QA/Tester (Senior)

Interclypse Inc.; Annapolis (MD); On-site; USD 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

401K match

Paid Time Off

Educational support

Life Insurance

Disability coverage

Job summary

Interclypse Inc. in Maryland is seeking a Senior Quality Assurance Consultant to lead QA efforts for information systems, establish capable processes, and ensure adherence to industry standards and regulations.

You will develop test plans, implement automated strategies, and coordinate tests across web and mobile platforms. The role emphasizes collaboration with IT and business teams, requires extensive testing experience, and offers growth within a growth-minded organization committed to doing

Qualifications

• This position requires a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems Engineering, Business, or related technical field.
• Eight years of experience as an analyst/tester on software projects with requirement analysis and test script execution.
• Five years mapping requirements to test cases and generating test scripts.
• Five years using relational databases and writing SQL scripts.
• Five years using MS Office tools: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio.
• Strong communication with technical and non-technical teams.
• Experience with Jira or VersionOne for change requests and incidents.
• Knowledge of manual and automated testing, 508, performance, UAT, regression, and integration testing.
• Experience with automated testing tools and cross-platform web/mobile testing.
• Testing Java, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, and JMeter.

Responsibilities

• Establish and monitor capable QA processes and root cause analysis for continuous improvement.
• Develop strategic QA plans for targeted areas of the organization.
• Provide QA strategies aligning with standards, regulations, and customer needs.
• Develop and implement QA life cycle methodologies and metrics.
• Create test cases, testing plans and procedures in agile environments.
• Coordinate IT software tests and evaluate results for regulatory compliance.
• Design and prepare test data; review results for conformance to design.
• Maintain automated regression and integration test plans for validation.
• Communicate test results and feedback to business and IT stakeholders.

Skills

SQL scripting

Jira

VersionOne

Manual testing

Automated testing

Web/mobile testing

Java/JavaScript

JMeter

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

MS Office

Job description

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Welcome to Interclypse, where innovation meets passion. Every team member is a vital piece of our success story. We are not just a company, but a dynamic community driven by the shared vision of redefining excellence. At Interclypse, you will find more than a career – you will discover a vibrant ecosystem where your talents are celebrated, your ideas are embraced, and your potential is achieved. Every Interclypse team member can benefit based on their efforts and collectively benefit through the overall company’s success. Join our mission to positively impact society, community, industry, and individuals by always “Doing What is Right”. Together, let's pioneer a future where greatness is achieved and exceeded.

To actualize this vision, Interclypse employs a growth mindset culture that empowers employees to rise in their careers by providing them with tools, mentorship, and a supportive environment to ensure long-term success.

Interclypse is supporting several Maryland state agencies in the modernization and sustainment of critical systems. This exciting opportunity provides candidates with the ability to contribute to the long-term health and success of the state while continuing to learn and grow professionally within Interclypse’s growth mindset culture.

All positions are required to be onsite at various locations in Maryland.

Responsibilities

The Quality Assurance Consultant provides quality management for information systems using the standard methodologies, techniques, and metrics for assuring product quality and key activities in quality management. This individual is responsible for performing the following tasks:

A. Establishing capable processes, monitoring and control of critical processes and product mechanisms for feedback of performance, implementing effective root cause analysis and corrective action system, and continuous process improvement;

B. Providing strategic quality plans in targeted areas of the organization;

C. Providing QA strategies to ensure continuous production of products consistent with established industry standards, government regulations, and customer requirements; and

D. Developing and implementing life cycle and QA methodologies and educating, and implementing QA metrics.

E. Develop and document test cases, testing plans and procedures in an agile environment

F. Develop, execute and coordinate IT software tests and evaluate results to ensure compliance with applicable regulations

G. Design and prepare all needed test data. Reviews test results and evaluates for conformance to design

H. Develop and maintain automated regression and integration test plans for validation

I. Communicate test results and feedback with business and IT stakeholders

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• This position requires a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems Engineering, Business, or other related scientific or technical discipline is required.
• Eight (8) years of experience as an analyst/tester on software projects in supporting requirement analysis, application test script development and execution.
• Five (5) years of experience in mapping the business and technical requirements into test cases and generating test scripts.
• Five (5) years of practical experience in using relational databases and generating SQL scripts is required.
• Five (5) years of experience in using MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio).
• Strong ability to communicate effectively with technical and non-technical teams and users.
• Capable of triaging change requests, incidents during all phases of design, development, testing and training using tracking tools such as VersionOne or Jira.
• Practical knowledge in manual and automated testing, 508 compliance, performance, UAT, Unit, regression and integration testing.
• Experience with automated testing and automated testing tools.
• Experience in testing Web application, Mobile application in a cross platform and browser environment.
• Experience in testing Java, JavaScript, jQuery, AngularJS, JMeter.

Why You Will Love Interclypse

• You want to work for an adaptive company that moves at your speed.
• You want a healthy work-life balance.
• You want to work with a passionate team on an important mission.
• You want to work for an organization that values and appreciates you.
• You want to work for an organization that invests in your growth.
• You want the option for career mentorship, both in technology and in business.
• You value a company with a strong culture of growth and support.

Employee Impact Program

Every employee has the opportunity to be rewarded for the contributions they can make toward the long-term health of the company, our customers, and employees. This program in combination with our comprehensive benefits, time off and leave programs allow you to design a career and compensation program that enables unmatched flexibility while ensuring company, customer, and employee health and prosperity.

Benefits

• Personal Time Off (PTO) for vacations, holidays, illnesses
• Parental Leave
• Bereavement Leave
• Jury Duty Leave
• Retirement: Unlimited 401K match up to 8% of your salary up to the federal maximum
• Financial education and planning support
• Health Insurance (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Life Insurance
• Accidental Death and Dismemberment Insurance
• Disability: Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Educational support
• Company apparel
• Social events: Holiday Party, Spring Picnic, Fall Picnic, happy hours and more.
• Access to group rates for voluntary benefits such as Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Critical Illness, Pet Insurance, and Identity Theft Protection

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Interclypse is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected Veteran status.

The base salary range provided is not adjusted for geographic differences associated with where the work is being performed. Actual salaries will vary depending on factors including but not limited to location, candidate’s experience and education/training, internal peer equity, and market and business consideration.