QA Analyst

This is a new perm opening for our client. You're required to be onsite every Wednesday in the Chicago office. The salary is up to 110K without a bonus. They can go slightly higher for a rockstar candidate. They need to have BI/ETL experience along with manual functional test experience. 

Responsibilities:

• Meet w/Dev/BA to ensure there is clarity on the Defect/Enhancement being worked on
• Provide developers/BA’s with high level test scenarios 
• Write test cases 
• Utilize quality tools (ALM/JIRA)
• Verify code meets Requirements & Business expectations

Skills:

• Demonstrates analytical thinking – the ability to identify / communicate / provide solutions to problems
• Possesses the ability to be able to hold others & themselves accountable for following process/standards
• Able to write comprehensive test cases and test scenarios
• Demonstrates root cause analysis skills (troubleshooting)
• Understands the importance of data within a test environment

Required:

• 5+ years QA experience
• Strong English written and verbal communication skills
• Strong grasp of QA processes
• Proactive problem solver
• Extensive experience with creating SQL queries (Selects, Joins, subqueries)
• Strong grasp on Agile QA process
• Self-Directed
• Excellent listening, oral, and written communication skills
• Highly detail oriented and well organized
• Strong interpersonal and teamwork skills

Preferred:

• Experience with ALM/JIRA
• Experience in Agile/Dynamic environments
• Experience with creating SQL views/materialized views
• Experience with Informatica
• Experience with PL/SQL