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Beaverton, Or

•Act as a Test Lead in Waterfall and Agile projects•Perform functional UAT testing of various web-based and mainframe systems•Perform validation of project deliverables in a production environment•Create UAT test plans for various assigned projects•Create a master test plan for all testing efforts conducted by the QA organization•Create and execute manual and automated test scripts•Create and maintain regression test bed for use by various testers•Automate scripts with Selenium for conditioning and validation•Automate scripts with HP UFT for conditioning and validation•Utilize HP ALM for housing of requirements, test scripts, defects and for creating traceability matrices between requirements and test scripts•Create reports using Teradata to query account information from data warehouses•Act as a test lead for medium to large-scale projects•Coordinate testing efforts between QA staff in multiple locations•Generate systems training materials for new QA staff and contractors•Provide guidance in testing methodologies and processes for new QA staff and contractors•Report and track issues in defect tracking system and verify their resolution

Beaverton, Or

•Performed functional UAT testing of various web based front-end systems and validated results in a mainframe system of records•Created and executed test plans and test scripts•Automated testing efforts with HP Quick Test Professional and HP Quality Center•Acted as a testing coordinator for various groups of business testers during project life cycle•Provided guidance in testing methodologies and processes to assigned testing groups•Acted as a liaison between business and technology•Reported and tracked issues in defect tracking system and verified their resolution•Communicated issues and risks to application developers

•Performed testing of various front-end systems and validated results in system of record•Executed test scripts•Communicated with developers to resolve issues that arose during the testing process•Reported and tracked bugs and issues in a defect tracking system and verified their resolution