Job Details: Sr. Software QA Analyst

Job Title:	Sr. Software QA Analyst
Company:	Experian Consumer Direct
Position Type:	Permanent
Pay Rate:	Market Rates
Date Posted:	Apr-17-08

Supports application software testing, software integration, and configuration management tasks to assure customer satisfaction with application accuracy, quality, and adherence to standards.

POSITION SUMMARY
• Participates in software design discussions, reviews and test strategy sessions.

• Provides quality assurance estimates for resource and project planning purposes.

• Executes volume and performance tests.

• Creates test data and maintains regression test suites.

• Identifies potential process improvement areas, suggests options and recommends approaches.

• Mentors junior team members on applications and job functions.

• Represents management or lead at status and technical meetings, as needed.

JOB DUTIES/ RESPONSIBILITIES
• Provide leadership and direction for the project team during all QA Phases.

• Develop, maintain and publish the high level test plans (specifies the QA goals, the tasks to be performed, the procedures and organizational structure, QA Standards and Procedures to be used in carrying out the specific plan).

• Insuring the project's deliverables and activities comply with requirements and QA Standards.

• Assisting in determining cause of any errors.
• Develops defect tracking standards and procedures specific to the Project. Provides defect tracking training.

• Assisting in quality assurance training of internal staff. Provide training on the testing process and deliverables.

• Establish testing metrics as required by the QA Standards. Gathering and analyzing quality statistics to determine trends and document findings for management.

• Documenting deviations from the established procedures and standards. Ensuring that corrective action is taken for deviations from established standards.

• Review resource forecast to insure resource allocations are accurate.

• Provide feedback and information to the project leadership team. Follow-up and document status via a daily status report containing issues, progress, metrics, etc (per the test plan).

• Execute process to update daily defect report in the daily status report.

• Schedule meetings as required for scheduling, planning, and monitoring the test phases.

• Prepares daily agenda for and facilitates appropriate test status meetings.

• Responding to questions from customers and PM about quality issues. Coordinates customer involvement in testing phases.

• Coordinate data and cycle requirements for testing.

• Establish and meet testing milestones.

• Coordinate customer test condition and test case work sessions.

• Coordinate the daily cycle scheduling and cycle monitoring.

• Insures builds into the various environments are acceptable.

• Review and provide input for all project change requests.

REQUIRED SKILLS/ QUALIFICATIONS
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience.

• 5+ years of professional experience including 3 years in software testing.

• Good knowledge of relevant computing platforms and automated test tools.

• Good knowledge of multiple department applications, subsystems, and functions.Strong knowledge of Quality Assurance methodologies.

• Good knowledge of company and department standards.

• Strong problem solving and analytical skills.

• Strong time management skills.

• Strong oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently to a diverse range of customers.

Location: [rss]	US-CA-Irvine
Telecommute:	No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name:
Contact Phone:
Contact Email:	tdo@consumerinfo.com
URL:	http://www.experian.com

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