Quality Assurance Specialist

Responsibilities

• Ownership of all Quality Assurance Engineering duties for the projects UI and Server based application software testing
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Create and maintain both UI and Server based software test scripts
• Implement and maintain high-quality software testing/engineering framework for software development and quality assurance standards
• Interpret product requirements into a test plan and corresponding test case development
• Test of software functionality, product installation, performance, load and usability testing
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Being a highly effective Quality Assurance Engineer and an active part of the projects Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)

Qualifications

• Proven experience in white and black box manual testing of web applications with UIs
• Proven experience with functional, system, regression, and integration testing
• Proven experience developing test cases from user stories
• Strong analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail
• Ability to execute and read complex SQL queries
• Ability to analyze a product for accurate Integration test scenarios
• Proven experience with test management tools. X-Ray experience is preferred
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Experience in white box testing of RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, and/or web services
• Superior written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to multi-task under tight deadlines and report status
• Ability to document QA procedures for the team
• Experience in test planning (including data planning), test scheduling, and test evaluation
• Management of defects within a corporate defect tracking system
• Must be a US Citizen
• Must be able to obtain and maintain Federal Government Public Trust
• Must pass a background investigation

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with automated testing tools
• FitNesse and HPE LoadRunner experience
• Experience creating, maintaining and evaluating software automation test scripts (including incorporation of dynamic test data)
• Experience working with and deploying Java jar files
• Section 508 Compliance testing experience
• Experience with Linux, JBoss, Docker/OpenShift and Appian