Senior QA Tester
Acuity
DC, US
Full-time
Responsibilities
- As part of our testing team you will be responsible for ensuring high-profile software applications used by senior officials and their staff, are of the highest software quality
- As part of an agile software development team, you will actively participate in team discussions to contribute to producing functionalities that meet requirements and acceptance criteria
- Identify test scenarios and generate detailed test scripts using industry best practices and with minimal supervision
- Execute test cases and test plans using manual and automated methods
- Independently identify, isolate, and document software defects
- Maintain and expand existing test documentation, including test plans, test cases or scripts, and defect reports
- Effectively communicate with project team and provide evidence to proceed with a software release
- Assist with on-going process improvement efforts to ensure test planning, execution, and reporting methods are effective, efficient, standardized, coordinated, and integrated
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, systems engineering, or STEM related discipline, or equivalent related experience
- Minimum 7 years of experience as a software tester or quality analyst
- Deep and demonstrated knowledge of comprehensive testing methodologies, tools, and best practices
- Extensive experience in generating test plans, test strategies, test scenarios, and test cases
- Strong knowledge of agile practices and experience with agile planning tools (., MS DevOps & Test Plans, Jira)
- Experience in evaluating test coverage, identifying gaps, providing feedback, and implementing solutions
- Experience with automation tools such as Postman, Newman, Selenium, Cypress, Jasmine, etc. is a plus
- Attention to detail and ability to identify, isolate and document defects
- Effective verbal and written communication skills for both technical and non-technical audiences
- Collaboration skills
- Adaptability and willingness to learn
- Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables
- Cloud computing experience preferred (MS Azure and ServiceNow)
Clearance Requirement
- Must have active DoD Secret clearance verified in JPAS. Top Secret preferred.
30+ days ago