Request ID: BL- 9799-1(99090412)
Work Location: Columbia, SC 29210
Qty: 1
Duration: 12+ Months
Hrs/Wk: 40.00
REQUIRED SKILLS (RANK IN ORDER OF IMPORTANCE):
-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.
-ABILITY TO READ AND UNDERSTAND DATA MODELS AND ER DIAGRAMS. ABILITY TO USE SQL TO QUERY DATA.
-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
REQUIRED EDUCATION:
-BS DEGREE
Education Bachelor’s Degree Yes 1
Miscellaneous Ability to deal effectively with the needs of technical peers, technical and user management, users, vendors, and staff members, and to communicate clearly and effectively in spoken and written form Yes 1 Expert Within 2 Years 4 – 6 Years
Program Management Manual Testing Yes 2 Advanced Within 2 Years 4 – 6 Years
Quality Assurance (QA) CREATION OF TEST SCENARIOS Yes 2 Advanced Within 2 Years 4 – 6 Years
Quality Assurance (QA) INTEGRATION TESTING Yes 2 Advanced Within 2 Years 2 – 4 Years
Quality Assurance (QA) Software Testing Yes 1 Lead Within 2 Years 4 – 6 Years
Quality Assurance (QA) Test Case Development Yes 2 Expert Within 2 Years 4 – 6 Years
Quality Assurance (QA) Test Scripts Yes 1 Lead Within 2 Years 4 – 6 Years
Quality Assurance (QA) Interface Testing No 3 Advanced Within 2 Years 2 – 4 Years
Quality Assurance (QA) MICROSOFT TEST MANAGER (MTM) No 3 Advanced Within 2 Years 2 – 4 Years
Quality Assurance (QA) UAT – User Acceptance Testing No 3 Advanced Within 2 Years 2 – 4 Years
Specialties Business Analyst Yes 1 Lead Within 2 Years 2 – 4 Years
Specialties Child Support Enforcement System (CSES) Yes 2 Expert Within 2 Years 2 – 4 Years
SCOPE OF THE PROJECT:
THE CFS PROJECT IS PART OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (DSS) AND IS RESPONSIBLE FOR DEVELOPING, IMPLEMENTING, MAINTAINING, AND OBTAINING FEDERAL CERTIFICATION OF A FEDERALLY-MANDATED CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SYSTEM (CSES) THAT WILL PROVIDE COMPREHENSIVE SUPPORT TO THE OPERATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA’S CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT (CSE) PROGRAM AS WELL AS FOR COMPLETING THE DEVELOPMENT AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE FAMILY COURT CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (FCCMS) FOR THE 46 CLERKS OF COURT.
DAILY DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES:
Report to the Functional Lead to monitor and support the execution of all testing phases related to system development.
Primary Responsibilities
-Plan Test Team activities
-Work with the State’s Subject Matter Experts (SME) and Business Analysts to develop test scenarios/test cases and test scripts.
-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
-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
Remote Work Availability: 0%
SCDSS-DTS Contractor Security Disclosures MANDATORY (3).docx