Job ID: 11015
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Category: IT
Employment Type: Individual Consulting
Date Added: 12/05/2025
Job Type: Contract
Job Location: Remote
SUMMARY
The Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst – Senior writes test plans, creates and automates test scripts, performs test execution, and tracks defects using the defined QA tools, processes, and methodology. The QA Analyst – Senior applies proven analytical and problem-solving skills to validate processes and to handle complex issues and problems to maximize product quality and value delivery across products, projects, or sets of services. The QA Analyst – Senior demonstrates innovative thought processes and introduces new techniques and approaches while possessing practical, real-world implementation skills.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
• Adhere to established QA standards for Quality Assurance Process and Methodology.
• Collaborate with team members, including Software Engineers and Product Owners, regarding feature design.
• Analyze Product Backlog Items to create test plan documentation.
• Create and execute test plans and scripts that will determine optimal application performance according to specifications.
• Demonstrates innovation in developing an automation solution for reducing test execution cycles, increasing overall test coverage, and improving product quality
• Ensure that testing activities allow applications to meet or exceed business requirements and systems goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify existing or potential issues.
• Collaborate with software/systems personnel in application testing, such as but not limited to system, unit, regression, load, and acceptance testing methods.
• Test any new software to ensure integration into company systems meets functional and non-functional requirements, system compliance, and technical specifications.
• Review requirements and test cases to ensure complete test coverage.
• Perform issue tracking, reporting and resolution of issues found during testing.
• Define and track quality assurance metrics.
• Identify and mitigate risks early in development with risk-based testing by calculating which level to test each requirement.
• Collect and analyze data for software process evaluation and improvements and integrate them into business processes.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Associate degree with emphasis on Computer Science, IT or related QA field or equivalent software experience
• 5+ years’ experience in quality assurance and testing applications
• Strong knowledge of QA best practices, methodologies, tools, and processes
• Experience with web applications
• Ability to conduct research into software-related issues and products.
• Hands-on experience with SQL scripting, ad hoc queries, and automated testing tools such as Postman, Selenium, Cypress, and Playwright.
• Highly self-motivated and directed, with keen attention to detail and ability to prioritize.
• Strong communication skills.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum environment using application lifecycle management tools, such as, Azure DevOps. All requirements, test plans, and reports would be in that tool.
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
• Understanding of Multifactor Authentication along with Azure Active Directory B2C.
• Understanding the concepts of GIT for repository management and exposure to branching strategies.
• Experience with truck-based development testing practices.
The projected hourly range for this position is $55 to $70.
On-Demand Group (ODG) provides employee benefits which includes healthcare, dental, and vision insurance. ODG is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.