Quality Assurance Engineer

RESPONSIBILITIES:
Kforce has a client in NYC that is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to provide leadership, direction, and management, with overall accountability for IT Quality Assurance teams across insurance and assigned business lines. This role includes overseeing a team of consultants and leading the Quality Assurance team through a process-driven methodology to achieve project goals while adhering to QA standards and practices.

Responsibilities:
* Lead several IT Quality Assurance teams through a clearly defined process-driven methodology to ensure project goals, QA standards, and internal best practices are routinely and meticulously followed
* Partner with Business and Development teams to review business/technical requirements and guides and assists QA testers in generating comprehensive test strategy, plans, impact analysis and test cases for effective assurance and testing functions
* Manage QA capacity and resources and scheduling QA activities and quality gates for their project teams
* Through contribution, help define and establish new sets of best-practices, processes, scorecards and tooling for Quality Assurance organization; This is to ensure that overall productivity and quality is measured to optimize targeted milestones
* Collaborate with the Automation Lead(s) to establish a standards-based automation and performance testing competency; This includes developing a robust testing framework, utilizing testing and test management tools, and creating test data and test cases for key applications across the portfolio
* Develop and maintain functional, end-to-end, performance, and regression test suites that thoroughly cover all aspects of applications across the portfolio
* Ensure comprehensive impact analysis is conducted and reviewed thoroughly to identify the right test cases that cover relevant exposures, in collaboration with project stakeholders

REQUIREMENTS:
* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
* 3+ years of experience as a Software Quality Assurance Lead
* Experience is required in managing software/application testing for Insurance industry Specialty and Commercial LOBs experience implementing new products and platforms is strongly preferred
* Knowledge in Automation Testing Tools like HP QTP, Selenium, etc., is preferred and specifically how they are used in UI, Forms and Rating testing
* Strong software engineering and development lifecycle knowledge
* Strong hands-on experience with planning and testing UI as well as back-office systems that require Web services or batch-based integrations and implementations
* Knowledge with performance testing tools (LoadRunner, AppLoader, etc.) as well as data profiling for representative load testing is preferred
* Experience with Microsoft TFS and Test Manager (MTM) for test management is preferred
* Quality Assurance leadership experience with Guidewire Insurance solutions is highly preferred
* Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
* Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment
* Strong management and leadership experience

The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future.

We offer comprehensive benefits including medical/dental/vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k), and life, disability & ADD insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave.

Note: Pay is not considered compensation until it is earned, vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any compensation remains in Kforce's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified in its discretion consistent with the law.

This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions.

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