Our client seeks and experience LEAD QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST for a "CONTRACT-TO-HIRE" opportunity. Must be a US CITIZEN or have a GREEN CARD. An "IN-PERSON" interview will be required. MUST BE ABLE TO PAY OWN TRANSPORTATION/RELO EXPENSES
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE CHICAGO,ILLINOIS.

THIS IS NOT OPEN TO 3RD PARTIES, C2C, INDEPENDANTS,ETC.

Summary of Responsibilities:

- Lead will be responsible for complex and highly integrated software systems that are internally developed in a fast-paced development environment
- Must have extensive experience developing test strategies, writing test plans and leading a test team in the writing and execution of application, integration, system and regression test cases
- Estimating test effort and managing testing schedules that align with project timelines
- Coordinating all aspects of a system test including environment setup
- Directing the work of other testers as well as manually executing test cases and documenting testing results
- Proactively identify issues, risks and variances from expected results while providing resolution suggestions and mitigation strategies
- Working closely with clients to develop and oversee execution of UAT plans
- Reporting testing status to management
- Facilitating defect review meetings
- Participating actively in process improvement for the department when required
- Training/mentoring new team members


Education and Experience:

- Bachelors Degree in Computer Science or related technical field a plus
- 5 to 7 years of SQA experience
- Team lead experience is required
- Candidate must be available for Contract to Hire

Technical Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

- Ability to prioritize and multi task is critical
- Ability to decompose requirements into testable requirements rapidly under less than ideal conditions
- Ability to build strong relationships with internal and external teams
- Candidate must be able to clearly communicate in English both verbally and in writing
- Complete understanding of SQA processes and methodologies as well as how to implement them throughout the SDLC
- Experience writing SQL queries against Oracle
- Experience testing Java-based three-tier applications deployed on Linux
- Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office
- Experience with message driven testing of FIXML, TREX or M1 formats a plus
- Experience using TestPartner or any automation tool a plus
- Experience with open-source testing tools, i.e. TPTP, a plus
- Experience using DB2 a plus
- Experience using the Mainframe a plus
- Experience with Bladelogic a plus
- Experience using UC4 a plus
- Experience using Rational tools a plus
- Experience testing high volume financial systems,PREFERRED

REPLY TO: mcgstb @ netscape .n e t


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(WE ARE UNABLE TO SPONSER OR TRANSFER H1B-VISA'S)

Experience:
Compensation: OPEN


REPLY TO: mcgstb @ netscape .n e t

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