Internal applicants please apply by June 12, 2024
INTRODUCTION
The Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund (IMRF) provides death, disability, and pension retirement benefits to employees of local governments and school districts in Illinois (with the exception of the City of Chicago and Cook County). We are the second largest—and best funded—statewide public pension system in Illinois, IMRF serves approximately 3,000 municipal employers in the State. We are an award-winning organization, located in Oak Brook. IMRF is looking for top talent, for a direct hire opportunity that is benefit eligible. If you are passionate about Quality Assurance Analyst duties and meet the requirements, we want to hear from you.
SUMMARY
Responsible for analyzing and testing both internal and external-facing enterprise application, both new and existing applications, to uncover any potential defects or issues that could cause system reliability or information quality issues. This position will be a part of the Enterprise Business Solutions Department and will work closely with developers to ensure that business needs are supported by innovative, adaptive, and reliable applications.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Analyze and test application functionality to ensure the applications are free of defects.
- Understand business requirements to ensure that the delivered application meets the needs of the customer.
- Work with COTS vendor to prepare for User Acceptance Testing
- Create and execute testing scripts to identify application defects for different levels of testing.
- Conduct system tests to ensure cross-platform integration.
- Partner with Technical Lead, Technical Integration Analysts and other team members to resolve open issues and retest functionality.
- Proactively and urgently communicate issues impacting application release.
- Continuously suggest new testing tools and ways to decrease testing time and effort.
- Track testing activities and complete daily reports.
- Act as one of the final decision makers on application readiness for production implementation.
- Work within an approved testing methodology, tracking functionality and defect cases.
- Monitor production tickets for all EBS areas of responsibility and assign them to appropriate staff for resolution
- Be involved with technology forums and industry user groups.
QUALIFICATIONS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- Bachelors’ degree required. Minimum of 16 credit hours in computer science (programming, testing, quality, or related subjects) preferred.
- 3 years’ experience in testing secure external web applications, with experience in:
- Application requirements
- Business process analysis
- Quality tools that manage and track defects (e.g. HP Quality)
- Strong oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a team environment
- Experience with mobile applications and load testing is a plus
IMRF Benefits:
- Generous insurance benefits, including medical and dental
- 35-hour base work week, Monday - Friday
- Death, disability, and pension retirement benefits as a member of IMRF
- Paid vacation, 12-13 paid holidays and 2 personal days
- Business casual attire
- Award-winning organizational approach to performance excellence