Our client, located in Orlando, Florida, is seeking a Quality Assurance Specialist to perform the following duties: Participate and coordinate testing aspects to ensure the delivery of quality software applications May be involved in test planning, writing test cases and scripts, test case automation and test execution and will define and track quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status Collects and analyzes data for software process evaluation and improvements, and integrates them into business processes to address the business needs Documents all problems and assists in their resolution May deliver quality process training to technical staff and act as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners Performs quality audits across the various IT functions to ensure quality standards, procedures and methodologies are being followed Qualifications: Minimum 4 years relevant experience Bachelor's Degree or equivalent Ability to perform and excel on all phases of testing including functional requirements or Use Cases Ability to clearly document test work products Ability to perform with guidance across all phases of system development; technical design of a projects solution, coding, and testing Ability to clearly document test work products and review and contribute to the documentation across the project Ability to identify issues or opportunities within the scope of assigned projects Demonstrated experience with project testing, implementation, and deployment activities Familiar with ITIL best practices for service transition, with a focus on service validation Requirements Gathering/Solicitation Skills Test Case Development/Execution Skills Excellent Communication Skills Demonstrated ability to translate technical to business and business to technical Demonstrated experience reading and writing XML and using assoc tools HP Quality Center Tools Rational Software Architect/Modeler experience Use Case Development and modeling Project management skills Demonstrated Software Development Lifecycle background Expert MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint Skills Technical/Business Writing Experience Presentation Skills SQL query skills (Oracle)