Estimated Length: Open Ended Monday-Friday, 9:00am – 5:00pm

Minimum Qualification Requirements 

• A master's degree in computer science from an accredited college and three years of progressively more responsible, full-time, satisfactory experience using information technology in computer applications programming, systems programming, computer systems development, data telecommunications, database administration, planning of data/information processing, user services, or area networks at least 18 months of this experience must have been in an administrative, managerial or executive capacity in the areas of computer applications programming, systems programming, computer systems development, data telecommunications, data base administration, or planning of data processing or in the supervision of staff performing these duties; or
• A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and four years of experience as described in "1" above; or
• A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or recognized accrediting organization and six years of experience as described in "1" above; or
• A satisfactory combination of education and experience equivalent to "1", "2" or "3" above. However, all candidates must have at least a four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent approved by a State's department of education or recognized accrediting organization and must possess at least three years of experience as described in "1" above, including the 18 months of administrative, managerial, executive or supervisory experience as described in "1" above.

NOTE: The following types of experience are not acceptable: superficial use of preprogrammed software without complex programming, design, implementation or management of the product; use of word processing packages; use of a hand held calculator; primarily the entering or updating of data in a system; the operation of data processing hardware or consoles.

Preferred Skills 

• Hands-on in-depth knowledge of software quality assurance/testing methodologies and practices.
• Hands-on in-depth knowledge of HP ALM/Quality Center, and Unified Functional Tester (12.0 and higher version preferred)
• Hands-on in-depth knowledge of object oriented programming (VB Scripting)
• Strong understanding of financial management concepts (accounting and budgeting).
• Proficiency running back-end/database queries for data set-up and verification.
• Proficiency running batch/jobs (MF using JCL and for UNIX using UNIX scripts).
• Excellent English language written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well in a team.
• Self-motivation and ability to work with minimal supervision.
• Ability to plan and manage time based on schedules.
• Problem solving skills.
• Flexibility to work overtime or weekends in order to meet target dates.
• Extensive years writing test plans, outlines, and detailed test cases for accounting and/or budget ERP Systems (i.e., based on requirements and/or design documents).
• Extensive years hands-on testing of accounting and/or budget ERP Systems (integration, interface, system, regression, and user acceptance testing).
• Extensive years hands-on testing of complex applications in Mainframe and Web-based environments (e.g., interfaces/ETL's, integration code, middleware, etc.).
• Extensive years hands-on testing with industry-standard automated functional test (HP ALM/Quality Center, and Unified Functional Testing tools using complex VB Scripting - Version 12.0 and up preferred) and defect tracking tools (IBM's Rational tools preferred).

Responsibilities

• Work as individual to develop reusable test automation framework
• Develop and deploy reusable and precise test specification cases, processes, and standards
• Develop and execute automated test scripts, maintenance routines, investigate and assist in problem analysis, as well as the resolution of delivered software components
• Define variables to be used for the automated test scripts and develop custom function scripts
• Achieve all test development and execution milestones set by Test Lead for assigned set of functionality;
• If the application is still in the design phase, work closely with the business analysts to document testable user requirements;
• Attend walkthroughs with functional and technical SMEs to better understand the functional and technical requirements and designs;
• Identify opportunities for test automation of existing manual application/functional regression test suites;
• Document pre-conditions required to setup and run the automated test scripts;
• Identify test coverage and maintain the Requirements Traceability Matrix using HP ALM;
• Determine the appropriate data and system set-up requirements for automated test execution;
• Design back-end queries for data set-up and verification (DB2 on the mainframe side and Oracle on the Web- side);
•  Re-execute automated test scripts after new build and/or release software deliveries to identify potential defects;
• Work with technical staff to execute and troubleshoot job flows for functional testing of batch/reporting jobs;
• Document and report on test results in HP ALM;
• Document and report software defects using IBM Rational ClearQuest.

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