Quality Assurance - QA - Testing Consulting Manager - Gamen Group
McLean, VA
About the Job
If you’re someone with a passion to see great software solve big problems, if you’re energized working with outstanding people, then please read on…
Here, left-brain meets right, and business, creative, and technology intersect. Our client works closely with their customers to provide validation and testing services and prides itself on bringing together strong process expertise, proven methodologies, deep industry knowledge, and extensive insight to their client’s business operations and systems to provide strategic advice and high quality results. If you are passionate about business development and love working with people consider applying for this position in Quality Assurance Testing Consulting.
Successful applicants will have experience in the following areas:
- Testing Techniques – Understand the various approaches used in testing, including (e.g. desk checking), white-box (logic drive), black-box (requirements driven), load testing, coverage testing and regression testing.
- Technical expertise in implementing industry standard testing methodology and tools.
- Implementing testing best practices specific to the test planning and execution processes and gaining buy-in for changes from executives.
- Building a Testing Center of excellence.
- Test planning and delivery challenges.
- Enterprise applications such as Siebel, SAP, PeopleSoft, Oracle, and Salesforce.
- Methodologies including, but not limited to Agile, RUP, or Waterfall.
- Leading teams through analysis and delivery of IT Strategy initiatives.
- Planning, tracking and delivering projects using Microsoft Project and documenting processes in Microsoft Visio.
Requirements for the position:
- 8 years of relevant consulting or industry experience.
- Minimum of 2 Full Life Cycle system delivery implementations.
- At least 4-8 years of leading Testing efforts, including experience with all phases of testing: System, Integration, User Acceptance and Performance Testing.
- At least 4 years of experience defining the testing strategy for large scale programs and ensuring requirements traceability throughout the system development lifecycle.
- At least 4 years of experience overseeing the development of test plans, test scenarios, test cases, execution of test cases and documentation of test results.
- At least 4 years of experience driving quality assurance processes and gaining delivery buy-in from executive leadership.
- At least 4 years of testing experience in different environments including one or more of the following client servers: Services Oriented Architecture, Web based, Mainframe based and three tier architectures.
- At least 4 years of experience with one or more of the following tools: HP toolset, Rational toolset, SOA testing tools and automation testing toolset.
- A Bachelor's Degree.
- An advanced degree in the area of specialization.
- The ability to work independently and manage multiple task assignments.
- Strong oral and written communication skills including presentation skills (MS Visio, MS PowerPoint).
- Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills with the ability to exercise mature judgment.
- An eagerness to mentor junior staff.
- A willingness to travel 80 - 100% of the time.
Source : Gamen Group
