Software Quality Assurance Tester

Overview Allied Consultants, Inc. is an Austin-based firm which has for 32 years been a premier provider of technical and business professionals to clients in Texas. We are currently seeking an experienced Software Quality Assurance Tester to be a key resource on a technical services team. Allied Consultants offers its family of consultants excellent rates, a local support staff, and an attractive benefits package which includes medical insurance (Allied shares a percentage of the cost), life insurance, a matching 401(k) plan and a cafeteria plan.Candidates selected for interview will be required to undergo criminal background checks and may be required to complete a drug screen in accordance with Federal and State Law. Offers of Employment are contingent on a successful background checkAllied Consultants is an equal opportunities employer. Responsibilities The Software QA Analyst performs advanced and/or supervisory computer systems analysis and team lead work, administering the daily operations and activities of testing teams within the QA division of IT (Information Technology). Work involves planning, budgeting, and analyzing user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate processing or to improve existing systems. This position will work with the project development teams to provide the following Software Testing Services: Analyze user requirements, design documents and other documentation to develop detailed test cases Create and execute automated functional and regression test cases, report and document all issues, test cases ran, test results, and testing summaries in detail Perform manual testing and data validation Perform advanced SQL queries to analyze and manipulate data Work with development team and customers to clearly understand the functionality under test to define and implement test case automation and clearly communicate to the team Execute performance and accessibility testing Review user requirements, procedures, and problems to automate applications or to improve existing systems. Collaborate with the project team for sprint/release work on tasks such as providing testing effort estimates, resolving defects or issues and providing status on work assignments or issues. The QA group supports and facilitates the implementation of all apps/projects in the Texas Education Agency. Qualifications Minimum Requirements: Candidates that do not meet or exceed the minimum stated requirements (skills/experience) will be displayed to customers but may not be chosen for this opportunity. Years Required/Preferred Experience 7 Required Testing complex Web Applications 7 Required Testing all phases of Software Development Life Cycle 3 Required Database/SQL Language 2 Required XML, JSON, API Testing 2 Required Automation Testing experience 2 Preferred Experience in API testing (SOAP and REST). 1 Preferred Test automation experience using open source technologies and/or in-house frameworks 1 Preferred Experience with test frameworks like Junit, TestNG 1 Preferred WAPT Pro/Jmeter or other performance testing tools 1 Preferred Previous experience with Zypher Scale preferred 1 Preferred Previous experience with Jira preferred