Quality Assurance Lead – Contractor Position Available In Allegheny, Pennsylvania

Position Title:

Quality Assurance Lead –

Contractor Position Location:

Remote Summary:

Responsible for implementing quality assurance programs and code, test, and verify the quality of automated applications to identify errors and solutions in the software.

Job Responsibilities:

• 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.
• Comply with the system development life cycle (SDLC) and project management methodology (PMLC) by participating in scope assessment, risk and cost analysis.
• May coach, lead and mentor other team members.
• 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.
• Perform other duties as assigned

Skills:

• Strong knowledge of testing disciplines and methodologies.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Expert knowledge of computer hardware and software.
• Project management knowledge.
• People management skills.
• Analytical thinker, detailed oriented.
• Interpersonal skills.
• Good problem solving skills.
• Ability to work independently.
• Lead, coach and influence others for results and good performance

Education/Experience:

• High School Degree and Bachelors degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Relevant field is desirable or equivalent work experience required.
• 8+ years experience leading quality assurance projects/programs

Initiatives/Projects:

Retail Issues Management Industry background: Strong background in Business Analytics and QA of business logic.

Team Dynamic:

10 people in total – Six members analytics team, four in QA, supporting the six analysts

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Create appropriate tests to see if data risk is a problem
• Partner with the analytics team to develop solutions
• Read BRD and review data to see if the problem and proposal align

Must Have Technical Skills:

Level 4 – 6+ years experience

• Python
• Spark
• SAS
• SQL
• Business Requirement Analysis
• Code Analysis
• Creating Documentation Flex Skills/Nice to

Have:

n/a

Soft Skills:

Communication, ability to think critically

Education/Certifications:

Bachelors Required Screening Questions:

1. What kind of code project have you worked on? How complex have they been? 2. What kind of experience do you have assessing business logic? #LI-MK1 #M1