What are the responsibilities and job description for the Manual PeopleSoft QA Analyst position at CEDENT?
The Client is seeking proposed Candidates with experience relating to implementing/testing People Soft Financials (Financials) and Human Capital Management (HCM), Oracle Analytics Cloud (OAC) and Oracle Business Intelligence Applications (OBIA) to assist in the support of Project relating to quality analysis activities. Proposed Candidates must include at least one (1) or a combination of the following experience and/or skills:
1. Candidate with experience implementing and testing data warehouse and business intelligence solutions and OAC;
2. Candidate with experience implementing and testing Financials; and
3. Candidate with experience implementing and testing HCM.
Proposed Candidates must have experience in one or more of the areas listed above to be considered. Respondents must provide the following information for each proposed Candidate:
Qualification Requirements for the QA Resource(s).:
Minimum Experience:
- Experience implementing and/or testing in one or more of the following:
- Financials
- HCM
- OAC and OBIA
- Experience performing QA activities directly related to validating ERP implementation.
- Experience performing QA testing and reporting.
- Experience with automated testing tools such as PeopleSoft Test Framework (PTF), TestGrid, Tosca.
- Experience analyzing systems requirements to identify QA needs.
- Experience developing unit test cases and test plans as well as requirements tracking and reporting results.
- Strong communication (verbal and written) skills and experience communicating with multiple levels, from leadership (e.g., CIO), to technical and functional staff.
- Experience in the use of Microsoft Office suite, SharePoint, and Visio.
- Experience using Smartsheet or other similar collaboration tools.
Preferred Experience:
- Minimum of five (5) years’ experience performing activities directly related to QA Experience working with the State or with other large government entity.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Information Technologies, Business Management, Accounting, or related field.
- Experience QA Testing Financials, HCM, and OAC.
- Knowledge of PeopleTools 8.59 and fluid page development.
- Working with functional and technical resources to identify testing scenarios, including expected results.
- Experience developing QA plans.
- Each QA Resource should at a minimum be proficient in one or more QA area (Ex: HCM, Financials, DW/OBIA)
- Deliverables. The QA Resource(s) shall perform the tasks outlined below in subparagraphs 1) through 10). The QA Resource(s) shall be available to perform services during the normal business hours of 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET, Monday through Friday. This position allows for remote work locations but will require the QA Resource(s) to be onsite for planned events. Flexible schedules may be considered but must be approved by the Department’s Project Director. The Contractor, through the proposed QA Resource(s) it provides, shall complete the following as directed by the Department:
- Take day-to-day direction from the QA Lead and work with Project team members to complete activities related to QA.
- Use and share lessons learned and best practices associated with the area of QA that may promote efficiency and help identify and mitigate potential risks.
- Serve as an QA subject matter expert, which includes:
- Developing QA guidelines and procedures.
- Developing and executing QA test scripts, including regression scripts, for the comprehensive solution.
- Documenting and reporting test results.
- Conducting regression testing following changes migrating to the system testing or user- acceptance testing environments.
- Assisting in developing and execute interface and integration testing strategies, guidelines, procedures, and scripts.
- Assisting with other testing services as requested.
- The testing services described above includes assisting with the following but is not limited to:
- Financials and Payroll implementations,
- Data warehouse/business intelligence implementations,
- Data cleansing and conversion,
- Data integration,
- System Reporting,
- System, integration and end-user testing, and
- Cutover planning and execution.
- Complete knowledge transfer/training activities to the identified parties, as directed by the Department’s QA Lead.
- Provide overall Project support, which includes:
- Providing updates as appropriate for Project status reporting.
- Coordinating with the Directors, Architects, and the Project Management Office to develop/update templates for Project use.
- Facilitating meetings, promoting teamwork, and providing training as requested.
- Tracking, mitigating, and escalating risks and issues.
- Maintaining testing tools for the Project team’s use.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Department’s QA Lead.
- Assist the Project to troubleshoot and resolve issues in the production system as requested.
- Conduct work (and ensure that any tools, templates, or applications are developed) in accordance with the OIT standards and specifications
