280702 – QA Consultant Level 3

1 year contract with yearly renewals
position closes 1/27

This position requires QA Analysts that are familiar with Web Applications and other general EGOV initiatives as well as a good familiarity with Quality Center and Dimensions Configuration Management Toolsets. This position is responsible for system QA and QC activities of web applications and other WEB enabled applications for the District’s E-Gov initiatives.

The QA Analyst will become fully familiar with all the functional requirements of all the applications and will be responsible for planning, managing and executing QA and QC plans for District of Columbia specific applications as well as other web based applications developed by the District of Columbia:
– Fully understand the internal and external software processes
– Design test plans, review functional requirement documentation and present test cases for project team review
– Submit, regress, and verify defects Test database interactions at both the end-user and back-end levels
– Work with development engineers to create scripts to facilitate ad hoc testing as well as provide valuable input on creating more sophisticated, cross-platform QA tools which will assist the manual test process
– Experienced in performance and capacity testing
– Be proactive and exercise flexibility and multi-tasking ability in a high stress environment
– Good interpersonal skills. Good written and oral skills and very detailed oriented.

Required Experience:
Knowledge of QA and QC Methodologies (8  Years)
Highly proficient in a Windows/Unix/Linux environment (8  Years)
Experience with Agile and iterative development (Highly desired)
Hands-on experience using Quality Center (5 Years)
Experience in Automating Test Scripts (5 Years)
Experience in Internet/Web related applications Testing (8  Years)
Knowledge of databases (Oracle, SQL) (4  Years)
Past Development experience (Highly desired)
Knowledge of backend/black box testing (5  Years)
Client / Server based application testing (5  Years)
Dimensions Version 9.x and 10.x Knowledge (Highly desired)
Scripting skills in at least one language (HTML, .net) (Highly desired)
Performance and Capacity Testing (4  Years)
Hands-on experience using LoadRunner (5  Years)

Work Location:     Application Services: 441 4th St NW, Suite 1045 North