Lead IT QA Consultant - ProSidian Consulting, LLC : Job Details

ProSidian is looking for “Great People Who Lead” at all levels in the organization. Are you a talented professional ready to deliver real value to clients in a fast-paced, challenging environment? ProSidian Consulting is looking for professionals who share our commitment to integrity, quality, and value.

ProSidian is a management and operations consulting firm with a reputation for its strong national practice spanning six solution areas including Risk Management, Energy & Sustainability, Compliance, Business Process, IT Effectiveness, and Talent Management. We help clients improve their operations.

Linking strategy to execution, ProSidian assists client leaders in maximizing company return on investment capital through design and execution of operations core to delivering value to customers. Visit www.ProSidian.com or follow the company on Twitter at www.twitter.com/ProSidian for more information.

ProSidian Seeks a Lead IT QA Consultant in CONUS/OCONUS - Olympia, WA to support an Agency dedicated to the safety, health and security of 2.5 million workers and helping employers meet safety and health standards. The ProSidian Team works to provide expert level Information Technology (IT) Quality Assurance (QA) consulting services supporting a full cross-agency “business transformation” initiatives intended to achieve the mission of keeping citizens in the state safe and working.

Lead IT QA Consultant Candidates shall work to support requirements for Program Support and lead IT QA Consultant will conduct independent quality assurance (QA), Independent Verification and Validation (IV&V), oversight and assessment activities in alignment with the Client Organizations requirements, policies, guidelines including but not limited to the Chief Information Officer (OCIO) Policy 132.

• Provide IT QA consulting services during the specific time-frame as defined under any authorized Statement of Work (SOW).
• Leading QA methodology development and refinement in designing the right mixture of manual and automation tests to deliver quality effectively on time and budget.
• Inform Client Stakeholders, Project Sponsors, Development Teams, User Acceptance Testing, and functional representatives of risk factors and recommend corrective actions to reduce or prevent risk.
• Document accomplishments and key Deliverables for the project.
• Review the quality of deliverables and products produced by Client Stakeholders, Project Sponsors, Development Teams, User Acceptance Testing, and functional representatives.
• Meet regularly with the project team, as needed.
• Attend required meetings with the project steering committee(s), agency leadership, project teams, and other stakeholders as required.
• Support the implementation of project management processes, methodologies, and tools to minimize risk and validate content.
• Conduct project management reviews and assessments of client and vendor activities, work products, and deliverables.
• Support the delivery of all QA services, work products, and deliverables.
• Work in an Agile environment and assist the development team in automating tests at multiple levels of testing.
• Work with business users in defining and writing User Acceptance Testing, test cases and plans.

The Lead IT QA Consultant shall have consecutive employment in a position with comparable responsibilities within the past five (5) years. Must be able to use a computer to communicate via email; and proficient in Microsoft Office Products (Word/Excel/Power point) and related tools and technology required for the position.

Required Qualifications And Experience:

• A Project Management Professional (PMP) certification with Project Management Institute (PMI) Preferred.
• A Master Project Management (MPM) certification from a recognized college or institute Preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years providing QA services for a large scale (multi-million dollar) state or Govt. agency IT projects.
• A combination of prior QA or PM experience totaling five (5) or more years providing services on information technology (IT) projects of similar or greater size, risk, and complexity.
• A Bachelor's degree in computer science or five (5) equivalent work experience.
• Proficient Experience with one or more automated testing applications/tools such as Groovy, Selenium, Junit, Cucumber, or other similar tools.
• Experience writing test plans and test cases and exposure to DevOps, Continuous Integration and Agile methodologies.
• Experience in resolving issues found in automated testing.

Ideal Skillsets:

• Have extensive experience in information technology project management.
• Have the ability to adapt to ambiguous situations consistently.
• Be able to work independently and lead specific tasks.
• Self-Driven - actively looks for ways to contribute including testing code for large scale/availability / resiliency.
• Has a strong sense of software craftsmanship.
• Is predictive, anticipatory, forward-looking, and is evidenced-based.
• Is methodical and based on industry standards and best practices.
• Is independent, objective, and not aligned with any individual stakeholder.
• Communicates in a straightforward, accurate, and specific manner.
• Has a comprehensive understanding of how to successfully manage projects.
• Demonstrates the highest degree of integrity.

Travel as coordinated with the technical point of contact and approved in writing by the Contracting Officer in advance, is allowed, in accordance with Federal Travel Regulations. LOCATION: Work shall be conducted at the CONUS/OCONUS - Olympia, WA

ProSidian Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, or Vietnam era, or other eligible veteran status, or any other protected factor.

ProSidian Consulting has made a pledge to the Hiring Our Heroes Program of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation and the “I Hire Military” Initiative of The North Carolina Military Business Center (NCMBC) for the State of North Carolina. All applicants are encouraged to apply regardless of Veteran Status.

Furthermore, we believe in HONOR ABOVE ALL - be successful while doing things the right way. The pride comes out of the challenge; the reward is excellence in the work.

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