Quality Assurance Lead Jobs

Our client requires a QA / Control Lead to provide IT Quality Assurance and Control services on the development and support of the Integrated Project Services project and the Property Information Management System initiative.

Contract term - Aug 2023 - Jul 2024

Only residents of British Columbia will be considered

The Consultant should demonstrate that they possess the following knowledge, skills, and abilities:

• Knowledge of Agile processes, software (e.g., JIRA, Confluence, etc.), and collaborative tool
• Knowledge of Risk Management techniques and approaches.
• Ability to lead multi-discipline teams in business transformation initiatives to align business systems with new business processes, using application portfolio management techniques, and have provided and followed a plan to transfer the business from the “as is” structure to the “to be” structure.
• Knowledge of business process re-engineering.
• Demonstrated experience in working within fast paced environments with limited guidance or supervision.
• Knowledge of Compliance Management approaches.

such as Mural or Miro.

• SQL skills (e.g. Microsoft SQL Server Management Studio, Oracle SQL Developer, Azure Data

Studio)

• Considerable tact, professionalism and diplomacy as the Consultant will have interaction
• With stakeholders, vendors, professionals and various levels of employees in a government

setting.

Problem solves effectively by giving shape and direction to issues, ideas, information and delivering high quality work in a timely manner, including:

• Comprehends a situation analytically by breaking it down into its components and identifying key or underlying complex issues. It implies the ability to systematically organize and compare the various aspects of a problem or situation and determine cause-and-effect relationships ("if...then…") to resolve problems in a sound, decisive manner. Checks to ensure the validity or accuracy of all information.
• Assessing, weighing, and managing risk
• Using analysis and evaluation skills on high profile and/or complex matters,
• Viewing client issues from various points of view and driving factors, and

The Consultant should have experience delivering at least one IM/IT project within the past eight (8) years that clearly demonstrate experience in all of the below listed skill sets. It is not required that each project demonstrate all of the skills required, but that across the projects provided in the submission, the experience below is met:

• Five (5) years of experience working as a Quality Assurance and Control Lead or Business Analyst (i.e. where the proposed Consultant held the business analyst role in a team of IT professionals and business users);
• Three (3) years’ experience planning and implementing quality assurance and testing activities including:

1. Developing comprehensive quality assurance and test plans, and

2. Executing quality assurance and testing activities including:

• Integration Testing
• Quality Assurance Measurement and Tracking
• Quality Assurance Audits
• User Acceptance Testing
• Production Implementation;
• End-to-end Testing
• Regression Testing
• SME Testing

Three (3) years’ experience identifying, defining, modelling and documenting business needs, that included:

• Developing and presenting business cases including feasibility studies, risk assessments and cost benefit analysis of solution alternatives,
• Modeling and documenting technical solutions,
• Defining and documenting product for development and ongoing support, and
• Developing presentations, reports and submissions required by clients to secure approval and funding from Executive or Final Decision Makers, and develop work plans;

Three (3) years of experience interacting professionally with a wide variety of people in diverse roles (e.g., executives, contractors, technical experts, naive users) to develop and implement:

• Operational techniques and activities to fulfill requirements for quality,
• Application maintenance support;
• Quality assurance and control capabilities to support Agile and Iterative projects,
• Training/education materials, and
• Service agreements with service consumers and suppliers,
• Automated business processes,
• Cloud based COTS Solutions,
• Appropriate service management processes,

Three (3) years’ experience managing the quality of the delivered business solution to ensure it meets the client’s quality expectations by:

• Ensuring structure, design and development of the deliverables complies with applicable

standards, and

• Ensuring performance of technical reviews and audits and obtain required approvals before

implementation; and

Two (2) years of experience managing effective communications with project stakeholders at all levels from diverse business units.

Relevant Education and Professional Designations

Preference will be given to Consultants that have:

a) formal education (i.e. diploma or degree) in a related business or computer science field;

b) Change Management Training e.g., Prosci, ADT, CMI.

c) Agile/Scrum Training Certifications e.g., Scrum Alliance.

Formal education and IIBA certification will be more heavily weighted than change management training and Agile/Scrum training or certification.