Senior Quality Assurance Analyst- Laboratory information management systems (LIMS)

Ajace - Laurel, MD

Full-time - Senior

Laurel, MD

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Quality Assurance Analyst for Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS) plays a critical role in ensuring the quality and reliability of software applications within the organization. This position involves collaborating closely with development teams to define testing strategies, implement quality assurance processes, and conduct thorough testing to meet project requirements. The analyst will also provide guidance to other QA team members and facilitate user acceptance testing, ensuring that the final product meets the necessary standards before implementation.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate application requirements and synthesize plans, strategies, and scenarios for system testing.
• Assist in the development and implementation of QA testing strategy and design for large and complex IT projects.
• Establish plans, standards, and procedures in collaboration with the Quality Assurance Manager and application development teams.
• Ensure adequate product testing prior to implementation.
• Provide technical expertise and oversight to other QA team members.
• Define and track quality assurance metrics such as defect densities and open defect counts.
• Provide training and guidance to project teams regarding QA processes and procedures.
• Educate business users on business requirements and user acceptance testing protocols.
• Conduct user acceptance testing in collaboration with user acceptance testers.
• Prepare and deliver presentations on IT QA aspects to other IT departments and business users.
• Facilitate regular patching events for Windows, Linux, and other platforms as assigned.
• Develop, maintain, and provide status reports on project progress metrics.
• Evaluate automated testing tools and in-house processes for refinement and improvement.
• Follow projects/changes post go-live to ensure production performance aligns with tested solutions.
• Ensure standards are followed for testing, benchmarking, and change management.
• Work with test automation or learn UFT automation.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related field.
• At least seven (7) years of professional job-related experience with a bachelor's degree or five (5) years with a master's degree.
• Public Utility experience preferred.
• Experience with Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS).
• Experience with UC4 batch processing tool.
• Experience with Customer 2 Meter (C2M) / Workforce management systems.
• Advanced knowledge of testing strategy and design, and quality assurance methods and procedures.
• Experience with ALM, UFT, and LoadRunner preferred.
• Advanced working knowledge of system integration testing, automation testing, infrastructure patching, performance testing, white box, black box, and UAT testing.
• In-depth knowledge of the full life cycle SDLC process and user methodologies.
• Diverse knowledge of programming languages including Web Focus, .NET, JAVA/J2EE, UNIX, and SQL.
• Knowledge of designing and building test automation processes.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft and other project management tools.
• Familiarity with relational databases such as Oracle and SQL Server.
• Ability to test complex, distributed enterprise systems and web applications.
• Ability to assess software requirements quality including traceability.
• Ability to document inconsistencies and defects with clear descriptions and recommendations.
• Ability to meet scope, budget, and tight implementation schedules.
• Ability to understand business processes and formulate/execute a testing strategy in support of that process.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Ability to lead large scale testing efforts with minimum supervision.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with test script development.
• Knowledge of system design and architecture diagrams.
• Problem-solving skills.
• Multi-tasking abilities.
• Team collaboration skills.
• Critical thinking capabilities.
• Task execution leadership.