Lead QA Analyst

TEKsystems•San Jose, CA

7d•$95,800 - $143,800•Remote

About The Position

Think of TEKsystems Global Services (TGS) as the growth solution for enterprises today. We unleash growth through technology, strategy, design, execution and operations with a customer-first mindset for bold business leaders. We deliver cloud, data and customer experience solutions. Our partnerships with leading cloud, design and business intelligence platforms fuel our expertise. We value deep relationships, dedication to serving others and inclusion. We drive positive outcomes for our people and our business, and we stay true to our commitments and act in harmony with our words. We exist to create significant opportunity for people to achieve fulfillment through career success. Ready to join us? Here’s what the opportunity supported through our TGS Talent Acquisition Team requires: The QA Lead is a QA and Software Testing professional fulfilling a quality improvement and testing function within the TEKsystems QMS Practice. This role is key in driving quality throughout the product development process by ensuring quality standards are met and leading, supporting and conducting testing activities. Delivery Focus: The QA Lead is responsible for ensuring the quality of an application using formal and exploratory test methods which include analyzing, designing, exploring, developing, and executing positive/negative tests to ensure adequate test coverage. The QA Lead is expected to operate with minimum supervision and manage their daily activities. They are to have a strong understanding of the project and testing objectives. An excellent communicator, they are able to identify and raise potential problems, omissions, quality risks, and feel comfortable escalating problems in a timely manner and manage them to closure. They are self-motivated, excel when challenged, and take initiative to raise the quality bar and showcase the ability to mentor junior resources and provide guidance. Practice Focus: The QA Lead will contribute to TEK QA Practice IP development while providing thought leadership and awareness of emerging QA trends.

Requirements

Adaptability - Dynamic, fast-paced and complex team environment, effectively adapting to changing requirements, priorities and schedules. Quick learner.
Analytical, interpersonal and problem solving skills
Train, guide and mentor resources
Test lead on medium to high complexity projects and provide supervision to others.
Team Player and breaking silos
Innovate, improve and contribute to team development (new ways of working, new technologies, etc)
Strong customer facing skills
Strong presentation and group discussion leading skills
Diplomatically communicates issues/provides feedback
Drive accountability and collaboration with team members (BA, Dev, Operations, etc.)
Waterfall
Hybrid
Agile/Scrum
SAFe
Kanban
Framework
Automation Test Case Design
Automation Scripting
Automation Execution & Maintenance
Test & Defect Management – Jira, Zephyr, TFS, HP ALM, GitLab, Rally, Rational Test Manager
Functional – Selenium, QTP/UFT, Protractor
Load & Performance – Loadrunner, JMeter
Data Warehousing & Reporting– Cognos, Crystal Reports, Informatica
Services – SoapUI, ReadyAPI, JBehave
BDD – Cucumber, Specflow
Mobile – Perfecto Mobile, Device Anywhere
Development – Postman, Docker, Visual Studio
Version Control – Git, SVN
Java, JavaScript
C#
SQL
Python, Ruby
Healthcare (Payer or Provider)
ERP (SCM, HRM, FDM, etc.)
E-Commerce
Finance
Insurance
Telecommunications/Media
Bachelor’s degree / 4-year college degree in Computer Science or engineering-related fields, or relevant work experience
A minimum of 5 years Quality Assurance or related field experience
1 year in a leadership role.
Testing Lifecycle (Planning, Strategy, Estimation, Design, Execution, Metrics, etc.)
Functional Testing
System Testing
Browser Compatibility Testing
Regression Testing
System Integration Testing
User Acceptance Testing
Web Services/API Testing
Data Warehouse/ETL Testing
Big Data Testing
BI/Report Testing
Performance Testing
Mobile Testing
Cloud Testing
Security Testing
Test Data Management
Reporting and Metrics - KPIs, Client Dashboards etc.
Continuous Integration
DevOps
Cloud
Mobility
ERP
Web Services
Legacy/Mainframe
N-Tier

Responsibilities

Provide thought leadership and critical problem solving to the project team.
Apply QA and Testing processes and best practices to projects.
Develop test strategies and test plans.
Ensure all levels of testing are performed with the right approach and adequate coverage.
Analyze requirements and create/update manual test cases.
Review quality of all QA project deliverables, including test case peer reviews.
Participate in requirement review meetings and provide feedback.
Perform front-end and back-end analysis of applications.
Assist in setting up the QA test environment including the creation or acquisition of test data.
Test software applications based on defined requirements.
Use SQL queries skills to perform data verification.
Use tools to facilitate testing.
Log found defects, anomalies and issues into defect tracking systems and assist with root cause analysis, identification and resolution.
Propose and implement solutions to quality-related process issues within the assigned project.
Report test results and status to the team.
Provide project onboarding, mentoring/coaching and performance management for appropriate team members.