QA Manager

Skill (QA) efforts for IT Project Services

Location Kenosha, WI

Total Experience 8 yrs.

Max Salary $ DOE Per Hour

Employment Type Contract Jobs (Temp/Consulting)

Job Duration 12+ Months

Domain Any

Description

• Drive quality assurance (QA) efforts for IT Project Services team.

• Collaborate with IT leadership to define and execute QA roadmaps and strategies.

• Develop, implement and improve innovative QA capabilities, strategies, approaches and services.

• Build and maintain a stable and reliable automation infrastructure.

• Oversee test automation usage to optimize project quality and delivery.

• Develop, implement and maintain QA methods, processes and deliverables.

• Develop best practices, document processes, and operational and procedural improvements.

• Identify, define and track QA metrics and KPIs.

• Teach teams to develop applicable testing procedures and expectations.

• Analyze and assess current QA processes and assist with strategic QA planning.

• Initiate, plan, execute, manage and complete QA activities related to complex application and system implementation projects.

• Create and maintain test strategies, plans, scenarios and cases.

• Coordinate and manage holistic testing efforts for multiple projects and software releases, including integration, system, regression, performance and user acceptance testing.

• Document test results, track and manage defects, and troubleshoot issues.

• Monitor and communicate QA activity status.

• Lead and manage test schedules, environments and configuration requirements for testing activities.

• Provide testing estimates for resourcing, levels of effort and timelines.

• Establish and manage traceability of requirements through test plans and cases.

• Partner with Business Analysts to ensure requirements are met and accurately tested.

• Provide input on go / no-go decisions for production releases.

• Create, execute and manage manual and automated test cases.

• Develop and maintain automated test scripts.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical discipline.

• Development background a must.

• 10+ years of QA experience in an IT environment.

• years experience in automation testing and tools.

• Experience with software development life cycle and agile methodology.

• Knowledge of QA processes, procedures and systems.

• Extensive experience planning, executing and managing integration, system, regression and user acceptance testing.

• Ability to manage concurrent projects, activities and tasks under time constraints.

• Experience with a variety of technologies, platforms and development languages (AS400, Java, .NET, etc.).

• Experience with performance and load testing.

• Knowledge of supply chain and logistics preferred.

Experience with IBM Rational Team Concert, TFS and JIRA a plus

Multiple Openings for OPT/CPT/H4/L2/EAD/Citizen's.