Senior QA Analyst

Overview

Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Senior QA Analyst to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team.

 

At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including:

• Highly competitive pay rates
• Local support staff for responsive, personal service
• Comprehensive benefits package, including:
  • Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing)
  • Life insurance
  • A 401(K) plan with company match
  • Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan

Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks.

 

Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Responsibilities

Duties will include:

Utilizing client templates to create testing-related documentation (e.g., Test Plans, Test Cases, Test Summary Memos, etc.).

Executing the Test Plans and Test Cases through all phases of the testing process, if required. Responsible for using Xray, or other Test Management tools, to manage test case execution.

Managing the Defect Management Process, to include defect identification, resolution, and tracking. Responsible for working with the vendor to ensure defects are resolved in a timely fashion.

Serving as the testing point of contact for vendors on various projects to co-ordinate testing activities.

Managing defects using Jira or other Defect Management tools.

Providing support (coordination) for UAT efforts, utilizing client division staff (users) for test execution.

Providing testing guidance for various projects.

Facilitating Daily Defect Triage Meetings (i.e., monitoring UAT defects, entering/reviewing defects, replicating defects and communicating defects to vendors

**Location of job: 4-5 days onsite, only local candidates will be considered.

Qualifications

Minimum (Required):

Years

Skills/Experience

8

Manual testing Experience (e.g., System Testing, System Integration Testing, UAT, etc.

5

Proficient in writing test plans, test cases, and other testing-related documentation

5

Facilitating/coordinating User Acceptance Testing

5

Using Jira, or other Defect Management tools (e.g., Octane)

5

Xray, or other Test Management tools (e.g., Zephyr, TestRail)

Preferred (Optional):

Years

Skills/Experience

2

Writing automated test scripts

2

Experience using Selenium or other automated testing tools