My client is looking for a Senior QA engineer for a long term daily rate contract with a global provider

Job Purpose:

• Ensure detailed test plans (System Integration Test, Non Functional Test & User Acceptance Test) and definition are defined and documented to facilitate effective testing, across the solution Infrastructure, Applications, Data elements and operational and support Processes.
• Ensure detailed test checklists are documented, clearly identifying entry and exit criteria.
• Identify resource requirements for test execution.
• Execute and manage test execution.
• Perform effective status reporting as required.
• Ensure test approach is automated, ensuring repeatability.
• Define and plan automated regression testing.
• Work with and lead offshore QA team, enabling full participation and productivity from offshore team.
• Ensure open communication with offshore team, enabling effective status reporting, etc.

Skills/ Competencies Required:

• Good communications skills
• Analytical skills
• Organisational skills
• Presentation skills – both oral and written

Experience Required:

• Minimum of 4 years experience.
• Experience in utilisation in formal testing methods
• Experience in business and application knowledge in insurance or financial systems
• Experience of MS Windows / Windows NT and Microsoft Offices toolset.
• Experience in all areas of Software Life Cycle.

• Knowledge / Experience in –
• Quality Centre
• Sybase, SQL
• Good excel, pivot tables, lookups, working with complex data volumes  
• IBM Infosphere & Information Analyzer is an advantage, though not necessary

• Technical knowledge -
• Test Planning, Estimation, UAT – must have
• Performance testing experience, Load Runner etc..

• Platform knowledge
• ETL, data warehousing, Sybase, DB2, IBM Infosphere