Lead IT QA Consultant
Company: ProSidian Consulting, LLC
Location: Olympia
Posted on: January 15, 2021
Job Description:
- 1011 Plum Street SE, Olympia, Washington, United States
- Contract Company Description 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. Job Description
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 and the Agency also inspects workplaces when
alerted to hazards. As administrators of the state's workers'
compensation system, The Washington State Department Of Labor And
Industries is similar to a large insurance company, providing
medical and limited wage-replacement coverage to workers who suffer
job-related injuries and illness. Key functions include: Protecting
the health and safety of workers - Ensuring medical care and
financial help for injured workers - Protecting workers' wages,
hours, breaks and more - Protecting the public from unsafe work and
economic hardship 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. Business transformation (BT) calls for
modernizing the agency's extensive technology infrastructure and
corresponding business processes over several years. The client is
starting with people and processes - ensuring the best way to do
business and collectively understand business priorities and
customers' expectations. Then, they will invest in new technology
to support those process improvements and achieve stated goals and
objectives. 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. The focus will be made on
enterprise professional services covering Commercial Off The Shelf
(COTS), Modified Commercial off The Shelf (MOTS), custom build
applications/systems, .etc as part of System Modernization and
Business Transformation (BT). Enterprise QA Professional Services
are required for current application/technology/Process/People
Solutions as well as future BT Related Procurements (including
projected procurement timeframes) which may include: Enabling
Technologies, Enterprise Content Management (ECM) Systems, Customer
Relationship Management (CRM) Systems, Conveyance Management
Systems, Workers' Compensations System Modernization (WCSM) project
and other agency projects. Quality Assurance is a discipline to
ensure that project management standards, processes, and procedures
are appropriate and effectively implemented to increase the
probability of a project's success. Quality Assurance applies to
the entire project, from initiation through implementation and
closeout. Quality Assurance provides its greatest value when it is
engaged as early as possible, beginning with the feasibility study.
Professional QA Practitioner findings and recommendations are based
on a combination of evidence, knowledge of industry standards,
knowledge of the project, and professional judgment drawn from
experience. As such, it is expected that the Lead IT QA Consultant
be knowledgeable and practiced in all aspects of Information
Technology system life cycle project management processes as
defined in the Project Management Institute (PMI) Project
Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK). Duties would include
reviewing, monitoring, and observing project management activities,
processes, and deliverables. The Lead IT QA Consultant is expected
to ensure that QA services are provided in alignment with a
client's overall project schedule. Additionally, they would be
responsible for supporting the written assessment reports developed
by the team and overseeing the recommendations developed to ensure
they provide early warning to our clients of potential risks;
including, actionable input and recommendations that can be tracked
to completion.
- Provide IT QA consulting services during the specific
time-frame (e.g., procurement development through solution
implementation and Go-Live of the initial project phase, project
start-up through completion of a key critical event, etc.) and 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 to monitor progress against schedule
(status and stage of completion), costs, requirements, and project
Deliverables in compliance for risk indicators.
- 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
and, if applicable procurement, which may include evaluation
events, assessment of deliverables and tasks specified in the
Project Plan for all tracks of each project, etc.
- Review the quality of deliverables and products produced by
Client Stakeholders, Project Sponsors, Development Teams, User
Acceptance Testing, and functional representatives if applicable,
the selected vendors for business transformation processes and
technology.
- Meet regularly with the project team, as needed, upon intervals
based upon current project activities.
- Attend required meetings with the project steering
committee(s), agency leadership, project teams (and, if applicable,
Vendor project staff), 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 that
includes identification of potential risks and recommendations for
mitigation.
- Supports the delivery of all QA services, work products, and
deliverables.
- Working in an Agile environment and assist the development team
(Developers and Architects) in automating tests at multiple levels
of testing: unit, functional, system, and performance
- Helping establish and support a Quality Assurance framework for
Automating Continuous Build (CB) / Automating Continuous
Integration (CI)/ Automating Continuous Deployment (CD) of any
necessary software into configuration management systems and
running system integration tests and unit tests of
code/applications/processes in the stage environment which is a
close replica of our production environment
- Work with business users in defining and writing User
Acceptance Testing, test cases and plans and ensure that quality
processes are carried out through all phases of the Software
Development Lifecycle while meeting all project-related
deadlines
- Preparing and rolling out of testing methodology and Ensuring
the customer solution is stable and building robust and yet simple
and flexible test documentation Qualifications 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. Work products shall
be thorough, accurate, appropriately documented, and comply with
established criteria. The candidate shall ensure that duties are
performed in a competent and professional manner that meets
milestones/delivery schedules as outlined. 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 when
compared to the project being undertaken.
- 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 for object-oriented programs
- 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, takes pride in
the code we deliver and believes that good software development
includes good testing, documentation, and collaboration
- 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 that highlights aspects of the project requiring additional
attention or action.
- Has a comprehensive understanding of how to successfully manage
projects.
- Has a comprehensive understanding of how to build and maintain
a successful project team.
- Is knowledgeable about the political environment in which the
projects operate.
- Demonstrates the highest degree of integrity. TRAVEL: 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
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Products (Microsoft Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher, & Adobe)
- All ProSidian staff must be determined eligible for a "Facility
Access Authorization" (also referred to as an "Employment
Authorization") by the USG's designated Security Office.
- #TechnicalCrossCuttingJobs Additional Information As a
condition of employment, all employees are required to fulfill all
requirements of the roles for which they are employed; establish,
manage, pursue, and fulfill annual goals and objectives with at
least three (3) Goals for each of the firms Eight Prosidian Global
Competencies [1 - Personal Effectiveness - 2 - Continuous Learning
- 3 - Leadership - 4 - Client Service - 5 - Business Management - 6
- Business Development - 7 - Technical Expertise - 8 - Innovation &
Knowledge Sharing (Thought Leadership)]; and to support all
business development and other efforts on behalf of ProSidian
Consulting. CORE COMPETENCIES
- Teamwork - ability to foster teamwork collaboratively as a
participant, and effectively as a team leader
- Leadership - ability to guide and lead colleagues on projects
and initiatives
- Business Acumen - understanding and insight into how
organizations perform, including business processes, data, systems,
and people
- Communication - ability to effectively communicate to
stakeholders of all levels orally and in writing
- Motivation - persistent in pursuit of quality and optimal
client and company solutions
- Agility - ability to quickly understand and transition between
different projects, concepts, initiatives, or work streams
- Judgment - exercises prudence and insight in decision-making
process while mindful of other stakeholders and long-term
ramifications
- Organization - ability to manage projects and activity, and
prioritize tasks ------------ ------------ ------------ OTHER
REQUIREMENTS
- Business Tools - understanding and proficiency with business
tools and technology, including Microsoft Office. The ideal
candidate is advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint and
Word, and proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytic tools, and
Visio with the ability to quickly learn other tools as
necessary.
- Business Tools - understanding and proficiency with business
tools and technology, including Microsoft Office. The ideal
candidate is advanced with Excel, Access, Outlook, PowerPoint and
Word, and proficient with Adobe Acrobat, data analytic tools, and
Visio with the ability to quickly learn other tools as
necessary.
- Commitment - to work with smart, interesting people with
diverse backgrounds to solve the biggest challenges across private,
public and social sectors
- Curiosity - the ideal candidate exhibits an inquisitive nature
and the ability to question the status quo among a community of
people they enjoy and teams that work well together
- Humility - exhibits grace in success and failure while doing
meaningful work where skills have impact and make a difference
- Willingness - to constantly learn, share, and grow and to view
the world as their classroom ------------ ------------ ------------
BENEFITS AND HIGHLIGHTS ProSidian Employee Benefits and Highlights:
Your good health and well-being are important to ProSidian
Consulting. At ProSidian, we invest in our employees to help them
stay healthy and achieve work-life balance. That's why we are also
pleased to offer the Employee Benefits Program, designed to promote
your health and personal welfare. Our growing list of benefits
currently include the following for Full Time Employees:
- Competitive Compensation: Pay range begins in the competitive
ranges with Group Health Benefits, Pre-tax Employee Benefits, and
Performance Incentives. For medical and dental benefits, the
Company contributes a fixed dollar amount each month towards the
plan you elect. Contributions are deducted on a Pre-tax basis.
- Group Medical Health Insurance Benefits: ProSidian partners
with BC/BS, to offer a range of medical plans, including
high-deductible health plans or PPOs. --- Group Dental Health
Insurance Benefits: ProSidian dental carriers - Delta, Aetna,
Guardian, and MetLife.
- Group Vision Health Insurance Benefits:ProSidian offers
high/low vision plans through 2 carriers: Aetna and VSP.
- 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan: 401(k) Retirement Savings Plans
help you save for your retirement for eligible employees. A range
of investment options are available with a personal financial
planner to assist you. The Plan is a pre-tax Safe Harbor 401(k)
Retirement Savings Plan with a company match.
- Vacation and Paid Time-Off (PTO) Benefits: Eligible employees
use PTO for vacation, a doctor's appointment, or any number of
events in your life. Currently these benefits include Vacation/Sick
days - 2 weeks/3 days - Holidays - 10 ProSidian and Government Days
are given.
- Pre-Tax Payment Programs: Pre-Tax Payment Programs currently
exist in the form of a Premium Only Plan (POP). These Plans offer a
full Flexible Spending Account (FSA) Plan and a tax benefit for
eligible employees.
- Purchasing Discounts & Savings Plans: We want you to achieve
financial success. We offer a Purchasing Discounts & Savings Plan
through The Corporate Perks Benefit Program. This provides special
discounts for eligible employees on products and services you buy
on a daily basis.
- Security Clearance: Due to the nature of our consulting
engagements there are Security Clearance requirements for
Engagement Teams handling sensitive Engagements in the Federal
Marketplace. A Security Clearance is a valued asset in your
professional portfolio and adds to your credentials.
- ProSidian Employee & Contractor Referral Bonus Program:
ProSidian Consulting will pay up to 5k for all referrals employed
for 90 days for candidates submitted through our Referral
Program.
- Performance Incentives: Due to the nature of our consulting
engagements there are performance incentives associated with each
new client that each employee works to pursue and support.
- Flexible Spending Account: FSAs help you pay for eligible
out-of-pocket health care and dependent day care expenses on a
pre-tax basis. You determine your projected expenses for the Plan
Year and then elect to set aside a portion of each paycheck into
your FSA.
- Supplemental Life/Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance:
If you want extra protection for yourself and your eligible
dependents, you have the option to elect supplemental life
insurance. D&D covers death or dismemberment from an accident
only.
- Short- and Long-Term Disability Insurance: Disability insurance
plans are designed to provide income protection while you recover
from a disability. ----------- ------------ ------------ ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION - See Below Instructions On The Best Way To Apply
ProSidian Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and considers
qualified applicants foremployment 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. All your
information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
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. FOR EASY APPLICATION USE OUR CAREER SITE
LOCATED ON http://www.ProSidian.com/ OR SEND YOUR RESUME'S, BIOS,
AND SALARY EXPECTATION / RATES TO CAREERS @ PROSIDIAN.COM. ONLY
CANDIDATES WITH REQUIRED CRITERIA ARE CONSIDERED. Be sure to place
the job reference code in the subject line of your email. Be sure
to include your name, address, telephone number, total compensation
package, employment history, and educational credentials.
- 1011 Plum Street SE, Olympia, Washington, United States
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