Test Engineer - Olenick & Associates - Chicago, IL

Title: Test Engineer

Location: Chicago, IL

Engagement: Full-Time

About Our Company:
Olenick & Associates is a global IT services firm that brings a quality focus to clients’ IT implementations and deployment initiatives.

Olenick was founded in Chicago in 1998 with a specific focus on software testing and quality assurance and has grown into a full service IT firm with over 300+ consultants in 2016 and operations in North America, Argentina, and Northern Ireland. Olenick hires professionals who are driven to create real client value, who wear IT and business hats interchangeably, and who take pride in exceeding client expectations.

Responsibilities:
Participates on the testing project team

Reviews the overall testing approach

Utilizes the appropriate testing tools for the project

Defines test conditions and develops test scripts

Identifies and escalates project level quality issues and risks

Supports root cause analysis of quality issues in test projects

Utilizes the required test environment configurations and updates

Assists with the resolution of prioritized defects

Required Skills:
2-5 years of software development, business analyst or testing experience including 1-3 years as a test engineer

Expert SQL skills

Utilized at least 1 of the different types of testing management tools including HP Application LifeCycle Management (ALM), Quality Center (QC), Microsoft Visual Studio Team System (VSTS) and Team Foundation Server (TFS), IBM Rational Clearquest (CQ), Atlassian JIRA, MicroFocus Borland Segue Silk Central, QAComplete, or TestLink

Preferred Skills:
Experience in the Financial / Banking industry preferred

This is an excellent opportunity for a highly motivated individual to make an impact on the business from day one with a professional services firm that offers multiple avenues for career growth.