Quality Assurance (QA) Service Tester

Job Description:

QA Service Tester Summary:

Signature Consultants is seeking a Quality Assurance (QA) Service Tester for an opportunity in Tempe, AZ. The Quality Assurance (QA) Service Tester provides leadership and expertise on complex test projects to test teams, including: Planning, driving, managing, and coordinating testing activities through all phases of the software development life cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Analyzes testability of requirements
• Designs and prepares test strategy & approach, testing metrics and other testing artifacts
• Develops test plan which includes: design-time requirements and run-time based services in conjunction with SOA based application landscapes
• Develops and Executes Web Service Tests, including REST Services, JSON, SOAP, XML, WebAPI endpoints, MQ’s
• Creates and executes test cases and test scripts using SoapUI and Cucumber
• Automates web services test suits using SoapUI, Cucumber.
• Creates test cases based on requirements and conducts reviews with development team/business users
• Prioritizes and executes functional tests and regression tests
• Reports defects, raises issues or concerns to project team
• Monitors common business specific quality measurement frameworks and tracks improvement against predefined metrics
• Plans and deploys software testing and project management processes based on the current methodologies of the company
• Creates and monitors quality assurance related activities at both the program and project level
• Assesses risk to quality based upon results of verification and validation
• Reports software defects; raises issues/concerns regarding issue prioritization
• Coordinates activities across multiple teams, including but not limited to development and project management

Qualifications:

• Undergraduate degree in CS/CE/CIS/MIS/Engineering/Technology related field or equivalent experience and or training.
• 4+ years of experience in Software Testing/Quality Assurance (SQA)
• Testing tools experience (Microsoft Test Manager, Rally, HP ALM, SQL, Etc.)
• 3 + year of experience with web service testing (SoapUI, HP Service Test, SOAtest)
• Strong knowledge/experience with web services testing (SoapUI, Cucumber).
• Experience with Behavior Driven Development BDD (Cucumber).
• Strong software analysis skills
• Advanced understanding of Quality Management and “best practices” with regard to testing techniques, methodologies, processes, tools, artifacts, and measurement
• Thorough knowledge of Agile software development
• Solid understanding of relational databases
• Advanced abilities with use of reference materials and other resources to complete tasks
• Strong customer service focus
• Excellent analytical thinking and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to effectively meet deadlines and prioritize projects in a dynamic and fast-paced work environment
• Airline experience – a plus

About Signature Consultants, LLC

Headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Signature Consultants was established in 1997 with a singular focus: to provide clients and consultants with superior staffing solutions. For the eighth consecutive year, Signature was voted as one of the “Best Staffing Firms to Work For” and is now the 14th largest IT staffing firm in the United States (source: Staffing Industry Analysts). With 26 locations throughout North America, Signature annually deploys thousands of consultants to support, run, and manage their clients’ technology needs. Signature offers IT staffing, consulting, managed solutions, and direct placement services. For more information on the company, please visit www.sigconsult.com.