Application Tester (Ref: 18607)

Location: Remote (Candidates must be local or willing to commute for occasional in-person)

Contract duration: 1 year, 1 month, 17 days

Openings: 1

Schedule

• Monday – Friday, 7:30 AM to 4:00 PM EST

Responsibilities

• Perform comprehensive system testing, User Acceptance Testing (UAT), and requirements validation for complex integrated systems.
• Create test use cases, execute manual and automated testing, and generate detailed test result reports for management.
• Implement testing strategies required by project managers and provide documented processes to the testing team.
• Support defect resolution, log defects into the defect management tool, and provide testing process consultation to the project team.
• Validate Traceability Matrices against contractual requirements.
• Manage the full lifecycle of Automation framework development, including architecture and expansion.
• Maintain the automation test suite and seamlessly integrate it into DevOps pipelines.
• Develop and deliver presentations on test results for stakeholders and officials.
• Test new releases and collaborate effectively with developers, designers, team leaders, and other testers.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Technology, with exposure to 3rd generation programming languages and software design patterns.
• 5 to 7 years of hands-on experience as a tester for enterprise IT projects.
• Strong proficiency in core programming languages, specifically C# or Java.
• Proven experience in data-driven automation testing and handling full-lifecycle automation frameworks.
• Experience with NIEM XML or other complex XML standards.
• Hands-on experience testing web services manually using SoapUI or Postman.
• Solid understanding of SOA technologies and experience scripting complex SQL queries (Microsoft SQL Server).
• Sound knowledge of automation reporting tools (e.g., Extent Reports) and version control (GitHub).
• Ability to understand the complexity of a large integrated system and trace problems to their source.
• Proficiency in MS Excel and excellent collaborative skills.

Skills

• IT Project QA / Software Testing – 5 years (required)
• Core Programming (C# or Java) – 3 years (required)
• Data-driven Automation Testing – 3 years (required)
• Complex SQL Scripting (MS SQL Server) – 3 years (required)
• Manual Web Services Testing (SoapUI / Postman) – 2 years (required)
• NIEM XML or complex XML Standard – 2 years (required)
• SOA Technologies – 2 years (required)
• Automation Reporting Tools (Extent Reports) – 2 years (required)
• GitHub – 2 years (required)
• DevOps Integration for Test Suites – 2 years (required)
• IBM Rational Jazz Suite – 1 year (desired)
• BS in Computer Technology – 4 years (required)