CL - Business Analyst - Project Lead

Job Description: Please read in detail:
Need two form at submission - they are clearly listed as such in the background check section.

Max Budgeted Bill Rate: -

Must have a bachelor's degree

In addition, the remote work is more like 40% and not 50%.

SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
THE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES APPLICATIONS TEAM IS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (DSS) AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING AND MAINTAINING APPLICATIONS IN SUPPORT OF THE CHILD SUPPORT SERVICES DIVISION (CSSD) INCLUDING PACSS (PALMETTO AUTOMATED CHILD SUPPORT SYSTEM), SDNH (STATE DIRECTORY OF NEW HIRES) AND THE CLIENT PORTAL APPLICATION.

DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Testers will report to the Testing Manager to monitor and support the execution of all testing phases related to system development.
Primary Responsibilities
Work with the State s Subject Matter Experts (SME) and Business Analysts to develop test scenarios/test cases and test scripts.
Work with SC Newhire and Client Portal applications product owner in enhancing the applications
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Testers will report to the Testing Manager to monitor and support the execution of all testing phases related to system development.
Primary Responsibilities
Work with the State s Subject Matter Experts (SME) and Business Analysts to develop test scenarios/test cases and test scripts.
Work with SC Newhire and Client Portal applications product owner in enhancing the applications
Work closely with new hire admin users and resolve user issues
Review requirements, component designs and use cases and maintain test script traceability to each as applicable
Prepare test data, including interface data files as needed, for executing test scripts
Execute test scripts
Record and verify test results
Analyze and report test results
Participate in functional design sessions
Report defects to Test Manager/Test Team
Perform Regression Tests
Reproduce defects/demonstrate defects to development as needed
Participate in Incident Review Meetings as needed
Provide data analysis and root cause analysis as needed
Participate on the monitoring and reporting on the execution of the System Development Contractor s performance under the CFS Project contract as it relates to all testing phases. This involves working with System Development Contractor s tools and appropriately extracting data to produce metrics and reports.
Other Responsibilities include:
Review Test Plans
Participate in Test Readiness Reviews
Review test related work products, including but not limited to system test reports, artifacts and requirements traceability matrix as needed.
Provide input to determine project test reports/metrics
Participate in development and execution of test automation scripts

REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
(SEE BEELINE DESCRIPTION)
5 YEARS EXPERIENCE PREPARING, DOCUMENTING, AND EXECUTING TEST CRITERIA, TEST CASES, TEST SCRIPTS, AND TEST PLANS FOR IT SYSTEMS PROJECTS
2 YEARS EXPERIENCE TESTING ON CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS
THOROUGH KNOWLEDGE OF TESTING CONCEPTS SUCH AS COMPONENT TESTING, INTEGRATION TESTING, SECURITY TESTING, PERFORMANCE TESTING, REGRESSION TESTING, ACCEPTANCE TESTING
EXPERIENCE TESTING BACK-END BATCH PROCESSES AND ABLE TO VERIFY/HANDLE THE OUTPUT DATA FILES.
PROFICIENT IN QUERYING DATA USING SQL SERVER
ABILITY TO PLAN, ORGANIZE, INSTRUCT, AND REVIEW THE WORK OF THE TESTING TEAM
ABILITY TO USE MS OFFICE, SHAREPOINT, AND WEBEX TOOLS EFFECTIVELY
ABILITY TO COMMUNICATE (ORALLY AND WRITTEN) EFFECTIVELY WITH TECHNICAL, NON-TECHNICAL STAFF, CUSTOMERS/STAKEHOLDERS (STATE AND FEDERAL) AND EXECUTIVES
KNOWLEDGE OF INDUSTRY STANDARDS (E.G. ISO, IEEE)

PREFERRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
(SEE BEELINE DESCRIPTION)
EXPERIENCE WITH MICROSOFT TEAM FOUNDATION SERVER (TFS) AND MICROSOFT TEST MANAGER
UNDERSTANDING OF AGILE OR ITERATIVE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES
A STRONG UNDERSTANDING OF THE BASICS OF FINANCIAL OPERATIONS, FROM RECEIPTS TO DISBURSEMENTS TO RECONCILIATION
EXPERIENCE WITH AUTOMATED TESTING TOOLS SUCH AS UFT OR SELENIUM
EXPERIENCE WITH STATE NEW HIRE SYSTEM

REQUIRED EDUCATION:
BS DEGREE
Additional Sills: Skills:Database Platforms Agile Yes 1 Lead Currently Using 4 - 6 Years Database Platforms Team Foundation Server (TFS) 2013 Yes 1 Lead Currently Using 4 - 6 Years Quality Assurance (QA) Selenium Yes 1 Lead Currently Using 4 - 6 Years