QA Lead (687033)
About the Opportunity
- We are only considering US Citizens and Green Card holders for this position. We are unable to sponsor for this role.
- We are only considering local candidates who currently reside within 45 minutes of postal code 17120
- No Third Party Agencies
- $72 per hour 1099, $61 per hour W2 + benefits
- 4 days Work From Home, 1 day On-site in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania per week
- Job Id: OST-687033
- Must be able to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination plus booster shot
- Contract Term: Till end of the 2023 fiscal year with yearly extension based upon performance
Short Description
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of State (DOS) is seeking a QA Lead to work with the Division Chief and the Solutions Manager and their teams to coordinate cross development groups and activities of the DOS Project. The ideal candidate must have 10+ years of experience using application development testing and creating test scripts and use case scenarios for user acceptance and 7+ years of experience with Microsoft Test Manager Suite or similar tools.
Required Skills/Years of Experience
- Bachelor's Degree in Computer Sciences or related business field or equivalent experience
- 10+ years of experience using application development testing
- 10+ years of experience creating test scripts and use case scenarios for user acceptance
- 7+ years of experience with Microsoft Test Manager Suite or similar tools
- 7+ years of experience developing Training and Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) materials
- 7+ years of experience working to facilitate collaboration across the full range of executive, business, and technical resources
- 7+ years of experience with testing efforts (est plans, test scenarios for SIT, and UAT) and organizing users to facilitate effective tests
- 7+ years of experience with Agile methodology
- 7+ years of experience with Microsoft Viso, Project, and Team Foundation server (Dev Ops version)
- 7+ years of experience with SoapUI, LoadUI/load testing skills, SQL Server, LDAP, and Microsoft SQL Reporting Services
Desired Skills/Years of Experience:
- 1+ years of experience working on state government projects/assignments
Complete Description
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s Department of State (DOS) is seeking a QA Lead to work with the Division Chief and the Solutions Manager and their teams to coordinate cross development groups and activities of the DOS Project. The ideal candidate must have 10+ years of experience using application development testing and creating test scripts and use case scenarios for user acceptance and 7+ years of experience with Microsoft Test Manager Suite or similar tools.
The QA Lead will be tasked to:
- Provide technical and project leadership for all testing and quality assurance tasks
- Maintain the testing schedule and testing environment inventory
- Coordinate functional, integration, regression, load/performance, and user acceptance testing within the SURE Test environment for all software and hardware to be released into production
- Construct and maintain all test cases, test data scripts, and test diagrams
- Monitor project progress as it relates to testing by participating as a member of the applications team
- Work with the project management office and project leads to ensure that project requirements are stated and testable
- Develop and deploy quality assurance standards and processes in support of application development
- Perform tests on software according to test plans
- Perform automated load and performance tests (when applicable) according to test plans
- Develop automated test scripts (when applicable) including coding of complex scripts
- Assist in coordinating user acceptance tests and in keeping test environments active for these tests
- Prepare reports on test results
- Ensure completion of all assigned tasks on or before the assigned tasks due dates
- Provide honest, thoughtful, timely, and reasonable work and time estimates
- Provide honest, regular, accurate, and timely statuses for all assigned tasks and work
- Identify all tasks they cannot complete or meet assigned dates and clearly communicate them to the project manager(s) and your qa lead
- Clearly, effectively, and frequently communicate with the project manager(s) and their functional manager for all assigned work tasks
- Meet all of their functional manager or lead’s expectations regarding the quantity and quality of work
- Work cooperatively with all BOIS teams and team members
- Actively participate in all assigned project and team meetings
- Arrive at meetings on or before the scheduled start time
- Be prepared for all assigned agenda items in meetings
- Read materials provided in advance of meetings and be prepared to provide input, ask questions, and make recommendations
- Develop, modify, and complete all reporting and timesheets in a timely manner
- Resolve all issues in a timely manner
- Develop, update, and maintain a desk manual to facilitate detailed transition of work
- Provide knowledge transfer to designated Commonwealth staff or other contracted staff
- Provide mentoring and training to other staff as assigned
- Perform additional duties as assigned
- Review and understand the test team work plan
- Assist in managing and directing test team processes
- Anticipate, identify, track, and resolve issues and risks affecting their own work and work of the test and/or application teams
- Develop contingency plans as necessary
- Research problems before approaching the team lead or test team lead for assistance
- Assist or guide testers as needed
- Define and utilize entry/exit criteria for testing
Hiring Expectations
- We are only considering US Citizens and Green Card holders for this position. We are unable to sponsor for this role.
- No Third Parties
- Right to Represent authorization is required
- Expect technical interview screening
- Expect F2F interview
- Background check and/or credit check will be required