QA Test Lead, Senior Associate

Company: PwC
Location: Houston
Posted on: May 27, 2023

Job Description:

Specialty/Competency: Functional & Industry Technologies
Industry/Sector: Not Applicable
Time Type: Full time
Travel Requirements: Up to 80%
A career within Functional and Industry Technologies services will provide you with the opportunity to build secure and new digital experiences for customers, employees, and suppliers. We focus on improving apps or developing new apps for traditional and mobile devices as well as conducting usability testing to find ways to improve our clients' user experience.
Our team helps clients transform their business through enabling technologies across marketing, finance and operations in the functional areas such as Maximo and PowerPlant.
To really stand out and make us fit for the future in a constantly changing world, each and every one of us at PwC needs to be a purpose-led and values-driven leader at every level. To help us achieve this we have the PwC Professional; our global leadership development framework. It gives us a single set of expectations across our lines, geographies and career paths, and provides transparency on the skills we need as individuals to be successful and progress in our careers, now and in the future.
As a Senior Associate, you'll work as part of a team of problem solvers, helping to solve complex business issues from strategy to execution. PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

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  Use feedback and reflection to develop self awareness, personal strengths and address development areas.
  
  
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  Delegate to others to provide stretch opportunities, coaching them to deliver results.
  
  
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  Demonstrate critical thinking and the ability to bring order to unstructured problems.
  
  
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  Use a broad range of tools and techniques to extract insights from current industry or sector trends.
  
  
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  Review your work and that of others for quality, accuracy and relevance.
  
  
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  Know how and when to use tools available for a given situation and can explain the reasons for this choice.
  
  
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  Seek and embrace opportunities which give exposure to different situations, environments and perspectives.
  
  
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  Use straightforward communication, in a structured way, when influencing and connecting with others.
  
  
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  Able to read situations and modify behavior to build quality relationships.
  
  
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  Uphold the firm's code of ethics and business conduct.
  
  
  Basic Qualifications :
  Minimum Degree Required:
  Bachelor Degree
  Minimum Years of Experience:
  4 year(s)
  Preferred Qualifications:
  Minimum Degree Required:
  Masters Degree
  Preferred Fields of Study:
  Computer Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Engineering, Engineering and Business, Information Technology, Management Information Systems
  Preferred Knowledge/Skills:
  Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success in testing enterprise level applications. This may include partnering or working closely with key vendors and service providers as well as technology team members to plan and manage a tool set that supports business needs and is in compliance with corporate and industry standards, including the following:
  
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    Working in different phases of testing;
    
    
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    Supporting testing tools and processes like MicroFocus UFT, MicroFocus ALM, Jira Selenium, Cucumber, Qualitia, etc;
    
    
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    Understanding of Performance Testing tools;
    
    
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    Understanding of Behaviour driven frameworks;
    
    
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    Creating test reports, metrics, test plans and dashboards;
    
    
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    Understanding of SDLC/Agile Methodologies and DevOps;
    
    
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    Understanding of process analysis, defect management, and risk assessment/mitigation; and,
    
    
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    Working independently or in team oriented environments to meet deadlines.
    
    
    Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success in supporting Quality Assurance and Testing-based engagements, which includes the following:
    
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      Assisting with assessments and appraising the maturity of existing test organizations against full life cycles of a defined Testing Methodology;
      
      
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      Helping to implement recommendations that lead clients to a higher level of maturity and improve efficiencies;
      
      
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      Assisting in engagements which may include Development Integration Testing (Component/Feature Testing), System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and Production Acceptance Testing (PAT), supporting responses for proposal documents and project teams for client engagements;
      
      
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      Helping to implement testing recommendations, organizational designs and other process recommendations;
      
      
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      Managing ERP testing engagements with a variety of platforms, including SAP S/4 Hana, Workday, GEP, etc.
      
      
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      Creating testing dashboard using TestFLO and publishing periodic testing reports to communicate progress;
      
      
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      Planning test execution on complex engagements where multiple software platforms are involved;
      
      
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      Performing Quality Assurance and Testing-related work;
      
      
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      Providing technical and consulting support from Quality Assurance & Testing-related activities and functions; and,
      
      
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      Understanding of SDLC.
      
      
      Demonstrates thorough abilities and/or a proven record of success with leading Quality & Assurance Testing engagements that provide clients with a program, methodology, tools and templates to capture and classify their application portfolios, analyze functional redundancies, assess performance considerations and calculate total cost of ownership, which includes thorough abilities to utilize the following:
      
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        Performing Functional / System Testing;
        
        
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        Performing Test Plan reviews and developments;
        
        
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        Performing Test Script development;
        
        
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        Understanding of Quality Center and other testing tools and/or testing tool certifications; and,
        
        
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        Understanding of Automation of performance metrics and technologies that support this, including Microsoft Access, Microsoft SharePoint, and Program Assessment Rating tool.
        
        
        Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
        PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
        All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; creed; color; religion; national origin; sex; age; disability; sexual orientation; gender identity or expression; genetic predisposition or carrier status; veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or any other status protected by law. PwC is proud to be an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer.
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