Title: Sr. QA Test Analyst

Position Type: Contract

Location: West Sacramento, CA -Hybrid

Federal Client exp Or State Client exp desired

Duration: 2 year project with the option to extend the project up to an additional 3 years.

Work Location: Selected candidate must be able to perform all work on-site at the client facility in West Sacramento, CA . At clients discretion, a different approach (i.e., fully in-office, fully remote or different work hours) may be utilized based on business need and/or directive. Work must be performed during clients normal business hours.

Required Submissions:

Three (3) business references

Skills matrix form completed outlining how candidate meets the qualifications

Experience should include:

Leading a large group of testers, ideally user acceptance testers

Working with a comprehensive test management tool o Business focus while possessing an understanding of testing from multiple perspectives such as System test, role-based security, technical environments, and performance

Preparation/review of testing reports

Proficiency at managing multiple efforts simultaneously, in an environment with ambiguity

High degree of initiative and autonomy with the ability to function successfully as part of a team

Minimum Technical Qualifications Must meet ALL:

At least seven (7) years of experience within the last ten (10) years working as a Test Analyst with large organizations, leading or participating in the technical implementation of software/systems/applications automating complex business processes, performing the following:

Assessment of analysis scope and tasks

Planning business analysis tasks

Elicitation, definitions and documentation of various business, user, and system requirements

Leading and working within cross-functional teams that include business subject matter experts, application architects, developers, and testers

Experience preparing test plans, test cases and documenting test results

Experience regression testing and adjusting test plans for periodic maintenance releases

Must meet ALL -

At least seven (7) years of experience within the last ten (10) years producing business analysis and testing deliverables such as: (client may request deliverable related work samples during the Interview phase).

Business requirements and business rules

Functional requirements and/or functional specifications

Non-functional requirements

Stakeholder requests

Test strategies

Test plans

Test cases

Transition plans

Traceability matrices

At least three (3) years of experience using Test Application Lifecycle Management tools such as HP

Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), Rational Requisite Pro, or Jama to document functional and non-functional requirements, design specifications, test cases and defects, and provide full traceability for projects.

A Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems or related fields from an accredited or government-sanctioned college/university. Client reserves the right to request a copy of the degree.

Desirable Technical Qualifications

Experience as a Test Analyst at a State or Federal agency.

Experience as a Test Analyst leading or participating in the technical implementation of pension/retirement-related software development projects.

Pension knowledge.