IT Quality Assurance Engineer (Hybrid)

About the role

The State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) division is seeking an IT Quality Assurance Engineer interested in a rewarding public service career to join our team. This role will perform automation testing and will help to ensure the quality and reliability of our web-based and infrastructure applications.

Responsibilities

• Perform day-to-day operational testing, which will include web-based application testing, system and integration testing, ad-hoc testing, and exploratory testing.
• Develop test plans, test scenarios, and test cases for web-based applications and infrastructure.
• Prepare the Requirement Traceability Matrix and perform gap analysis between the requirements and the test cases.
• Develop user acceptance tests with the appropriate test scenarios and level of detail for business users.
• Build the Test Automation Framework from scratch with C# and maintain the automation test suites.
• Perform functional testing, integration testing, regression testing and end to end testing.
• Identify and track defects/bugs.
• Communicate results from testing for the development team and business area to replicate.
• Schedule and facilitate user acceptance testing activities.
• Execute ad-hoc testing in accordance with industry standards and best practices in application design.
• Perform related work as required.

Qualifications

• 2 or more years of professional experience in quality assurance with automating web-based and infrastructure applications.
• Experience building the Test Automation Framework with preferably C# as the programming language.
• Experience in the use of Visual Studio, Playwright, Azure DevOps Test Plans and CI/CD Pipelines, or similar test automation tool experience.
• Ability to utilize SharePoint, ServiceNow, and cloud-based solutions.
• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field. Without a bachelor’s degree, 6 years of related work experience is a minimum requirement.
• Ability to test applications with no requirements and create test cases based on ad-hoc testing and user manuals.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate technical matters to non-technical business users.
• Strong documentation skills.
• Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously and establish and maintain effective working relationships with SCC staff.
• Proficiency in the use of a personal computer, including Microsoft Office365 and .Net applications.
• Any knowledge of or experience with Oracle forms is considered a plus.

Pay

Starting Salary Range: $65,000 - $90,000

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule (generally 2 days of telework, 3 days in office each week)

Benefits

Training and professional development opportunities.