Senior QA Analyst

Our client is looking for a Sr. QA Analyst for a 2 year project. The position is remote, but candidates need to live within 3 hours driving distance from Harrisburg.

Description of Duties:

Design and manage the testing efforts with the UBOS project, which will contribute to the foundation of evolving QA/QC practices
Actively assist or lead efforts in all testing phases of the project by shaping the testing processes and strategies for each test phase
Review, provide input, and ensure accuracy with detailed project documentation including RACI, test plan, traceability matrix, and test schedule
Be an advocate of Quality Assurance, Continuous Improvement and industry recognized Best Practices
Build, implement, and direct quality assurance principles and maintain the quality of delivery
Ensure that the project team adheres to the principles, guidelines, and PTC QA/QC processes
Define processes for test plan reviews and finalize with project team
Monitor and lead all the QA activities, test execution, bug tracking including root cause analysis, test metrics, and identifying areas of improvement
Monitor testing process and testing tool documentation to ensure information is up to date
Attend requirements gathering and requirements review meetings to gain an understanding of the product to be tested
Actively participate in business requirement and functional specification reviews by identifying and resolving any inconsistencies or insufficiencies related to testing
Manage all activities in the test plan to ensure that all the objectives are met, and that the solution works as expected
Execute all aspects of quality assurance and testing to ensure the highest possible quality in software and other IT systems releases into the production environment
Communicates clearly and work with project team to provide feedback on system, integration, regression, and UAT testing items, including security and data needs.
Ensure procedures are followed with a high degree of quality in creating user stories, tasks, test cases, and bugs.
Actively track quality assurance metrics, by preparing queries and reports using ADO functionality.
Provide feedback for production deployment review relating to production deployments readiness
Complete project related tasks consistent with PTC and PMO guidelines

Desired Skillset
The ideal candidate will have a minimum of 5 years of expertise as a Functional/Project Test Lead on projects of various size and subject matter utilizing Microsoft Azure DevOps (ADO). Strong experience in defining requirements and project management. The ideal candidate would have the following skillsets as a test lead:
Agile project management
Azure DevOps (Test Plans/Boards)
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Excellent listening, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
Able to prioritize and execute tasks across multiple projects.
Keen attention to detail and well organized.
Ability to work independently, in a team-oriented or collaborative environment is essential.
Ability to learn quickly and work in a fast-paced environment.
Strong ability to estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities.

The following skills and experience is a plus but not necessary:
Cloud based software solutions
Risk Based Test Management
Test Automation
SAP
ServiceNow
Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification
MS Teams
MS SharePoint
MS Dynamics
OnBase
SmartDocs
ArcGIS