Software Test Analyst - Sr. QA Analyst

Job Description

Job Description

This position will function as the Test Analyst for Agency Services supporting Treasury within the Department of Technology Management and Budget. Treasury exists to provide quality financial, tax, and administrative services. The state treasurer acts as the principal advisor to the governor on tax and fiscal policy issue. Treasury collects, invest, and disburses all state monies and the Department administers major tax law, and safeguards the credit of the state and its local units of government.

The Test Analyst will support all test activities, in terms of communications to and from the business test representatives and ensuring through the Test Lead (ITM14) that key test issues are managed or escalated as necessary. Additionally, will produce reports, presentations, and meeting minutes for quality assurance testing assignments and deliverables

Job Duties

• Communicate and interact with the BA and development teams during the requirements, development and testing processes.
  
• Assist team in creating scenarios to meet the validation of acceptance criteria of customer requirements.
  
• Undertake all system test related activities in support of the business requirements for the provision of new and updated systems.
  
• Undertake functional and integration testing, and liaison with third-party staff to ensure appropriate test coverage.
  
• Undertake Quality Assurance checks during third-party meetings and internal developments to ensure that only ‘fit-for-purpose’ code is delivered into test environments owned by the test team.
  
• Attend meetings as well as workshops comprising business and or technical representatives to cover test-dependent activities such as requirement verification and prioritization, test scenario identification and general matters.
  
• Ensure that test scenarios and scripts are prepared in a structured way, prioritized to reflect business or technical priorities and are approved by appropriate stakeholders. Scope is to cover test cycle contents and regression packs.
  
• Create allocated test scripts, monitor test execution and ensure results are recorded.
  
• Coordinate re-testing of defects and issues either through ‘at desk’ re-tests by business test representatives, or via walkthroughs with third-party providers.
  
• Prepare and maintain relevant test documentation, including test scripts, activity schedules, narrative and written reports, and visual progress charts.
  
• Act as liaison with and assist each line of business regarding the test planning, testing activity, and test results analysis.
  
• Responsible for: time management; reporting and monitoring; risk management; issue management; quality assurance and change management.
  
• Support other test team members and associated IT and Business resources as appropriate to the implementation of testing related activities.
  
• Carry out other tasks as agreed with the Test Team Lead
  

Requirements

5+ years:

• Experience in QA requirements analysis and test planning
  
• QA execution and defect tracking experience
  
• Experience using QA tracking tools (Rational, HP ALM, or similar)
  
• Backend functional testing experience
  

Demonstrated ability to review, adapt, and enhance provided test plan templates to ensure appropriate test coverage for assigned incidents

Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and business teams

Bachelor’s degree required

Desired Skills

1+ year:

• SAP Financials experience
  
• GenTax experience
  
• Oxygen XML Editor experience
  

Minimum Education

• Bachelor's Degree
  

Location

• Candidates must be local to the Dimondale , Michigan area (within 90 minutes) at time of submission. This requirement is non-negotiable
  
• Position is a hybrid schedule with no remote-only option. Required onsite days- Tuesdays and Wednesdays, remote eligible days- Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The resource must meet these requirements from the beginning.
  
• Work hours 8am to 5pm 40 hours a week.
  

Additional Requirements

• Must be authorized to work in the United States; We are unable to offer sponsorships at this time
  
• Must undergo a background check and drug screening for employment.
  

Employment Terms

• This is a W2 position
  
• 40 hrs per week
  
• HYBRID schedule - no remote-only option. Required onsite days- Tuesdays and Wednesdays, remote eligible days- Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays. The resource must meet these requirements from the beginning.
  

About Zenfreed

We are more than an IT company. We bridge the gap between people wanting to do the work they were meant to do and organizations needing the right talent.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

Benefits

We understand a comprehensive benefits package is crucial to employment satisfaction. We offer medical, dental and vision coverage options for all employees.