11yrs QA Specialist - Onsite - In Person interview

RiseMe; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RiseMe seeks a QA Specialist to support the DC Government client in Washington, DC. The role focuses on functional and automated testing, test planning, and collaboration with development teams to ensure product quality across web and portal platforms.

The candidate should have strong experience in browser-based testing, understanding of SQL and Oracle databases, and familiarity with HP Quality Center/ALM. Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required in IT or related field.
• Experience with HP Quality Center/ALM.
• Significant experience testing across browser web applications.
• Knowledge of SDLC and testing methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Design test cases and execute functional, integration, and end-to-end testing across platforms (mobile, web, portal frameworks).
• Develop and maintain functional and regression tests; create automated test scripts and test plans.
• Coordinate testing with development teams/vendors and monitor testing activities and deliverables.
• Review design specifications and technical documentation to ensure test coverage.
• Produce testing summary reports and communicate results to management.
• Collaborate with the development team to ensure timely defect resolution and prioritization.
• Provide testing support for all software applications tested by the SQA team.
• Support multiple releases and ensure QA environments are maintained.

Education

Bachelor of Science degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

HP Quality Center/ALM

Oracle 11g/12c

Job description

Role: QA Specialist

Client: DC Government

Job Location : Washington, DC

Job Description:

Responsibilities:

• The functional tester will be able to write a test plan based upon requirements, develop functional automated test scripts, perform testing, will have deep knowledge in software testing methodology and the system development life cycle.
• Develop and maintain any functional and regression tests to ensure code is functioning as designed. Apply test methodology and product knowledge in the design of tests and testing strategies.
• Support testing of multiple major releases in coordination with development team/vendors while monitoring testing activities and key internal deliverable.
• Participation in design specification review and technical documentation review is essential to performing these duties.
• Create testing summary reports, clearly communicating to management all testing results.
• Work closely with the development team to ensure that defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner.
• Help prioritize defects to be fixed using an understanding of the business requirements and the needs of the customer.
• Provide testing support for all Software Applications that are tested by SQA team.
• Significant experience testing across browser web applications

Detailed Responsibilities Include:

• Design test cases and execute all types of testing (e.g. functional, integration, end-to-end) on all variety of platforms (e.g. mobile, web, portal frameworks)
• Perform all technical testing efforts including functional automated test scripts development, and test plans.
• Provide production support of software products by investigating and recreating reported defects
• Experience with scripting SQL queries and good understanding of the Oracle 11g or 12c Database
• Work with multiple database interfaces and be familiar with standard web architectures
• Assist project teams in determining appropriate quality goals and acceptance criteria. Develop and maintain repeatable and scalable automation test suites; generate manual test scenarios and test cases in a format that can be automated.
• Work closely with development team to understand how product changes affect maintenance of test cases and the QA testing environments. Participate in review sessions of business requirements.
• Contribute to the entire software development life cycle (SDLC – Agile and Waterfall preferred) from initial business requirements to deployment & production support
• Experience with HP Quality Center/ALM
• Conduct test case reviews and ensure requirements traceability, proper coverage
• Bachelor of Science degree Required

Behavior Characteristics:

• Strong written and verbal communications skills
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent time management skills
• Strong knowledge of system testing best practices and methodologies
• Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Organized and detail-oriented; able to effectively perform multiple/concurrent tasks within deadlines in a dynamic environment

CONTRACT TEMPLATE:

Responsibilities:

• Provides development of project software quality assurance plan and the implementation of procedures that conforms to the requirements of the contract.
• Provides an independent assessment of how the project's software development process is being implemented relative to the defined process and recommends methods to optimize the organization's process.
• May be responsible for all activities involving quality assurance and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
• Conducts audits and reviews/analyzes data and documentation.
• Develops and implements procedures and test plans for assuring quality in a system development environment which supports large databases and applications.

Minimum Education/Certification Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience.