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job title: associate data analyst - analytics and insightslocation: morris plains , nj 07960contract duration: long term contract with high possibilities of extensionpay range : 35-40 per hour "all candidates must be directly contracted by ask consulting on their payroll and cannot be subcontracted. we are unable to provide sponsorship at this moment". job description: responsibilities: collaborate with product and sales teams to bolster member experience, product launches, pilots, and ongoing product success.utilize data-driven insights to enhance the usability of pharmacy benefits, ensuring an exceptional user experience.partner closely with cross-functional teams to identify business challenges, establish performance benchmarks, and develop effective strategies.employ analytics tools to analyze customerprospect behaviors and key performance indicators, providing actionable recommendations.elevate campaign performance through end-to-end ab testing, encompassing ideation, design, monitoring, and reporting.employ etl tools to seamlessly combine diverse data sets across platforms for insightful analysis.uncover valuable insights and potential areas for improvement by analyzing and extracting data.leverage your expertise in hdfs data structures to optimize storage, retrieval times, and the application of analytics and data science. skills: proficiency in python, sql, r, pyspark, and scala is essential.demonstrated analytical prowess in the context of patient journey frameworks.ability to manipulate and harmonize large data sets across platforms, utilizing etl tools and running sql and python scripts.familiarity with tableau or other bi visualization tools would be advantageous.knowledge of hadoop and big data platforms. qualifications: bachelor's degree in data management, computer science, or a related field is required.minimum of 1 year of data analysis experience.strong aptitude for data manipulation using sql (python, pyspark, scala, andor r skills are a plus).familiarity with tableau.exposure to hadoop or big data platforms. join our team: take the leap into a dynamic, forward-thinking environment that thrives on innovation and collaboration. this is an exciting contract position to begin with, offering an opportunity to showcase your skills, contribute to groundbreaking projects, and make a real impact. we're looking for candidates who can work directly with us and be an integral part of our team.if you're ready to take on this challenge and grow your career with us, apply now! we can't wait to have you on board. important note: please note that this is a contract position. we are looking for candidates who will be employed directly by our company and will not be considering subcontracting for this role. about ask: ask consulting is an award-winning technology and professional services recruiting firm servicing fortune 500 organizations nationally. with five nationwide offices, two global delivery centers, and employees in 42 states, ask consulting connects people with amazing opportunities.ask consulting is an equal opportunity employer. we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all associates.

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<<career overviewbachelor's degree in computer applications with over 14 years of it (qa) experience including 10 years in a hands-on leadership role. expertise in sourcing, interviewing and hiring talented qa team members. experience with all the phases of software development life cycle. experience in writing requirements, functional specifications, design documents, test plans, test cases and test scripts for performing white-box and black-box testing to meet quality requirements performed analysis, design, implementation, execution, maintenance, and documentation of test procedures for complex client/server applications and web applications. expertise in manual and automated testing with selenium, quick test professional, testcomplete, team foundation server and microsoft test manager. proficient in conducting functional, interface and conversion, end to end, regression, unit, and integrated system, effectively leading testing teams in achieving quality goals throughout enterprise wide applications. work experience manager, software quality assurance, 01/2013tocurrentwolters kluwer– ,hired and created a strong software testing team consisting of junior, senior and automation qa members.enabled on boarding of the new qa team by creating application training videos and knowledge transfer documents.implemented new and effective qa processes and procedures.effectively led the team in test estimation, planning, assignment and quality risk analysis.led the test management tool selection effort by contacting vendors directly and procuring the best deals.participated in requirements gathering with different teams and stakeholdersextensively used microsoft powerpoint to create and demonstrate stlc and defect management processescreated flowcharts to demonstrate application infrastructuretrained the newly built test team on how to use team foundation server and microsoft test manager for test execution and management.created standards for implementing manual and automation test cases.oversaw the quality of test plans, test cases, test matrix and bug reporting participated in testing projects using black box, gray box, positive, negative and exploratory testing scenariosfacilitate test case review sessions with business and development teamsextensively created and used sql queries to manage data validation and test data miningmanaged multiple projects in various stages simultaneously.created project timelines, tasks and gantt charts in microsoft projectretrieved and presented various reports for resource allocation, project overview and budget impacts to upper management.provided daily status of current projects to upper management.handled testing of projects following agile and waterfall development methodology and participated in daily scrum meetingprovided testing kpi metrics to upper management on a monthly basiscoordinated testing effort between onshore and offshore qa resourcesfacilitated uat effort with business users chaired the daily defect triaging meetings between qa, dev and business teams.participated in meetings, walkthroughs and interacted with other development team members to better understand system functionality in order to improve testing quality.qa lead, 11/2007to 01/2013zynga, inc.– ,prepared master and detailed testing strategy.created and executed a comprehensive testing including functional and technical level testingenforced adoption of automation best practices throughout the testing sdlcoversaw successful completion of projects in the testing phase within provided timelinesimplemented an effective defect management strategy in regards to current available test management toolsfacilitated test plan review meetings with different it groups participating in specific projectsorganized lessons learned meetings after each project with development and ba teams to proactively assess gaps if any were identified in current processes to reduce risks for future projectsintroduced open source test tools like selenium and qaliber to create and maintain regression test suitesprepared test data for system and interface testing as per the specificationscreated data driven tests to validate the same scenarios with different sets of test dataperformed manual testing on the criteria of the product qualification rules, including functional, regression, smoke, negative, integration, performance and acceptance testingexecuted test cases on each build of the application and verified the actual results against requirementsmaintained a test matrix in the test plan to identify relation between the business requirement and test casesprovided effort estimates on test development and execution engagementsreported status for tracked defects in hp project and portfolio management center implemented vendor releases in production by applying database, web and windows scripts maintained web, windows and database application serversserved as a liaison between the users and vendor and reported defects to the vendor after verifying eligibility of the bugconfigured various rate changes and system changes in the vendor system in test as well as productionprovided several financial reports to business using sql queries on interbase databases.test lead, 04/2004to 10/2007first united bank & trust co– ,analyzed business requirements, created the test plan and prepared detailed test cases for the application under test (aut)documented test requirements and established traceability between high level and low level requirements using rational requisite properformed manual testing to ensure the application is stabilized using test managerautomated suitable test cases and developed qt pro test scripts for regression testing using qt proutilized verification points extensively in the sqa basic scripts for checking the functionality of the application enhanced test scripts by developing user-defined functions using qt prodeveloped visual basic scripts for testing the future releases of the application using qt pro robotimproved testing efficiency by preparing and executing shell scripts in qt prodeveloped data driven test scripts using data pools as well as running these scripts for interface testingidentified defects and logged defect reports using rational clear questextensively created sql queries to manage the reports and to perform database testingprovided management with test metrics, reports and schedules on as needed basis and participated in design walkthroughs and meetings.migrated tsl scripts from win runner to qt pro and responsible for load testing using load runner.ran mainframe batch cycles on hp 3000 copied data from production to mainframe test accounts logged and managed defects in test director.participated in meetings, walkthroughs and interacted with other development team members to better understand system functionality in order to improve testing quality.senior qa analyst, 01/2003to 03/2004west marine, inc.– ,prepared master and detailed testing strategy.implemented rational unified process.responsible for gathering requirements and developed various use cases using rational requisite pro.implemented rational unified process (rup) methodology, extensive developed project plans, mentoring the team, and improving the key process areas.assist in the set up of the testing environment documented test requirements, test cases and test scripts.created test scripts for functionality, boundary, regression, database and performance testing using rational robot and test manager prepared test data for system and interface testing as per the specifications involved in conversion testing to convert data from existing systems for use in replacement systems.created data driven tests to validate the same scenarios with different sets of test data performed manual testing on the criteria of the product qualification rules, locking and pricing to ensure the application is stabilized.executed test cases on each build of the application and verified the actual results against requirements created user-defined functions using vb script language in qt pro to enhance the maintainability of test scripts and handle exceptions.performed data driven testing using data pools and developed various user defined functions.validated database contents using database checkpoints and qt pro statements conducted load, performance testing and monitors to identify bottlenecks using test manger analyzed task distribution diagram and transaction profile documents to evaluate the peak load conditions.created scripts that randomized test data and parsed responses for session id information in order to dynamically update virtual user scripts while running load tests employed correlation for supplying unique data to the server configured different run time settings in test manager.performed database validations using sql.performed resource analysis (defined number of testers, hardware and software requirements, and number of machines for stress testing).created user defined functions using qt pro scripts and performed data driven testing.tested the response times of web based reports generated by cognos reporting tool.senior qa analyst, 07/2001to 03/2002west marine, inc.– ,analyzed user requirement document and developed test plan, test objectives, test strategies, test environment, test priorities, test cases etc.prepared pre-conditioned data for testing the application performed cross browser testing for multiple browsers, e.g. netscape navigator, microsoft explorer on different platforms (windows & unix) and interpreted the negative/positive results involved in conducting functional and regression testing using win runnerexecuted sql commands to do the backend testingparameterized the user inputs in vugen scriptscorrelated the system generated values in vugen scriptscreated scenarios in load runner controller monitored various scenarios using web server resource, web application server, database server, network monitorsanalyzed the test results using load runner analysis involved in weekly status updates showing the progress of the manual testing. education and trainingbachelor's degree:computer applications,expected intoall institute of engineering and management-,gpa: skills agile, , hp 3000, interbase, microsoft explorer, load runner, mainframe,microsoft powerpoint, microsoft project, windows, monitors, netscape navigator, network, , reporting, requirements gathering, risk analysis, rup, rational unified process, selling, scrum, sdlc, servers, shell scripts, software testing, sql, strategy, test director, test tools, toad, script, visual basic, web server, win runner.