Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Apex Systems is assisting one of our clients in the hiring of a Software QA. This is a TEMPORARY position operating on a 4-month contract engagement. Candidates with 5+ years of software QA experience with financial knowledge, who would enjoy working in a small to mid-sized company are encouraged to apply. Position: Software QA Location: Remote working East Coast hours Duration: 4 month contract engagement (W2) Duties and Responsibilities • Collaborate with other members of the professional services team to ensure great, high quality solutions to customer needs • Develop, document, and execute test plans to validate functionality, robustness, performance, and usability of complex requirements • Effectively investigate and communicate defects to technical and non-technical stakeholders • Support upgrades of the product, validating that customer outcomes are maintained after upgrade • Investigate and troubleshoot customer support issues • Scrum rituals (huddles, sprint planning, retrospective, demo, grooming) • Test plan documentation • Support continuous improvement and high technical standards by participating in requirement and design reviews and other best practices • Support development of project plans and on time delivery by identifying necessary tasks and dependencies, estimating timelines, and completing milestones in alignment with project plan • Identify and implement technology and process improvements that improve the product or development process • Clearly and professionally communicate status, risks, impediments, recommendations, and concerns Requirements and Qualifications • 5+ years of software testing experience • 2+ years experience with business finance • 2+ years experience with relational databases (SQL) • Strong critical thinking skills and the knowledge and ability to assess how to validate requirements and effectively report defects • Knowledge of best practices for software engineering and Agile software development life cycles • Excellent communication skills and willingness to work closely with other members of the PSO, development, and product teams to drive resolution of problems • Demonstrate initiative, strong work ethic, and accountability • Demonstrate planning, organization, and time management • Demonstrate accuracy, thoroughness, and attention to detail • Self-motivated, proactive, results-oriented professional with ability to work independently within a large team Apply Job!