Quality Assurance/Business Analyst - Albany, United States - V-Soft Consulting Group

Description

Quality Assurance/Business Analyst Primary Location:

Albany, New York V-Soft Consulting is currently hiring for a Quality Assurance/Business Analyst for our premier client in Albany, New York.

Education and Experience " A minimum of a bachelor's degree in Math, science, computer science, psychology, or related with at least 7 years of related experience is required.

An equivalent combination of advanced education, training, and experience will be considered.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities " The ideal candidate will have a strong background in business analysis (BA) including but not limited to:

requirements development, analysis, and documentation; requirement elicitation through workshops, interview, and documentation; documentation of future state requirements; and, collaboration with clients on reviews and sign-off.

The ideal candidate will have also have a strong background in quality assurance (QA) including but not limited to: oversight of vendor testing, including user acceptance testing (UAT); inventory and validation of test cases; maintenance and development of test plans (e.g., methodology, coverage, assumptions, schedule, result reports, and release notes), cases, scenarios, and scripts; management of UAT; manual testing such as functional unit testing, regression testing, and integration testing; tracking and managing defects; collaboration with clients and vendor teams to reproduce, analyze, and resolve defects; managing defects in Jira; and, the validation of test results, reporting on issues and risks as needed.

It is essential that the candidate be able to work independently while at the same time working with both ITS and DCS teams.

For example, client teams may not be subject matter experts (SMEs) in BA and QA best practices, techniques, and industry standards, given this, the candidate must have sufficient direct experience in these fields, be highly motivated and positive.

The candidate will be reporting to the client through formal verbal and written communications, provide guidance on value and purpose of the candidate's proposed activities, lead and drive accountability to all team members, provide knowledge and ultimately transfer of deliverables.

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Job Responsibilities:
Lead and drive accountability to all team members. Encourage timely communication and signoff from teams. Communicate analysis and testing status to the project team on a regular basis, verbally or in writing. Provide guidance to DCS stakeholders on the value and purpose of business analysis and testing. Provide knowledge for transfer of deliverables.


Daily BA Duties:

Analyze existing TMS system requirements to verify an understanding of the system and to identify any missing or misinterpreted requirements.

Assist with the analysis and documentation of current TMS requirements as needed. Elicit future TMS state of the state business and user requirements. Elicitation can be through workshops, interviews, document analysis, or other techniques as needed. Document future TMS state of the state business and user requirements. Documentation can be written or visual, as needed. Confirm DCS validation and signoff on business and user requirements.


Daily QA Duties:
Oversight of TMS vendor testing, including user acceptance testing (UAT). Document the existing test coverage of the TMS system. Inventory and validate the current test cases and test scripts with the vendor. Coordinate the maintenance and development of test plans, cases, scenarios, and scripts as needed. Track and manage defects. Collaborate with client and vendor teams to reproduce, analyze, and resolve defects. Manage defects in Jira.

Manage UAT, modifying TMS vendor scripts as needed, making sure that defects are correctly submitted with appropriate criticality and that the TMS vendor is addressing the defects according to the contract.

Identify and manage risks and issues related to testing. Perform manual testing to validate the system requirements. This may include functional unit testing, regression testing, and integration testing. Validate results in production after each release.

Interested? Qualified candidates should send their resumes to V-Soft Consulting Group is recognized among the top 100 fastest growing staffing companies in North America, V-Soft Consulting Group is headquartered in Louisville, KY with strategic locations in India, Canada and the U.S.

V-Soft is known as an agile, innovative technology services company holding several awards and distinctions and has a wide variety of partnerships across diverse technology stacks.

As a valued V-Soft Consultant, you're eligible for full benefits (Medical, Dental, Vision), a 401(k) plan, competitive compensation and more.

V-Soft is partnered with numerous Fortune 500 companies, exceptionally positioned to advance your career growth.

V-Soft Consulting provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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