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Long Term Contract At AlixPartners, we solve the most complex and critical challenges by moving quickly from analysis to action when it really matters; creating value that has a lasting impact on companies, their people, and the communities they serve. By understanding, respecting, and honoring the needs of our employees, clients, and communities, AlixPartners actively promotes an inclusive environment. We strongly believe in the value that diversity brings to our experiences and are committed to the perpetual enhancements of initiatives, policies, and practices. We hold ourselves accountable by providing the space for authenticity, growth, and equity for everyone. AlixPartners has embraced a hybrid work model to provide flexibility and support our employees' work-life integration. Our hybrid model combines a mix of in-person at an AlixPartners office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday, with remote working options for Monday and Friday. Contract Role - Location: Onsite in Southfield, MI What you'll do In this Contract role on AlixPartners' Data Insights and Analytics (DIA) team, you will work with IT and Business teams to plan and execute QA activities. The Quality Assurance role is responsible for understanding business processes, systems/applications, testing protocols, and requirements/intended functionality for new projects. Known internally as Data Insights & Analytics Analyst, this is a full-time, 6-9 month contract assignment located in Southfield, MI, and reports to the DIA manager. Paid relocation is not available for this contract position. Support in-house development teams and vendor software implementations, providing quality assurance services for projects and support issues. Provide quality assurance services with a focus on validating application functionality and integrations while also validating data requirements and conversions. Elicit, document, and differentiate testing and validation of business requirements, functional requirements, non-functional requirements, use cases and/or features, epics, and user stories / acceptance criteria. Develop detailed test plans, test data, and test cases and execute against functional and non-functional requirements, technical designs, data mappings, and / or user stories / acceptance criteria. Present test plans and test cases to project teams for completeness and correctness. Cleanse, validate and map data by running database queries, joining tables, etc. Partner with IT and business application support resources throughout the testing lifecycle to maximize quality test cases and expected results. Report defects including steps and data necessary to reproduce and represent at bug meetings. Define requirements around infrastructure, tools and user access & entitlements necessary to execute test cases. Establish traceability from test cases back through business / functional requirements. Collaborate on the development of testing standards, processes and tools utilized during the testing phase of software project delivery. Contribute to supply management and resourcing decisions for projects and programs by providing estimates at various stages in the project delivery process. Collaborate on the evaluation of vendors and the development of new system requirements in support of quality assurance functions and/or QA steps in the software testing lifecycle. Perform functional testing in pre-production environments and smoke-testing to validate production installations. Support User Acceptance Testing Support software delivery migration from waterfall to agile methodology. Additional responsibilities as identified. This description is not designed to encompass a comprehensive listing of required activities, duties, or responsibilities. What you'll need A Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Information Systems (IS) or a related field is preferred; exp