Sr QA Engineer

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)