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Role Name: Test Analyst
Job Type: Hybrid
Tax terms: 1099, C2C
Job Description:
My client is seeking experienced Test Analysts to support enterprise-level software testing and quality assurance initiatives for data quality projects. The role involves participating in all phases of software testing activities, including test planning, test case development, test data preparation, defect tracking, regression testing, system integration testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), performance testing, and data validation. The Test Analysts will collaborate with business and technical teams to ensure software quality, support modernization of testing frameworks and methodologies, analyze test results, prepare status reports, and help establish enterprise testing standards and best practices. The position also requires strong experience with SQL/T-SQL, defect management tools such as JIRA and JAMA, legacy data conversion validation, and support for continuous improvement of testing processes and automation strategies.
Minimum Technical Qualifications
1. At least ten (10) years of working experience in Information Technology or Information System (IT or IS) field with most experience in the areas of software testing and quality assurance, including knowledge and experience overseeing development and testing portions of the entire System Development Life Cycle (SDLC) to ensure quality, timely defect resolution(s), and software performance.
2. At least Ten (10) years of experience producing the following documents: testing requirements, testing platform architecture, test plan and strategy, test specifications, test configuration for various tests such as integration testing, system testing, regression testing, stress and loading testing.
3. At least Ten (10) years of experience preparing (i.e., setting and resetting) data for testing to be used as a software testing harness including test tools, test environments, as well as formulating test data sets and test cases for various types of testing (e.g., system test, functional test, performance test, regression test and user acceptance test.).
4. At least Ten (10) years of experience using industry leading defect tracking tools (e.g., JIRA, Bugzilla, HP ALM, JAMA).
5. At least Six (6) years of experience performing data quality activities.
6. SQL (Structured Query Language) Service database experience with queries using T-SQL (TransactSQL), stored procedures, triggers, user defined functions, and views.
7. At least Ten (10) years of experience demonstrating experience analyzing test results, generating test scripts, identifying defects and/or anomalies, and fine-tuning test data or test cases.
8. At least Six (6) years of experience as a tester/analyst validating data converted from legacy systems.
Desirable Technical Qualifications
1. Six (6) or more years of experience assisting a business with their testing activities, by providing data meeting the requirements of their test cases, running batch jobs to set data up for the test cases and producing data reports.
2. Six (6) or more years of experience working in Microsoft Excel, including the use of formulas, pivot tables, and graphics.
3. Four-year college degree (Bachelor) or higher in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related Engineering fields from a government accredited/sanctioned college or university as evidenced by a copy of the diploma.