QA Analyst

A client of Sharp Decisions if looking for a QA Analyst. This role is ONSITE in Torrance, CA- a multi-year contract with no end date, W2 only.Job Description:As a Quality Analyst, this person will be responsible for evaluating and ensuring the quality, performance, and function of the Digital Sales platform. They will work closely with cross-functional teams - including developers, creative designers, and product managers to create, execute and maintain a combination of manual and automated test scripts. Their work will contribute directly to delivering seamless and superior digital purchasing experiences to our customers.Daily Tasks Performed:1. Understand the functionality of the core digital retailing platform as well as integrations2. Support the Life Cycle process of assuring the quality of the Digital Channels through proper Test Management methodology and best practices3. Review business requirements, system documentation, and project assets to create robust, accurate, usable test artifacts (test strategy, test plans, test cases, and automated scripts, reports) to ensure results align with business needs4. Lead and assist application testing team members in the development and execution of test cases, scripts, and procedures when necessary5. Create or assist in creating, socializing, and presenting test approaches, test artifacts, testing processes, and test metrics with appropriate teams6. Help drive the adoption and consistent usage of industry-standard quality best practices, testing methodologies, and the maturity of the Continuous Testing Framework7. Publishes and socializes testing results and metrics to enable business decisions and promote continuous improvement8. Participate in and/or lead test case reviews, user stories, risk assessments, requirement reviews, sprint reviews, backlog grooming sessions, and retrospectives9. Prepare test data and ensures readiness of the test environment before test execution10. Consolidate and report QA deliverables including defects identified, test execution results, and test coverage to management team.11. Work with performance and automation testing team members to assist in identifying testing scenarios to be created for target applicationsWhat this person will be working on:Project- Fleet Order Management System Project- Defines and tracks quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status- Collects and analyzes data for software process evaluation and improvements, and integrates them into business processes to address the business needs- Documents all problems and assists in their resolution- Delivers quality process training to technical staff and acts as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners- Performs quality audits across the various IT functions to ensure quality standards, procedures and methodologies are being followedPosition Success Criteria (Desired) - 'WANTS'REQUIREDBA/BS in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field or equivalent work experience.1. 5+ years of experience in QA role in a digital product environment2. Technical background to clearly understand complex business requirements and testing needs of assigned projects3. Experience testing enterprise digital/web/cloud platforms or services that involve complex data, transactions or integrations involving numerous external vendors and internal teams4. In-depth knowledge of QA practices, policies and methodologies5. Experience in Reviewing business requirements/user stories, system documentation, and project assets to create robust, accurate, usable test artifacts (test strategy, test plans, test cases, and automated scripts, reports) to ensure results align with business needs6. In-depth knowledge in creating and maintaining Quality Assurance documentation including Test Plan, Test Strategy & other artifacts7. Familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies and work within a hybrid environment8. Experience in Mobile, Frontend, Websites, Backend API testing9. Hands-on Experience with Jira/Zephyr tool set to manage defects, create defect dashboards/reports etc. for various stakeholders10. Experience in Testing Tools like Perfecto, SoapUI, PostMan, Android Studio, Appium, Selenium, BrowserStack etc.11. Hands-on automation experience including definition of automation strategy & using industry-standard tools such as Appium, Selenium etc.12. Experience with SQL Queries to pull data13. Hands-on experience including definition of load test strategy, model & using industry-standard tools- Indepth knowledge of QA practices, policies and methodologies- Indepth knowledge in creating and maintaining Quality Assurance documentation (Test plan, test cases/scripts, defect reports/analysis, etc.)- Highly proficient in using QA functional and performance testing tools to create, maintain, and execute test scripts- Indepth knowledge in SQL using Oracle and/or SQL Server- Ability to multitask and perform testing on multiple simultaneous projectsAdvanced ability to self direct with a high degree of initiative, ability to learn and adapt to new technologies quickly- Advanced ability to document and concisely communicate problems to developers- Indepth knowledge of technical writing / technical reporting- Indepth understanding of automated testing- Indepth knowledge of technical and programming skills- Advanced ability in Release/Build engineering?