Description

About The Role

This position will be primarily responsible for software test analysis to support the VA ABC Quality Engineering Team performing manual testing. This position will support testing needs for the migration of the ABC licensing system to a SaaS environment. This will encompass the execution of our entire regression portfolio aProductst the new environment.

Core Job Responsibilities

Coordinate With Project Teams For Testing Activities Including

 

  • Requirements analyzation and review
  • Execute test plans to ensure that all objectives are met
  • Write and update (manual) test scripts
  • Securing and maintaining repeatable test data
  • Attend daily meetings with team members to discuss progress
  • Test applications and verify functionality in accordance with published requirements, test cases, procedures, and/or user stories
  • Facilitate test review sessions as needed to execute integrated and system testing activities

     

Understands the individual components of the system and how they interact with one another.

Self starter that is able to anticipate the next steps in the design and development of the test strategy

Understand the boundaries of the system and validate the impact of various processes on the system produce desired results.

Communicate and document test results to involved parties and work with stakeholders to ensure applications are being developed as expected

Escalates issues and risks to project leadership in accordance with best practices

Work closely with developers and business analysts to ensure product requirements are met

Ensure quality assurance procedures meet ABC/ITSD established development and testing standards

Ensure tasks identified in the master test and quality assurance plans are executed in accordance with defined standards

Maintain project documentation

Provides detailed communication that is both respectful and transparent with management and peers

Exhibits openness to others views

Works independently and/or with others while managing multiple assignments

Strong time management skills

Strong knowledge of SQL and ability to create/write SQL queries

Required Education, Experience, Licensure, And Certification

Bachelor's Degree from a college or university with course work in information systems or computer

science; from a community college or equivalent with course work in information systems or computer

programming; or with acceptable work experience in Information Systems. Certification in Quality

Assurance Software Testing (CTFL, etc), preferred.

Knowledge

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Competencies

Extensive knowledge of software testing and maintains documented quality assurance processes. Knowledge of industry web and client server testing best practices and quality assurance methodologies. Knowledge of the Rational Unified Process, Software Engineering Institutes (SEI) Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMi), and ISO standards. Strong knowledge of SQL database systems and

techniques. Knowledge of fundamental quality assurance concepts, practices, and procedures of particular

field of specialization. Experience with Jira and Zephyr. Experience with Microsoft Office. Variety of testing experience such as: integration, smoke, interface, regression, performance and functional testing.

Education

Any Graduate