Need Quality Assurance Analyst - Consultant || Local to SC || Must be resident of South carolina.

Key Responsibilities:
Partner with the Test CoE, functional and technical teams, and management in executing a comprehensive testing strategy, protocol, and procedures.
Support test planning efforts for projects and normal changes to document business processes end to end and produce comprehensive test scripts for QA integration and regression testing.
Test Strategy and Planning: Participate in test strategy discussions and provide input on the feasibility and effectiveness of automated testing approaches.
Maintain the enterprise business process hierarchy and alignment of procedures/test cases.
Work with the Test Delivery Lead and Test Automation CoE team to configure and execute test automation tools, leveraging the Test Automation CoE framework.
Test Automation Development: Create, enhance, and maintain automated test scripts using Tricentis Tosca for various software applications and systems.
Test Case Design: Collaborate with Quality Assurance (QA) and development teams to design test cases based on the business process, functional requirements/user stories.
Design, build, and maintain formal test plans and scripts, document testing outcomes, results, defects and resolutions. Assist with root cause analysis when necessary for testing results.
Test Execution: Execute automated test cases and report defects, ensuring comprehensive coverage and accuracy of testing results.
Test Data Management: Manage test data and ensure its availability and relevance for automated test execution.
Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for test process improvement and implement best practices to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of testing efforts.
Test Framework Enhancement: Contribute to the development and maintenance of automation frameworks, libraries, and utilities to support test automation scalability and maintainability.
Defect Management: Analyze and document test results and defects in a clear and concise manner, assisting in the defect resolution process.
Test Environment Setup: Collaborate with infrastructure and operations teams to set up and maintain test environments necessary for automated testing activities.
Test Reporting: Generate and present test automation reports to stakeholders, highlighting test execution progress, coverage, and potential risks.
Maintain quality test results and artifacts, maintain the framework for metrics and dashboard reporting on Test Execution and Defect resolution to resolution / closure.
Training and Knowledge Sharing: Assist in training and mentoring team members on Tricentis Tosca automation best practices and testing techniques.
Stay Current with Industry Trends: Stay up-to-date with the latest testing tools, methodologies, and trends in the automation testing space.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):
5+ years of demonstrated progressive experience as a Quality Assurance Test Engineer/Analyst.
5+ years of solid understanding of software testing concepts, methodologies, and best practices.
Moderate knowledge of Finance, HCM, Logistics and Treasury processes.
Ability to interpret requirements, functional and technical designs and produce testing artifacts.