Quality Assurance (QA) Lead

MedaPoint is a leader in SaaS software for the Medical Transport industry. We are a dynamic and growing company located in South Austin. Our team focuses on providing software solutions that support the billing and scheduling of emergency medical services nationwide. We provide state of the art sophisticated products designed to enhance patient care while improving efficiency and reducing costs. We are looking for a Quality Assurance (QA) Lead to join our team. This position involves working in a highly collaborative team environment. Our team consists of cutting-edge technologists, data hounds, and aspiring entrepreneurs. We are driven by our passion to solve complex problems with elegant tools. Our culture is described as collaborative, flexible, innovative and simple - we lead with ideas not job titles. Our applications are built on the following technology stack: .NET MVC, Kendo UI, SQL Server 2012 and hosted in Windows Azure, with many of the newest Windows Azure features. As a Microsoft partner, MedaPoint is pushing the envelope with this structure and expects you to provide input from a Quality Assurance perspective.Job ResponsibilitiesExperience creating QA Framework/Procedures that allow you to own the testing cycle for product releasesResponsible for defining test plans, scenarios, scripts, and procedures used to ensure release of a quality productResponsible for writing, maintaining, and updating all automated test scripts to ensure accuracy and replicationConduct software compatibility tests with hardware, operating systems, or network environments.Document software defects, analyze and highlight defects, and report defects to software developersMonitor bug resolution efforts and track successesGenerate reports identifying our next course of improvements that need to be made to ensure defect resolutionInvestigate customer problems referred by technical supportParticipate in product design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems.Investigate and troubleshoot issuesPerform ongoing performance tuning, hardware upgrades, and resource optimization as requiredMaintain documentation of Testing systemsResponsible for research and development of assigned projects as it relates to changing technology and making recommendations.Job SkillsExperience with Test/Release cycle managementExperience with automated testing toolsExperience with Telerik Test Studio is preferred, but will consider candidates that understand other automated test tools also (such as Selenium etc.)Experience with Web Based TestingExperience in building Test automation frameworksTools, to support UI, Web services/API testingWeb services/API Test automationHands-on experience with Continuous Integration process and implementation.Understanding and testing of various tiers: presentation, service/mid-tier and databaseMust have excellent communication, interpersonal and leadership skillsDocument and track testing issues and proactively communicate status to the project team and other key impacted partiesExtensive knowledge of full QA lifecycle and Windows operating systemsExperience with Windows Workflow Foundation a plus