Test Manager

Allied Consultants, Inc.•Austin, TX

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Allied Consultants, Inc is a proudly Austin based firm with over 34 years of experience delivering top-tier technical and business professionals within Texas State Agencies. We are currently seeking an experience Test Manager to play a key role within a high-impact technical services team. At Allied Consultants, we value our consultants and are committed to providing an exceptional experience including: Highly competitive pay rates Local support staff for responsive, personal service Comprehensive benefits package, including: Medical insurance (with employer cost sharing) Life insurance A 401(K) plan with company match Flexible spending through a cafeteria plan Candidates selected for interviews will be subject to a criminal background check and may be required to pass a drug screening, in compliance with federal and state regulations. All offers of employment are contingent upon successful completion of these checks. Allied Consultants is a proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Requirements

5 Years Creating and executing system test plans
5 Years Performance Testing
5 Years Performance monitoring tools (eg; JProfiler, JMeter)
5 Years Test tools (JUnit, Selenium, Microfocus UFT, etc.)
5 Years Unit testing tools and frameworks (JUnit, Selenium, etc)
5 Years Experience and understanding of the full software life-cycle with specific emphasis on the testing discipline
5 Years Excellent leadership, communication, organization, planning, and problem-solving skills)
5 Years Manage, perform, monitor, and report on test activities
5 Years Oversee user acceptance, performance, accessibility, interface, and data conversion testing
5 Years Review, update and create test strategy, suites, and scripts
5 Years Document and report test results and problem incident reports (PIRs)/defect status
5 Years Coordinate scheduling of testing staff, test activities, and meetings
5 Years Provide training and mentoring of testing team members

Nice To Haves

5 Years DB2 and MS SQL Server Queries
5 Years Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) Octane
5 Years Jenkins, CVS, Maven, and Ant
4 Years Testing management experience in UI with commercial software including Sagitec’s Neosurance
1 Year State of Texas experience

Responsibilities

Perform advanced Test Manager work as a member of IT Project Management Office (PMO).
Perform highly advanced analysis and testing tasks related to software development.
Responsible for activities during all phases of the system development life cycle including analyzing, diagnosing and resolving reported software problems and troubleshooting system issues for internal and external clients.
Define and review the User Acceptance Testing (UAT) strategy specific to client's UAT scope (guidance to team for Unified Compliance Frameworks (UCFs) as well), and resources and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) testing to be aligned.
Coordinate each UCF with business SMEs.
Review of UAT Test Cases received from Vendor with SMEs.
Work with business users and SMEs to create and update test cases and execute testing.
Act as the main point of contact between IT, business users, and the development team.
Lead triages, tracking, prioritizing, and managing defects.
Provide and review updates on UAT progress and results.
Provide project status updates, progress on defects, and check progress on requirement traceability and coverage.
Ensure exit criteria are met and obtain final sign-off from the business.
Perform other duties as assigned to maintain operations