Quality Assurance Spec Sr - Contractor

Title - QA
Location - Pittsburgh, PA/Strongsville, OH

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

Function of the Group: Quality Engineering

Industry background: Banking / financial is highly preferred

Team Dynamic: Team consists of about 25 members (Full Scrum Team)

Roles and Responsibilities:
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

Level 3: 4-6 YRS

Must Have Technical Skills:
Selenium
Java
Cucumber
SQL
Postman / Rest Assured/ API testing

Flex Skills:
SoapUI

Soft Skills:
Ability to take initiative
Self-learn
Driving tasks individually
Curious to learn
Ownership mindset

Degrees/Certifications:
Any certifications would be nice to have
Computer Science focus preferred