Give an example of a situation where you had to take business requirements and turn those into executable actionable test plans and test scripts. How did you accomplish this task? Who did you work with? What resources did you have to rely upon to get the task done?