QA Test Lead/Manager

Location: Austin, TX Onsite Contract (Local or surrounding area within a 50-mile radius)Highly Preferred Candidate:

• Experience with workers compensation systems
• Experience with a Texas State Agency

Provide 3 business references, which must include their company name and phone number. Reference Name (Required):Title:Company Name (Required):Phone Number (Required include area code):E-mail Address:Professional Relationship:Responsibilities:The Test Manager will plan, manage, and monitor the testing activities being conducted by the testing resources related to the modernization of worker's compensation legacy systems.

• Work directly with client Software Development Director and Data and Systems Manager to execute overall quality assurance testing strategy.
• Work directly with client's ITS leadership to identify potential automated QA tools and carry out proof of concept/trial studies.
• Manage, perform, monitor, and report on test activities.
• Oversee user acceptance, performance, accessibility, interface, and data conversion testing.
• Review, update and create test strategy, suites, and scripts.
• Identify and coordinate the creation of test data.
• Review and comment on business user system test results.
• Document and report test results and problem incident reports (PIRs)/defect status.
• Assist client's Project Manager in developing and executing the user acceptance testing (UAT) Test Plan for all assigned projects.
• Coordinate scheduling of testing staff, test activities, and meetings.
• Provide training and mentoring of testing team members.
• Perform related work as assigned.

Project work will extend to at least one application, TXCOMP, but may also include other applications as determined by project scope. All work shall be limited to workflows, business processes, and other functionality originating from the Division of Workers' Compensation. The contract staff shall work on an agile scrum team, participating in regular meetings, work sessions, and interactions with the business owners.Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.
Years	Required/Preferred	Experience
4	Required	Evaluating requirements from end users and applying those in test plan development
4	Required	Performing QA and ADAA testing on web-based applications
4	Required	Performing manual QA testing
4	Required	Working with Oracle 12c or 19c databases, evaluating database table structure using data dictionaries and entity relationship diagrams, and writing custom Oracle SQL queries
4	Required	Writing documentation of work performed
2	Required	Working on a team as a QA lead or manager, overseeing a team of QA testers, delegating work, and evaluating performance
2	Required	Using automated testing tools
2	Required	Experience working on an agile scrum team and knowledge of basic scrum practices
1	Required	Evaluating automated testing tools for QA
4	Preferred	Working with State of Texas regulatory applications/systems
1	Preferred	Working in with client's applications and databases