Software Test Analyst 4

The State of Michigan is looking for: Software Test Analyst 4

Top Skills & Years of Experience:
SAP Financials (TRM preferred)
WebBased Testing Customer Facing Interaction
Test Planning Test Execution Defect Tracking Requirement Analysis
Test Tools: SolMan Test Suite HPALM TFS RQM or any QA tracking tools
Automation Testing: Preferred experience in automation testing.

Will close submissions on: 11/8 at 10am EST.

Candidates MUST be local at time of submission. Hiring manager is not currently interested in candidates who will need to relocate to accept offer. NO REMOTE ONLY OPTION. Must be able to work onsite in office 2x a week for hybrid model (Tuesday and Wednesday). Office is located in Dimondale Michigan.
Interview Process: Interviews will be held in person. Candidates submitted must be willing to come onsite for a facetoface meeting if requested. A screenshot photo of candidate will be required for any interviews as well as a vendor present at beginning of virtual interview to validate candidate.

Duration: 1 Year with likely extension.

State of Michigan Treasury

Top Skills:

SAP Financials (TRM preferred)

WebBased Testing Customer Facing Interaction

Test Planning Test Execution Defect Tracking Requirement Analysis

Test Tools: SolMan Test Suite HPALM TFS RQM or any QA tracking tools

Automation Testing: Preferred experience in automation testing.

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 Team Manager (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.

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 thirdparty staff to ensure appropriate test coverage.
Undertake Quality Assurance checks during thirdparty meetings and internal developments to ensure that only fitforpurpose 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 testdependent 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 retesting of defects and issues either through at desk retests by business test representatives or via walkthroughs with thirdparty 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.