IT Quality Assurance Analyst - Education

JOB REQUIREMENTS: The Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is

seeking a QA Analyst who will serve as a member of the Application

Development Team under the Division of Libraries and Technology. The

Applications Development Team is responsible for enterprise

architecture, development, system testing, analysis, and maintenance of

Wisconsin Information systems for education that capture, interrelate

and report data. This includes but is not limited to WISE applications

that focus on finance, budget, and data collection and reporting

applications. These systems require extensive knowledge and experience

developing complex applications, reports, and relational databases. This

position is likely to be involved with the maintenance and enhancement

of the department's largest and most complex enterprise applications.

This person will be the QA Analyst for a team practicing the Agile/Scrum

development methodology and provide QA testing support. Quality

Assurance Analyst capabilities with 10 or more years of experience in

the field. Familiar with a variety of the field's concepts, practices,

and procedures. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and

accomplish goals. Independently, performs a variety of tasks. A wide

degree of creativity and latitude is expected. Under the general

supervision of the Assistant Director Application Development and

Management, this person will work closely with others to accomplish

project objectives, or function independently to accomplish daily work

requirements as a member of the Applications Development Team.

Objectives, priorities, and deadlines are established in consultation

with the department program area leaders, product owner, scrum master,

and the Applications Development Team manager. Quality Assurance related

duties Review agency education related business systems; provide

analysis and evaluate user needs. Report to Project team, supervisor the

findings of effectiveness of procedures in place and make

recommendations on policy initiatives and/or identified business

problems toward efficiencies. By collaborating with project team is able

to create and document Test Plans and Test Scripts Run test

scenarios/use cases for sprint cycle development. Develop and maintain

reference/resource materials for various complex program/business issues

relating to User Acceptance Testing. Work closely with internal staff,

supervisor and external partners to ensure established commonly used

concepts, practices, guidelines and procedures are utilized to maximize

effectiveness of business-related operational needs. Collaborate with

scrum teams, participating in their Agile scrum development processes

and practices. OTHER EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS: MANDATORY

REQUIREMENTS: - 10+ years of Quality Assurance experience - Hands on

experience working with applications related to public education and

policies - Experience with School Applications and Databases - .NET -

AZURE DEVOPs - UAT - Process a fundamental understanding of end-to-end

customer experience integration and dependencies - Experience writing

use cases and test scenarios - Ability to perform application and system

regression tests NICE TO HAVE: - Agile Scrum Certification - Experience

working with Agile-Scrum Methodology - Customer Service - Business

Analysis - Experience working with Special needs scholarship programs

and Incentive grant programs APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS: E-Mail

a Rsum: joannem@cci-worldwide.com