Senior Software QA Engineer

Title:Senior Software QA Engineer
ID:TEC00028182

Description

Primary Objective(s)

We are seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Engineer with experience testing complex software systems as part of an agile (Scrum) software development team. The ideal candidate will have a strong knowledge of QA industry practices and proven experience working as a senior member of a quality assurance team. Experience with automated testing tools and procedures is required. Experience testing financial, banking, accounting or legal case management applications a strong plus.

Division/Group/Role


Elite is a leading developer of integrated information solutions for professional services firms worldwide. Elite is part of Thomson Reuters and is a premier provider of financial and practice management systems to the legal industry and to other professional services markets, including accounting, marketing services, and management and IT consulting.

Elite develops proven software solutions and delivers expert professional services that help customers enhance their core business competencies and sharpen their strategic focus. Headquartered in Los Angeles, Elite maintains offices in Albuquerque, Auckland, Boston, Calgary, Hong Kong, London, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Singapore and Sydney. More than 60% of the AmLaw 100 and Global 100 law firms and nearly 30% of the top CPA firms rely on Elite solutions to manage their business.

Key Responsibilities
- Participate in the test planning process for the software lifecycle from inception through implementation and maintenance, including reviews of iterative specs, architecture, designs, and code, to make a positive impact on the functionality, quality, and testability of key features.
- Work with QA team members, business analysts and software development to implement test driven development (TDD) strategy within scrum framework using Microsoft Visual Studio tools.
- Design and implement automated tests for functional, load, and scalability testing.
- Supervise, provide technical guidance and mentorship for junior team members, both local and offshore. Allocate resources and schedule tasks.
- Analyze existing software implementations and review existing tests for improvement, define additional tests for existing features as needed.
- Read, understand and use information from user stories to guide the QA team in designing and writing test cases for new features.
- Find, trace, and thoroughly identify defects; generating defect reports; working with QA team members and developers to help troubleshoot and resolve defects; and verifying corrective actions taken by the team.
- Review and update existing test procedures and suggest improvements, work with team and QA Management to update procedures.
- Investigate and recommend tool use, process improvements, and industry innovations.
- Provide accurate and timely status reports of current work progress.

We are the leading source of intelligent information for the world's businesses and professionals, providing customers with competitive advantage. Intelligent information is a unique synthesis of human intelligence, industry expertise and innovative technology that provides decision-makers with the knowledge to act, enabling them to make better decisions faster. We deliver this must-have insight to the financial and risk, legal, tax and accounting, intellectual property and science and media markets, powered by the world's most trusted news organization.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications, Experience, Knowledge and Skills
- BS in computer science, computer information system and/or related fields, OR verifiable equivalent industry experience testing complex software applications.
- Minimum 5 years QA experience testing complex software applications.
- Ability to create and execute functional test cases and test plans, and review test cases and plans written by other team members.
- Proficient with relational databases, with a proven ability to write SQL queries; comfortable using SQL to validate data and generate test data sets.
- Experience using a primary computer language (such as VB.NET, JAVA, C/C++/C#, Javascript).
- Experience with Test Automation tools (Coded UI, SilkTest, Selenium, QTP, etc).
- Experience with Microsoft Exchange Server, CRM systems, IIS, Microsoft SQL Server, Windows networking.
- Proven ability to provide time estimates for tasks, set and meet deadlines, achieve goals and objectives within those estimates.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, proven ability to seamlessly work with people in remote locations via chat, phone, and web.
- Must be highly detail oriented with an ability to independently research and learn new concepts and technologies quickly.

Desired Knowledge & Qualifications
- Working knowledge of test management systems such as SilkCentral Test Manager (SCTM), Microsoft Test
- Manager (MTM) or HP Quality Center preferred.
- Experience using Microsoft Visual Studio tools (Visual Studio 2010 or 2012, TFS, Microsoft Test Professional, Microsoft Test Manager) for test creation and execution.
- Working knowledge of defect tracking and work item management systems such as Microfocus StarTeam, Microsoft TFS or similar.
- Experience testing financial enterprise, banking, accounting systems such as SAP or legal applications a plus.
- Development experience in VB.Net or C# are also a strong plus.

At Thomson Reuters, we believe what we do matters. We are passionate about our work, inspired by the impact it has on our business and our customers. As a team, we believe in winning as one - collaborating to reach shared goals, and developing through challenging and meaningful experiences. With over 60,000 employees in more than 100 countries, we work flexibly across boundaries and realize innovations that help shape industries around the world. Making this happen is a dynamic, evolving process, and we count on each employee to be a catalyst in driving our performance - and their own.

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under country or local law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

Intrigued by a challenge as large and fascinating as the world itself? Come join us.

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According to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), the H-1B visa cap has been met for the 2014 fiscal year (October 1, 2013-September 30, 2014).

Job: Technology Development
Primary Location: Culver City, CA, US
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Organization: L LLF Elite
Schedule: Full-time
Education Level:
Job Type: Standard
Shift:
Travel: No