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Quality Assurance Analyst (Manual)
Pay: $60-$70 w2
Contract Length: 6 months contract (potential extension)
Location: Chicago, IL (hybrid)
Note
This is a Manual Tester, automation tools knowledge is not required, but it is a huge nice to have. It is important that the candidate have experience in cross browser, cross platform web and mobile testing and their dev tools that come with them.
Purpose
Quality Assurance Analyst will report to QA Manager. The Quality Assurance Analyst's role is to develop and establish quality assurance standards and measures for the information technology services within the organization.
Position Responsibilities

• Experience with writing acceptance criteria.
• Create and execute test plans and scripts that will determine application quality.
• Gather and analyze data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements.
• Analyze test results to discover and report out on defects.
• Communicate test progress, test results, and quality of application changes.
• Develop and establish quality assurance measures and testing standards for new development and enhancements.
• Assist in environment setup and management in preparation for test execution.
• Write test plans and scripts for tracking defects and fixes in product development, software application development, information systems, and operations systems.
• Work with business community to plan and execute UAT.

Experience And Qualifications

• Good project management skills and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures.
• Direct hands-on experience with ad hoc query programs, manual testing tools, and reporting software.
• Experience with communication tools like MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint.
• 10+ years direct experience as a lead tester for major application integration and/or major application product release.
• Experience with statistical reporting and analysis.
• Strong knowledge of system testing best practices and methodologies.
• Extensive experience with core software applications.
• Comfortable with test planning and tracking tools

Must Have Tools

• Familiarity in version control systems like Git and Subversion
• Direct hands-on experience with Java and/or Groovy, test automation frameworks, Selenium/Appium, with ad hoc query programs, and reporting software
• Comfortable with test planning and tracking tools such as Confluence, Jira, Zephyr
• Familiarity in Java, XML, JS, CSS and HTML
• HIGHLY DESIRED*
• Experience in cross browser, cross platform web and mobile testing and their dev tools that come with them
• Familiarity in Java, XML, JS, CSS and HTML
• Familiarity in testing APIs/services (REST and SOAP) using SoapUI, Postman or equivalent tools
• Familiarity with SauceLabs or equivalent tools
• Experience with communication tools like MS-Word, MS-Excel, MS-PowerPoint, MS Teams
• Proficient in leveraging Splunk or similar tools to view system logs and troubleshoot potential defects
• Sound knowledge of Jenkins for Continuous Integration.

Education

• Four year college degree

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