Business Analyst/Tester - Baltimore, MD

Business Analyst/Tester
Location: Baltimore, MD
Duration: Contract
Rate: DOE
US Citizens, GC, EAD ( H4, L2), E3 TN visa holders preferred, NO third party corp to corp accepted for this job

Skills and Experience Needed

• 8 years of experience as an analyst/tester on software projects in supporting requirement analysis, application test script development, and execution.
• 5 years of experience in mapping the business and technical requirements into test cases and generating test scripts.
• 5 years of practical experience in using relational databases and generating SQL scripts is required.
• 5 years of experience in using MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Strong ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teams and users.
• Should be able to triage change requests, and incidents during all phases of design, development, testing, and training.
• Practical knowledge in manual and automated testing, 508 compliance, performance, UAT, Unit, regression, and integration testing.
• Experience with automated testing and automated testing tools. Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline.
• Experience in testing Web applications and mobile applications in a cross-platform and browser environment.
• Experience in testing Java, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, JMeter, and GitHub is required.
• Should be able to triage change requests, and incidents during all phases of design, development, testing, and training.

Duties:

• Develops requirements for information systems from a project's inception to conclusion
• Gather requirements from end users and document in a pre-defined format for the development team to build solutions.
• The resource will develop and document test cases, testing plans, and procedures in an agile environment.
• Resource will design and execute IT software tests and evaluate results to ensure compliance with applicable regulations.
• Resources will design and prepare all needed test data. And will also review test results and evaluate for conformance to design.
• Develop and maintain automated regression and integration test plans for validation.
• Resources will communicate test results and feedback with development teams.
• Perform database queries to identify and validate test data.
• Database testing using SQL queries.
• Assist with data setup for test automation and perform validation of test results.
• Review data flow across multiple systems
• Report and track defects and work closely with Developers in defect resolution.
• Analyze the resolution of software defects to serve as input to plans for retesting.
• Assist Test Analysts\Engineers with the development and maintenance of the test framework. Education Qualification:
• A Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with a major in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline is required.