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In Norconsulting we are currently looking for a Microsoft Fabric Architect to join us in a freelancer opportunity for a major European organization.Duration: long termLocation: RemoteSchedule: available at least 50% at New York business hoursRate: 120 USD per day (Around 2500 per month)Tasks and Deliverables:Act as a QA focal point to development teams when communicating with Quality Assurance Team members;Provide support for Quality Assurance and related services and help to expand and improve the effectiveness of these services;Create, execute, automate, and manage test cases and test plans for existing and newly developed systems;Support the software development process and implementation of new software releases by testing applications and services, using established standards for IT technologies and tools;Participate in the specification, design, automation and support of software and services from a quality assurance perspective;Draft technical documentation for software and services in the form of test cases and user stories;Draft correspondence, communications and test reports as necessaryKeep abreast of developments in the field of quality assurancePerform other work-related duties as assignedRequired skills and experiences:A minimum of three years of daily, hands-on practical experience in providing software quality assurance for medium-large sized development teams is required.A minimum of three years of daily, hands-on practical experience in developing Test Automation Frameworks or designing automated testing suites is requiredA minimum of three years of daily, hands-on practical experience with regular release testing and clearance using Agile development approaches such as SCRUM is required.A minimum of three years of daily, hands-on practical experience with managing test code and definitions using Software Configuration Management and integrating testing and clearance processes with build tools such as Azure DevOps Services is required.A minimum of one year of daily hands-on practical experience with git source control including branching and processing of pull requests is required.A minimum of three years of daily, hands-on practical experience with developing UI test automation with Selenium using C# is required.A minimum of three years daily, hands-on experience in servicing distributed development teams, Quality Assurance team members, and clients is required.Daily, hands-on practical experience with writing test cases using Gherkin syntax is desirable.Daily, hands-on practical experience with testing software for Prince2 based projects is desirable.Experience in testing applications hosted in Cloud Services (Microsoft Azure or Amazon Web Service) is desirable.Required Qualifications:High school diploma or equivalentInternational Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Foundation certification or similar certificationAny relevant additional certifications are desirable