Requirement Class Information

Job Classification

Quality Assurance Specialist 3 (QAS3)

Requirement Details

Role

One (1) Quality Assurance Specialist 3 (QAS3) with expertise in IT.  January 15 – June 30, 2014 and July 1, 2014 – June 30, 2015

Requirement Description

Short Description on what they will be working on, objectives, and tasks/deliverables

QAS3 to help IT pilot and implement the software quality assurance review process for the ATPS Blue project.  Will help development teams test software quality for production deployment. 

This position will function as a highly skilled Quality Assurance Specialist with specific responsibilities that include:

1.     Proactively engage in the end-to-end software testing cycle as it pertains to the ATPS Rewrite project.

2.     Work closely with and follow direction from QA Lead.

3.     Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the ATPS Blue project.

4.     Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the ATPS Blue project including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.

5.     With input from QA Lead and team, develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).

6.     Work with the ODPS ATPS project team to test

      updates, patches, and repairs to the ATPS Blue

      application software components in the development,

      test, and QA environments. Develop software

      changes for  promotion to production following best

      practice and standards as defined by the

      ODPS ITO. 

7.     Take corrective action, subject to the ODPS

           Management approval, to resolve all issues and

           problems encountered with testing to ensure the

           applications perform as required.

8.     Make recommendations for automated testing, where appropriate. Develop automated testing procedures and scripts.

Requirement Description

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During the interview process with the ODPS staff, the resource consultant must demonstrate competence/experience in their specific area(s) of project assignment. The resource’s experience must also be documented for review and verification. Offered resources not showing technical or functional competence/experience will be sufficient reason to reject the Offeror’s proposal.  It is the responsibility of the Offeror to pre-screen their candidates to ensure compliance.

The ODPS has estimated that it will require one (1) full-time resource to provide up to one thousand (1000) hours for FY14 and two thousand (2000 hours) in FY15 to complete this work.

Requirement Description

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1.      Strong communication/ leadership skills.

2.      Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.

3.      Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.

4.      Have excellent oral and written skills/possess strong meeting and work session facilitation skills.

5.      Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.

6.      Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements.

7.      Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.

8.      Must be knowledgeable in the English language/speak clearly and understandably using the English language.

Required Skills

Need Mandatory Requirements/Time

1.     Needs to show at least 1 year experience with a large organization as ODPS.

2.     7 Years in testing I.T products and applications.

3.     End to End Testing experience

4.     7 Years using testing tools such as, MTM, QTP, Quality Center etc.

5.     Can design, develop, execute test cases and log defects with minimum supervision.

Required Skills

Need Desired Skills/Time

Experience with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS)

Experience with Microsoft Test Manager.

Experience testing MSQL database projects.

Test Automation experience is a plus.