QA Analyst (remote)

Knowledge Services is seeking a remote QA Analyst for a 3+ year project in support of the State of North Dakota.  Position may work 100% remotely.

• Role is open to remote applicants however applicants MUST HAVE prior experience in State government (ideally with unemployment insurance system projects).

QA Analyst Responsibilities:

The project’s overall objective is to replace the existing mainframe system and other components (web portals, EDMS, etc.) with a commercially available solution built on a modern technology platform.

• Design test plans, scenarios, and scripts ensuring they are repeatable and meet the standards
• Create and maintain QA artifact
• Execute all level of testing which includes functional, integration, acceptance, and regression
• Document software defect and validate after defect resolution
• Participate in product design reviews and provide input on the functional requirement, schedules, issues, and risk
• Participate in the evaluation and selection of QA testing tools and methodologies that best fit the project need
• Handle issues related to QA testing component within a project
• Adhere to specific QA testing standards and guideline for the project
• Assists in the development of QA testing plans and cases
• Create test data, execute and maintain tests and tests scripts
• Review test scripts for completeness and accuracy

QA Analyst Required Skills:

• Must possess at least 3+ years of experience managing quality assurance for information technology projects of at least $3 million in budget. 

• 2 years of experience with Agile or hybrid agile methodologies. 
• 2 years of experience with the entire lifecycle process (start to finish) of quality management. 

• Must have prior State government experience conducting quality assurance on unemployment insurance system projects.
• Experience managing quality assurance for very large projects with multiple stakeholder groups (budget of $10 million or more)
• Effective written and oral communication skills and ability to build and maintain solid working relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to develop processes and document them in an understandable manner.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, age, national origin or disability.