Role: Sr. QA Tester
Location: Atlanta GA Hybrid Onsite (Must Be local)
Job Description:
Under broad supervision drive the overall QA planning/tracking and reporting for project(s) as well as execution of test lifecycle deliverables per standard methodology and procedures to ensure successful Test Strategy/plan implementation.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Experience in testing Custom applications.
- Experience in testing GIS components.
- Create and document test plans execute tests analyse results and report problems and anomalies all via the lens of business end users.
- Operate in Agile approach to support testing needs.
- Work closely and collaboratively with business partners PMO and Vendor technical delivery teams to understand business requirements.
- Ensure software testing is done ontime and as planned and notify management about bottlenecks and other issues and risks.
- Assist Business subject matter experts and business analysts in the development of UAT test scenarios leveraging test cases.
- Participate in defect triage meetings and demos.
- Report weekly status to Quality Assurance Testing Lead
Education:
- Bachelors degree in computer science Business or similar
General Experience:
- At least Ten (10) years of experience with testing in software development projects.
- Experience in midscale or largescale system development projects (including using test automation test strategy developing and executing test scripts and test plans)
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to review and analyse system specifications (e.g. System Requirements Business Requirements Design Documents etc.)
- Able to perform manual testing and/or automated testing.
- Experience in documenting Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM) and confirming applications are ready for UAT.
- Experience in preparing UAT instructions for end users and facilitating/overseeing UAT activities.
- Experience in documenting Test Cases
- Experience in evaluating and documenting Test Results
- Ability to prepare sample data for testing.
- Skills in System testing parallel/comparative testing QA testing performance and load testing regression testing security testing business continuity/disaster recovery testing postgolive testing/validation
- Experience with mobile device testing is a plus.
- Analytical mind and skills in troubleshooting problemsolving and issue isolation
- Detail oriented.
- Excellent communication/collaboration skills with software developers/architects business analysts etc.
- Able to work with crossfunctional teams to validate product quality throughout the development life cycle.
- Experience with GitHub ServiceNow
Specialized Experience:
- Experience in quality assurance concepts and best practices.
- Experience creating test cases and writing manual test scripts.
- Experience in running tests for application functions.
- Experience with SDLC and agile methodologies.
- Familiarity with defect management tools
- Preferred to have experience with public sector.
Preferred training or software testing certifications such as:
- Certified associate in software Testing (CAST)
- Certified Test Engineer (CSTE)
- Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)
- Certified Manager of Software Quality (CMSQ)