Quality Assurance Tester

DataStaff, Inc. is seeking a QA Tester for a long-term contract opportunity with one of our direct clients in Raleigh, NC.

*This is a hybrid position; the contractor should plan to work 1-3 days per month onsite.

Responsibilities:

• Provide testing support with the IT Enterprise Testing Team. The support consists of software testing of new releases/upgrades to applications developed for deployment.
• Review and analysis of project requirements for clarity, understanding and testability
• Development of system test plans and manual test cases
• Development of automatic test scripts for functional and performance testing
• Execution of the test cases and test scripts
• Defect management and reporting
• Providing input or creating testing artifacts to include but not be limited to: Test Plans, Test Results, Metrics and Defect Reports
• Providing weekly status reports to Management

Required Skills:

• 5 Years - Experience testing business web applications and complex business applications across technologies
• 5 Years - Experience in designing test plans, manual test case definition and test case execution, and review and analysis of project requirements
• 5 Years - Experience with developing automated test scripts
• 5 Years - Experience with HP Testing Tools Suite (ALM/Quality Center, Quick Test Professional/UFT, LoadRunner/Performance Center and SiteScope
• 5 Years - Experience developing testing approach, test environment requirements and data strategies
• 5 Years - Strong, demonstrated documentation skills (test cases, test plans and test artifacts)
• 5 Years - Strong Microsoft Suite experience (e.g. Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• 5 Years - Experience testing in an Agile life-cycle environment
• 5 Years - Ability to learn complex business functions
• 5 Years - Ability to organize/manage own work and meet a pre-determined schedule of deliverables
• 5 Years - Computer Science Degree or related discipline; professional certification

This opportunity is available on a corp-to-corp basis or as a W2 position with a competitive benefits package. DataStaff, Inc. offers medical, dental, and vision coverage options as well as paid vacation, sick, and holiday leave. As many of our opportunities are long-term, we also have a 401k program available for employees after 6 months.