Job Description:
Job Summary
We are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Mid-Level Software Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer and Tester with Agile methodology experience to support the delivery of high-quality software systems. This role focuses on planning, executing, and automating testing activities across web-based front-end and back-end systems. The ideal candidate brings strong technical testing skills, a collaborative mindset, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced Agile environment.
Responsibilities
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Serve as a Test Engineer supporting system and software delivery efforts.
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Develop, establish, and maintain quality assurance methodologies, standards, and processes.
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Create and maintain test procedures and test cases for system, functional, regression, performance, load, security, interoperability, stress, and boundary testing.
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Analyze backlog items and define testing scope, estimates, and automation candidates.
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Develop and execute test plans, test scripts, and automated tests for integration, migration, regression, performance, disaster recovery, and security testing.
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Identify, document, track, and resolve software defects, maintaining accurate defect backlogs and reports.
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Support hardware and software evaluation, including associated documentation reviews.
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Perform iteration, regression, and performance testing activities.
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Map test cases to requirements to ensure requirements traceability.
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Support and validate User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
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Participate actively in Agile Scrum ceremonies, including sprint planning, testing, demos, retrospectives, and releases.
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Collaborate with developers, product owners, and stakeholders to define testing strategies and validation criteria.
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Assist with test scenario design, test planning, metrics, and quality reporting.
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Execute testing across web front-end, back-end, API, messaging, and database layers.
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Perform validation at multiple levels including API, database, logging, and UI testing.
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Contribute to a collaborative, cross-functional Agile team environment.
Qualifications
Required
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U.S. Citizenship with the ability to pass a background investigation.
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Applicable combination of education and experience:
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Test Engineer (T3): Bachelors degree and 5+ years of IT experience, including 2–3 years supporting integration solutions using .NET or related technologies.
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Test Engineer (T4): Bachelors degree and 7+ years of IT experience, including 2–3 years supporting integration solutions using .NET or related technologies.
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Testing Lead (T5): Bachelors degree and 15+ years of IT experience, including 2–3 years supporting integration solutions using .NET or related technologies.
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Experience testing applications developed in C#/.NET.
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Strong ability to produce test documentation, including test plans, procedures, defect reports, and requirements documents.
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Experience with functional, integration, system, and user acceptance testing.
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Familiarity with information security best practices.
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Ability to apply test estimation techniques to software development efforts.
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Experience with testing and CI tools such as Jenkins, TeamCity, and automation frameworks including Robot Framework, SpecFlow, JUnit, TestNG, NUnit, or similar.
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Familiarity with version control systems such as Git, SVN, CVS, or Mercurial.
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Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile Scrum methodology.
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Strong written and verbal communication skills.
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Ability to work in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
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Collaborative, team-oriented, and self-motivated with a strong work ethic.
Desired
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Experience with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) or similar tools.
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Prior experience guiding testing strategies in collaboration with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Scrum Masters.
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Experience testing API-driven and service-oriented architectures.