Quality Assurance Tester

Job Title: Quality Assurance Tester
Location: Chicago IL
Duration: Long Term Contract

POSITION RESPONSIBILITIES:
Review business requirements use cases etc. to understand scope of deliverables being tested
Create test plans and scripts to ensure development deliverables match desired requirements and expectations
Create and communicate test progress test results and outstanding issues tasks etc.
Analyze test results to discover and report out on defects.
Work with business stakeholders to plan and execute UAT
Assist in testing setup and management in preparation for test execution
Assist with smoke testing during production deployments
Develop and establish quality assurance measures and testing standards for new development and enhancements

EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS:
Proven analytical and problemsolving skills to help validate IT processes through careful testing in order to maximize the benefit of business investments in IT initiatives
5 years direct experience as a tester for major application integration and/or major application product release
Strong knowledge of system testing best practices and methodologies
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a highpressure environment
Experience working in a teamoriented collaborative environment
Experience with communication tools like MSWord MSExcel MSPowerPoint

PREFERRED SKILLS:
Experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira Confluence Zephyr)
Experience with ad hoc query programs automated testing tools and reporting software
Prior experience in the hospitality industry

EDUCATION:
Four year college degree or extensive experience in application test planning and execution for enterprise application(s).

Position Responsibilities:

Experience in
Be able to read a Use Case or BRD (Business Requirements) Decomposing Requirements into scenarios / Test Cases
Creating Test Plans Test Cases
Executing Test Cases
Creating and Reporting Defects
Experience with API Testing (Postman / Insomnia)
Preferred experience with Atlassian tool suite (Jira Confluence Zephyr) / TestRail and executing SQL queries

Deliverables:

Write Test Plan / Approach
Write Test Cases
Write Defects