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Test Lead
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Position Location: Reston, VA
Position Type: Temp-to-perm opportunity
Reports To: Managing Consultant
The test lead helps manage risk and ensure the successful completion of software projects by establishing and executing software quality measures throughout the software development life cycle. The test lead is responsible for determining and developing appropriate test strategy and plan for the project, and to track and report progress on this plan during the project life cycle. In addition, the test lead is actively involved in hands on test case development, test case execution, test automation development, reviews of requirements, test cases and other project artifacts.
Responsibilities/Essential Duties
- Develop Test Strategies and Test Plans for effective and efficient testing practice
- Develop and maintain QA project plan
- Define and implement roles, responsibilities, and deliverable expectations for all team members.
- Define and support building test environments
- Provide technical guidance to the test team to ensure test activities are performed according to the developed test strategy and test plan
- Define and implement effective and efficient testing processes, documentation, tools, and testing methodologies.
- Review business requirements and software system designs for testability
- Develop scripts, utilities, simulators, data sets and other programmatic test tools as required to execute Test Plans
- Create and execute test cases based on test strategy and test plans
Required
- 8-12 years experience with software quality assurance
- 3+ years working as QA team lead with prior Hands-on testing experience
- Practical knowledge and experience in all phases of software QA
- Experience working directly with Business users
- Experience with Test Automation design and development (QTP/ WinRunner, LoadRunner)
- Experience with testing at various levels (unit, functional, integration, system, load and performance testing)
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Prefered
- Experience supporting Oracle Business Suite highly valuable
- Experience testing J2EE-based applications also valuable
Education
- BS in CS, Engineering or equivalent. MS preferredt