Software QA-Short term contract

Location: Washington, DC 20433 Employment Type: Full Time, Temporary/Contract/Project Reference Code: 1001135594 Short Term Contract - **Please note, can not use 3rd party vendors**   Location: Washington DC (metro accessible)JOB SUMMARY: As a member of the Web Integration Team, Quality Assurance and Customer Relationship Management Group, the successful candidate will be responsible for writing system related documentation, planning, developing, and executing, manual and automated test scripts, and assist with architect test automation solutions, processes, and policies to establish a more effective systematic approach to improving software quality and documentation. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working on multiple projects at the same time, dealing with different levels of stakeholders, alternating between software testing, test planning and coordination, writing technical documentation, and handling change management requests based on industry best practices and standards (e.g.ITIL, Six Sigma, CMMI) within the scope of the following two primary functions.  FUNCTIONS: Software Quality and Change Management  The selected candidate is expected to apply the latest best practices of software quality and quality metrics and apply structure and expertise to continually reduce the test costs and risks associated with changes, and work with multiple groups across the organization, both technical and functional, for ensuring quality through all stages of the software development and change management life cycles.  The primary responsibility and objective, involved with change management is to identify test requirements and risks, ensure the change request timeliness, accuracy, quality, completion, and compliance with change management policies and procedures.  Specific Roles and Responsibilities   Design and implement efforts to establish a systematic approach for the creation and/or revision of software product, business and systems processes documentation. Responsible for improving the technical documentation process and library. Plan, coordinate and execute documentation projects under very general direction Recommend and implement QA tools, work flow, and process improvements consistent with customer demand, existing resources, and enterprise strategy. Display leadership in automating QA processes and improving QA productivity. Develop metrics and implement measurements to quantify the effectiveness of QA processes, analyze collected data to determine cause and effect, recommend process improvements and establish ongoing reporting process. Create and review change requests, test requirements, coordinate, schedule and carry out testing activities.  This involves providing backup support in the absence of the primary Software Tester, and together review and design testing process, procedures, templates, and metrics; development and maintenance of test suite libraries; creation of well defined, reusable test scenarios for new and existing applications and enhancements;  per test cycle, execute tests, track, document, and proactively communicate the results of the testing exercise. Qualified candidate should apply by sending a MS Word formatted copy of resume to the following email ID: HeatherRaines@Technisource.com  I look forward to hearing from you!!