Quality Assurance Specialist 3/

Position: DPS: Quality Assurance Specialist 3/QAS 3

Location: Columbus, Ohio – HYBRID

Duration: Long Term

Job Description:

• Interviews will be required to be in-person at the Shipley building at 1970 West Broad Street. Is your candidate willing and able to interview in person? Please do not submit candidates who are unable to interview in person.
• Candidate must be an Ohio resident, and work must be performed within the State of Ohio. Does your candidate accept?
• QAS3 to help IT design, pilot, and implement the software quality assurance review process. Will help development teams test software quality for production deployment.
• This position will function as a highly skilled Quality Assurance Specialist with specific responsibilities that include:

Responsibilities:

• Proactively engage in the end-to-end software testing cycle as it pertains to the project.
• Work closely with and follow direction from QA Manager
• Contribute to the establishment of and meet quality goals and objectives for the project.
• Contribute to all aspects of quality assurance for the project including establishing relevant metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• With input from QA Manager and team, develop and execute test cases, scripts, plans and procedures (manual and automated).
• Work with the ODPS project team to test updates, patches, and repairs to the application software components in the development, test, and QA environments. Develop software changes for promotion to production following best practice and standards as defined by the ODPS ITO.
• Take corrective action, subject to the ODPS Management approval, to resolve all issues and problems encountered with testing to ensure the applications perform as required.
• Design, execute and maintain automated test scripts.

Required Skills:

• Strong coding/automation experience along with communication/ leadership skills.
• Strong influence, collaboration and negotiation experience.
• Ability to collaborate with supporting resources across business and/or functional lines.
• Have excellent oral and written skills/possess strong meeting and work session facilitation skills.
• Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.
• Have strong understanding of prioritization stemming from the elicitation of system and/or user requirements.
• Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Must be knowledgeable in the English language/speak clearly and understandably use the English language.
• Must meet productivity standards, complete work in timely manner and strive to increase productivity