Hyperion Tester-WM
Washington, DC

Job Description

SyApps is a Technology and Management Consulting Services firm based in Greater Washington area, with focus on solutions in the area of Strategy, Process, Technology and Management support. As a diverse end-to end IT and Management solution Provider, SyApps offers a range of expertise aimed at helping customers re-engineer and re-invent their business to compete successfully in an ever-changing marketplace.

Please visit us at www.syapps.com.

Description

The IT Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst will support the IT Hyperion System Testing Capability Effort to establish common standards, procedures, and tools for executing WMATA IT Hyperion systems. This effort will also establish uniform test environments across WMATA IT Systems, and enable the oversight and support of the testing of WMATA Hyperion processes for Enterprise Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting solution, and integration with PeopleSoft Financials and HCM.

The IT Hyperion System Testing Capability Effort will establish common standards, procedures, and tools for executing WMATA IT Hyperion systems. It will also establish uniform test environments across WMATA IT Systems, and enable the oversight and support of the testing of WMATA Hyperion processes for Enterprise Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting solution, and integration with PeopleSoft Financials and HCM. WMATA Hyperion Tester shall:

* Work with the customer to gather customer business needs/ requirement and develop test cases, including decomposing requirements into shallstatements for testing and linking requirements to test cases for each requirement.
* Ensure functional and technical requirements are met through system testing, regression testing, performance testing, system interface testing, and security testing activities.
* Trace requirements to test cases to ensure coverage for full system integration test.
* Define test strategies that are required for a program including test automation, performance testing, and independent validation.
* Guide and monitor the analysis, design, implementation and execution of the test cases, test procedures and test suites.
* Work across the enterprise to ensure that the test environment is available, test cases are developed, and release notes are provided.
* Identified, collect, and report test metrics.
* Apply lessons learned and industry best practices into the testing cycles.
* Conduct root cause analysis and establishment of enterprise wide metrics related to testing and process improvement.
* Plan, execute and report on all test activities.
* Define testing scope for project releases based upon requirements documentation.
* Develop, publish and implement test strategies, test configuration, test schedules and related documentation.
* Define test data requirements, and create and secure test data as necessary.
* Execute developed test scenarios and testcases.
* Identify, report, research, and close defects.
* Guide team members during project test planning and execution phases ensuring deliverables are accuratelycreated.
* Review/Audit system and business test plans and results.
* Collaborate with Business and Development teams to ensure established procedures,standards and processes are utilized consistently throughout the development and testing lifecycles.
* Participate as project team member to recommend, develop and implement improvements to existing test processes and standards related to quality management methodologies.
* Develop and run queries.
* Work on all project phases including requirement, fit/gap, configuration, development and testing.The candidate shall have:
* Strong experience with Hyperion 12.1 is required.
* Strong testing experience of Master Data Management tool.
* Strong testing experience with Business Intelligence tool to test Financial Reports and Dashboard
* Experience with Data Migration from PeopleSoft EPM to Hyperion (desired)
* Integration experience with PeopleSoft Financials 9.1, 9.2, and PeopleSoft HCM 9.1, 9.2 (desired)
* Advanced knowledge on testing techniques.
* Hands on experience with Test Management Tools (required).
* Experience in development, deployment and enforcement of quality assurance procedures and standards in software testing.
* Knowledge of all phases of Application Life cycle including systems analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, implementation and maintenance.
* Experience with automated testing tools and best practices.
* Ability to scope, plan and schedule activities related to software quality assurance, testing and configuration management.
* Ability to recommend process improvements for validity of results, accuracy, reliability and conformance to established standards.
* Demonstrated experience and understanding of test concepts, methodologies and practices in both waterfall and Agile/SCRUM environments.
* Ability to identify ways to improve the process of delivering solutions, sharing knowledge to continually improve overall implementation methodology.
* Hands on experience with Rational Jazz Application Lifecycle Management Suite (desired).
* Hands on experience testing using Rational Quality Manager (desired).

Travel: No

Location: Washington, DC

SyApps LLC is a Winner of the SmartCEO/Grant Thornton Future 50 Award for being recognized as one of 50 fastest growing companies in the Greater Washington Area.