QA/Tester (Senior)

Job Title: QA/Tester (Senior)

Duration:12 months+ (possible extension for multiple years)

Location: Linthicum, MD, 21090

Client: Maryland Benefits/MD Think

CJAMS Operations team (Child Welfare and Adult Service)

Position Description: The Quality Assurance Consultant provides quality management for information systems using the standard methodologies, techniques, and metrics for assuring product quality and key activities in quality management. This individual is responsible for performing the following tasks:

1. Establishing capable processes, monitoring and control of critical processes and product mechanisms for feedback of performance, implementing effective root cause analysis and corrective action system, and continuous process improvement.
2. Providing strategic quality plans in targeted areas of the organization.
3. Providing QA strategies to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established industry standards, government regulations, and customer requirements.
4. Developing and implementing life cycle and QA methodologies and educating and implementing QA metrics.

Education: This position requires a Bachelor s degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems or a related discipline.

General Experience: The proposed candidate must have at least eight (8) years of information systems quality assurance experience.

Specialized Experience: The proposed candidate must have at least five (5) years of experience working with statistical methods and quality standards. This individual must have working QA/process knowledge and possess superior written and verbal communication skills. Prior experience with MD DHS Child Welfare application highly preferred