QA Engineer Job Posting

Job Title:	QA Engineer
Company:	E*Pro Inc
Position Type:	Contract to Hire
Pay Rate:	DOE
Skills:	QA,SQL,COTS
Date Posted:	Oct-19-09

JOB ID: GC-F115M4QAE-VA

JOB TITLE : QA Engineer

LOCATION : Herndon,VA

DURATION : Contract -- Hire

WORK STATUS : US Citizen

JOB DESCRIPTION :

• Develops and implements quality control procedures to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards and guidelines.
• Conducts and/or participates in formal and informal reviews at predetermined points throughout the development life cycle.
• Reviews quality metrics for work in progress and progress in accordance with schedules.
• Reviews correctness, adherence to the design and to user standards, reviews documentation to assure Government standards/requirements are satisfied.
• Maintains processes for evaluating products, services, and associated documentation.
• Formulates recommendations, as needed, for process and product improvements.
• Assists in preparation of milestone status reports.

REQUIRED WORK EXPERIENCE:

• Five years of experience in IT system development projects maintaining quality control throughout the software life cycle.
• Requires strong background in writing and executing comprehensive test plans for acceptance, regression, functional, and stress testing.
• Knowledge of COTS products for automating the execution of tests or developing their own test tools is desirable.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION:

Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems analysis, information systems, statistics, mathematics or related field. An advanced degree in a related discipline may be substituted for three years of experience.

Location:	US-VA-Herndon
Telecommute:	No (Onsite Position)
Contact Name:	Recruiter
Contact Phone:	732-283-0499 extn:237
Contact Email:	req@eprocorp.com

Requirement Based Functional Testing

Function (Integration) test is usually the first test phase that a test organization is responsible for during any given release. Requirements based Function Test is one approach to Function (Integration) test - it is a powerful and effective testing approach, which will significantly reduce the number of undetected defects (faults) being released into production. The premise is that a well-formulated set of functional requirements give the Test Designers (see .Testing and The Role of a Test Designer Tester.) a definitive bases for test case design.

What is Function Test?

"The objective of function test is to measure the quality of the functional (business) components of the system". Tests verify that the system behaves correctly from the user / business perspective and functions according to the requirements, models, storyboards, or any other design paradigm used to specify the application. The function test must determine if each component or business event: performs in accordance to the specifications, responds correctly to all conditions that may be presented by incoming events / data, moves data correctly from one business event to the next (including data stores), and that business events are initiated in the order required to meet the business objectives of the system.

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