ApTask · 6 hours ago
Senior Quality Assurance Specialist
Brooklyn, OH
Contract
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$55/hr - $58/hr
3+ years expApTask is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Specialist to coordinate all planning, execution, and recap functions involved in testing software applications. This role involves leading the QA team, overseeing project quality, and fostering collaboration to ensure the delivery of high-quality products.
Human ResourcesInformation TechnologySmall and Medium BusinessesStaffing Agency
Hiring Manager
Shreya Patil
Responsibilities
Leads the QA team for a large transformational project and may lead multiple quality leads and is answerable to all activities conducted to ensure quality
Oversees the quality in all phases of the project including Requirement review, test script preparation, and test execution and recap
Identifies gaps and confusions in the user interface and/or the workflow, etc and highlights to the project team the risks associated with technical debt, schedule slippage or other areas of concern
Schedules resources, estimates QAS portion of project estimates and forecasts, manages testing needs with Shared Services, manages the PLC tollgates, calculates and manages traceability and test coverage, assist with test result triage, reports on overall application/project health and intercedes, when appropriate, with remediation efforts
Creates a collaborative partnership with the Tech Lead, the PM, the BAs and other project participants and actively engages in grooming sessions, status meetings and other project meetings
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required
Three plus years of experience in quality assurance with keen organizational skills, an ability to both delegate, lead and 'dig in' with extensive knowledge of quality assurance practices and methods
Understands the test automation coverage and guides exploratory testers to fill the gaps
Intimate understanding of an application domain, the release schedule, the user community, and can work with the other members of the project team to drive delivery
Understands how to assess an application's functionality by risk, impact and importance in order to prioritize the test execution and concentrate test coverage appropriately
Domain knowledge or the ability to quickly understand the core functionality and client experience of an application
Command of the types and number of resources needed for each effort and the ability to maximize their assignments to generate the greatest impact
A process optimizer - sees the opportunities for automation, can spot tasks and tests that do not add value and can eliminate waste to optimize the resources at-hand
Expertise in exploratory testing and guiding others in exploratory test paths to maximize coverage
Excellent communication skills
Able to lead in all phases of the project and can communicate with others in the organization about the status and risks of the effort in detail
Solid analytical skills to assess and report on quality metrics, app health, and project risks
Preferred
Program Level Leadership Experience
Program/Conversion Reporting
Working across development, QAS and Lines of Business
Testing Traceability
Defect Triaging
Leadership
Clear Communication
Solution and Data Driven
Self Motivating
Company
ApTask
ApTask is a staffing and recruiting company offering staffing, project, and workforce solutions.
201-500 employees
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