DHS QA Specialist

RiseMe; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

RiseMe in Washington DC is seeking a Software Quality Assurance/Functional Tester to develop and implement QA plans in alignment with contract requirements. You will drive functional and automated testing across web applications and coordinate with development teams.

You will design test plans, write automated test scripts, perform validation across SDLC, and produce testing summaries for management. Strong QA methodology, SQL knowledge, and experience with QA tools are required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Information Technology or related field or equivalent experience
• Experience with software quality assurance and SDLC
• Knowledge of QA methodologies and testing techniques
• Experience with healthcare operations processes

Responsibilities

• Develop and write test plans based on requirements; create functional automated test scripts and perform testing
• Develop and maintain functional and regression tests to ensure code functions as designed
• Support testing of multiple major releases in coordination with development teams/vendors
• Participate in design specification and technical documentation reviews
• Create testing summary reports communicating results to management
• Collaborate with development team to ensure defects are resolved promptly
• Prioritize defects based on business requirements and customer needs
• Provide testing support for all software applications tested by SQA
• Extensive experience testing across browser web applications
• Design test cases and execute testing across platforms (mobile, web, portal frameworks)
• Develop automated test scripts and test plans; use HP QTP/UFT, TestComplete, Selenium etc.
• Provide production support by investigating and reproducing defects
• Experience with Oracle 11g/12c SQL queries
• Work with multiple database interfaces in standard web architectures
• Develop scalable automation test suites and trace requirements
• Participate in SDLC – Agile/Waterfall; ensure QA environments are maintained
• Experience with HP Quality Center/ALM
• Conduct test case reviews and ensure requirements traceability

Skills

Functional testing

Automated testing

Quality assurance

Test plan development

SQL queries

Web testing

Team collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or related field

Tools

HP QTP/UFT

TestComplete

Selenium

HP Quality Center/ALM

SQL tooling

Job description

Short Description:

Provides development of project software quality assurance plan and the implementation of procedures that conforms to the requirements of the contract.

Complete Description:

The Software Quality Assurance/Functional Tester has strong of knowledge in quality assurance, release management, automation test tools (e.g. HP QTP, UFT, TestComplete, or other tools), provides advanced system testing support.

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

Responsibilities:

1. Provides development of project software quality assurance plan and the implementation of procedures that conforms to the requirements of the contract.
2. 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.
3. May be responsible for all activities involving quality assurance and compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
4. Conducts audits and reviews/analyzes data and documentation.
5. 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

Candidate Skills Matrix:

Following sections are to be filled by the candidate:

Skills | Required/Desired | No. of Years | How many years of experience candidate has?

Bachelor’s degree in IT or related field or equivalent experience| Required | 15 |

Provide defect status and quality metrics to the project manager to ensure bugs are resolved in a timely manner.| Required | 11 |

Developing software quality assurance plans| Required | 11 |

Developing test plans and procedures| Required | 11 |

Design, develop and execute automated test cases from requirements. Tools for eg. HP QTP/UFT or Test Complete or Selenium etc.| Required | 8 |

Design, develop and execute test plans and test cases for assigned project using HP Quality Center/ALM for writing test cases, defect management.| Required | 8 |

Lead all technical testing efforts including functional & automated testing.| Required | 8 |

Design and support user interface testing application and regression testing software.| Required | 8 |

Advanced level knowledge of writing SQL queries.| Required | 5 |

Deep knowledge of healthcare operations business processes.| Required | 5 |

Have good understanding on Oracle 11G or 12c Database| Required | 3 |

Background check:

• Extensive criminal history background check will be required. We cannot submit candidates with recent histories (go back seven years) of extensive driving, drug, robbery or any other illegal activity. Any criminal activity on the background check will eliminate the candidate from consideration. If selected, please make certain that you inform all candidates that they will have to complete this criminal background check prior to starting. NATIONAL background checks are required; Federal background checks are NOT compliant under this contract. A national background check is a national criminal background check that pulls criminal records from State and County Courts in almost every US State