QA Engineer

Location:Minneapolis, MN
Duration:6 months
Compensation:$45/hr to sub or 1099(Max)

Job Description:
Our client is looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to join their team.

Participates in the incremental development of the Enterprise Data Warehouse (EDW) and loading or extracting of data from the warehouse to multiple data marts. Participates in Centralized Data Hub (CDH) project to create file-level data distribution center. Participates in the project life cycle, from analysis to production implementation, with emphasis on data analysis, system testing, and auditable documentation of results.

Description of Responsibilities:
" Create detailed test plans based on analysis of requirements and design documents.
" Execute systems and data quality testing to ensure all development deliverables are production ready.
" Write test case scripts and execute; document detailed results and summary report.
" In collaboration with other team members, analyze raw data to ensure the data will meet the business need.
" Coordinate UAT with business representatives.
" Monitor and resolve testing issues.
" Manage testing tasks concurrently on multiple projects.
" Work with the business owner to identify key data elements that will be monitored on an on-going basis to ensure a high level of data quality within the EDW.
" May coordinate the overall execution of the test plan with TIG and business representatives.
" May research production issues.
" May act as lead tester on projects.
" May act as technical resource to other testers.

Required:
" 7-10+ years of systems analysis experience (at least 3 years in the testing and/or data quality field)
" 2+ years of data-warehousing experience ('data driven' application testing does not fill requirement).
" Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent education/work experience.
" Experience with all types of testing including systems, data quality, regression and acceptance.
" Experience in creating test plans, cases, and scripts without the use of testing case tools.
" Experience in generation and formatting of test data in tables and/or files based