Software Test Engineer

Summary : The Tester (Quality Assurance role) assesses software quality through manual and automated testing. The tester coordinates and executes test events in accordance with approved test plans, procedures and scripts. The tester must have knowledge and skills to ensure that test environments are set up accurately and create test reports. The test engineer must be able to test IT hardware, software, systems and networks. The Tester is responsible for finding and reporting bugs and glitches. In this role, the tester should have a keen eye for detail and excellent communication skills. The tester must develop and execute test cases and be passionate about quality. Ultimately, the tester will ensure that products, applications and systems work correctly.

Remote work allowed.

Required Education:

Bachelor’s Degree or higher in a business or technical discipline

Required Years of Experience:

3 years, or 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education

Responsibilities:

Review and analyze system specifications

Collaborate with Business Analysts,

Test Engineers

and Test Planners/Managers to develop effective strategies and test plans

Execute test cases (manual or automated) and analyze results

Evaluate product code according to specifications

Create logs to document testing phases and defects

Report bugs and errors to development teams

Help troubleshoot issues

Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing

Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle

Minimum Qualifications:

Experience with CPRS Application with the Veteran Affairs (VA) Network

VA or other Federal Government experience required

Proven experience as a QA, tester or similar role

Experience in project management and QA methodology

Familiarity with Agile frameworks and regression testing is a plus

Ability to document and troubleshoot errors

Working knowledge of test management software (e.g. qTest, Zephyr, LoadRunner), Jira, Rational and SQL

Excellent communication skills

Attention to detail

Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude

Strong organizational skills

Preferred Qualifications:

CMMI Maturity Level 3, ISO 9001:2015 or 9001:2001, and ITIL experience a plus

Has high standards, results oriented, and a commitment to delivering high quality software on time

Hands on experience Automation Engineer experience required

Demonstrated knowledge of Test Automation Frameworks

Experience with a test automation tool such as Selenium WebDriver, SoapUI, Cucumber etc.

Exposure to web technologies (e.g. HTTP, XML, REST, HTML, etc.)

Exposure to Continuous integration for test automation

Knowledge of Services and API layer testing, Java/J2EE, Junit.

Ability to negotiate, communicate and deliver effective Automated Test solutions to both Development and QA organizations

Ability to prepare and effectively present status reports.

Understanding of Software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies

Exposure to other development or test automation tools/frameworks (e.g. Junit, SOAP-UI, Eclipse, Jenkins, Maven, HP ALM/QTP, JIRA, etc.) helpful

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