Quality Consultant

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Primary Responsibilities

• Develops and maintains automation test suites
• Executes tests and provides reporting/metrics data
• Collaborates with team to establish automation testing architecture and design standards
• Advocates for pioneering approaches to testing automation
• Participates in the daily stand up meetings and other related Scrum Agile ceremonies
• Identifies and mitigates risks/issues related to throughput for automation
• Translates highly complex requirements into clear and concise testing scenarios
• Manually tests enhancements or defects as needed for inclusion into the bi-weekly releases
• Develops detailed test cases/test scripts for testing needs
• Perform test data conditioning, functional testing, regression testing and testing validation
• Manage testing process/workflow to ensure that timelines and deliverables are met
• Proactively identify and communicate issues as they arise
• Contribute to process improvement while establishing best practices for testing
• Ensure compliance with applicable testing standards and best practices
• Participate in Release checkout as needed
• Participates in scrum backlog grooming
• Collaborates with team to provide status of stories
• Drive timely resolution of defects to meet release criteria
• Works with many cross functional teams to prepare for automation installation and updates
• Work productively and effectively with minimal oversight
• Comply with the terms and conditions of the employment contract, company policies and procedures, and any and all directives (such as, but not limited to, transfer and/or re-assignment to different work locations, change in teams and/or work shifts, policies in regards to flexibility of work benefits and/or work environment, alternative work arrangements, and other decisions that may arise due to the changing business environment) The Company may adopt, vary or rescind these policies and directives in its absolute discretion and without any limitation (implied or otherwise) on its ability to do so
  

Required Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in applicable area of expertise or equivalent experience
• 3+ years of IT quality assurance and systems/application testing experience
• 3+ years of experience with Test Management Tools
• 3+ years of experience with Agile Scrum methodology
• 3+ years of experience with supporting test automation
• Experience with Rally
• Experience with creating and implementing automation framework and scalability of such framework that supports future automation growth
• Experience working on system/engineering/process improvements to drive efficiencies and higher quality
• Functional SME with automation concepts and tools (AccelQ)
• Broad business approach and deep understanding of software automation, quality practices and SDLC
• Solid knowledge of QA methodology and tools, with demonstrated experience in a Quality role
• Proven excellent communication skills - verbal and written
• Proven to be self-sufficient; able to work with minimal direction
• Proven solid analytical, problem solving and systems thinking abilities
• Proven passion for and commitment to a consumer and client driven culture
• Proven ability to develop and build effective partnerships and relationships, collaborating and influencing broadly and at multiple levels in the organization