QA/Test Manager

Overview

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 QA/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.

Responsibilities

The Test Manager will plan, manage, and monitor the testing activities being conducted by the testing resources related to the modernization of worker’s compensation legacy systems.

Responsibilities:

• Work directly with client Software Development Director and Data and Systems Manager to execute overall quality assurance testing strategy.
• Work directly with client's ITS leadership to identify potential automated QA tools and carry out proof of concept/trial studies.
• Manage, perform, monitor, and report on test activities.
• Oversee user acceptance, performance, accessibility, interface, and data conversion testing.
• Review, update and create test strategy, suites, and scripts.
• Identify and coordinate the creation of test data.
• Review and comment on business user system test results.
• Document and report test results and problem incident reports (PIRs)/defect status.
• Assist client's Project Manager in developing and executing the user acceptance testing (UAT) Test Plan for all assigned projects.
• Coordinate scheduling of testing staff, test activities, and meetings.
• Provide training and mentoring of testing team members.
• Perform related work as assigned.

Project work will extend to at least one application, TXCOMP, but may also include other applications as determined by project scope. All work shall be limited to workflows, business processes, and other functionality originating from the Division of Workers’ Compensation. The contract staff shall work on an agile scrum team, participating in regular meetings, work sessions, and interactions with the business owners.

**Location of job: Onsite. Candidates must be local to Austin, TX**

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements:Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity.

Years

Required/Preferred

Experience

4

Required

Evaluating requirements from end users and applying those in test plan development

4

Required

Performing QA and ADAA testing on web-based applications

4

Required

Performing manual QA testing

4

Required

Working with Oracle 12c or 19c databases, evaluating database table structure using data dictionaries and entity relationship diagrams, and writing custom Oracle SQL queries

4

Required

Writing documentation of work performed

2

Required

Working on a team as a QA lead or manager, overseeing a team of QA testers, delegating work, and evaluating performance

2

Required

Using automated testing tools

2

Required

Experience working on an agile scrum team and knowledge of basic scrum practices

1

Required

Evaluating automated testing tools for QA

4

Preferred

Working with State of Texas regulatory applications/systems

1

Preferred

Working in with client's applications and databases