Quality Analyst Engineer I

Liberty University; Lynchburg (VA); Remote; USD 55,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plans

Tuition assistance

Job summary

Liberty University is recruiting a QA/Testing Engineer for our IT Development team, offering remote work within the United States. The role focuses on designing test plans, executing test cases, and building automated testing suites while collaborating with product teams to ensure end-user quality.

Required are a Bachelor's degree and experience in manual/ exploratory testing, with preference for automation scripting, SQL testing, and CI/CD familiarity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience in writing test cases, manual testing, and exploratory testing is required.
• Basic automated test scripting and monitoring testing.
• Familiarity with SQL testing and Agile software development processes is required.
• Preferred: ASTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level.
• Preferred: Familiarity with PowerShell and CI/CD tools (GCP, Azure, OpenShift).
• Preferred: Understanding of engineering science and technology applications.
• Preferred: Experience with SDLC tools like Jira, TFS, or equivalent.
• Strong verbal and written communication.

Responsibilities

• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input on requirements and designs.
• Analyze data to identify or resolve operational problems.
• Write, execute and monitor automated testing suites.
• Perform exploratory testing for the application under test.

Skills

Test case design

Manual testing

Automated testing

SQL testing

Agile methodologies

CI/CD tooling

PowerShell

Jira

TFS

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Jira

TFS

OpenShift

GCP

Azure

Job description

Working with one of our development teams to write and execute testcases based on requirements written by the product team andreporting on the status of the execution of those tests throughoutthe process. The ideal candidate will be someone that is able tothink creatively about how an application is used and how we canensure that the end user is getting what they expected.

This position is in IT Development.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Design test plans, scenarios, scripts, or procedures.
• Participate in product design reviews to provide input onfunctional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potentialproblems.
• Analyze data to identify or resolve operational problems.
• Write, execute and monitor automated testing suites.
• Perform exploratory testing for application under testing.

Qualifications, Credentials, and Competencies

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience in writing test cases, performing manual testing,and conducting exploratory testing is required.
• Basic experience with automated test scripting and monitoringtesting.
• Familiarity with SQL testing and Agile software developmentprocesses is required.
• Preferred: ASTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level.
• Preferred: Familiarity with Microsoft PowerShell, andexperience with CI/CD tools such as GCP, Azure, or OpenShift.
• Preferred: Understanding of the practical application ofengineering science and technology.
• Preferred: Experience with SDLC tools such as Jira, TFS, orequivalent.
• Effective communication both verbally and in writing.
• Ability to intuitively reason, analyze information and events,and apply judgment in order to solve problems of both a routine andcomplex nature.
• Excellent computer and organizational skills.
• If the employee is required to travel in performing the dutiesand responsibilities of the position, the use of one’s personalvehicle (or LU vehicles) may be required for travel. Proof of avalid driver’s license, an acceptable DMV record, LU DrivingApproval, and liability insurance is required when driving in theperformance of the employee’s position.

Time Type

Full time

Location

Remote Location

Pay Range

Compensation is determined based on factors such as qualifications,experience, education, skills, and certifications, along withUniversity needs and external market conditions. Market benchmarksmay be used, as appropriate, in combination with internal equity toensure pay is fair and aligned with the broader compensationstructure.

The position may also be eligible for comprehensivebenefits , including health insurance, retirement plans, andtuition assistance.

$55,000.00 - $65,000.00

The University is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe itis our moral and legal obligation to meet the responsibility offensuring that all management practices regarding employees areconducted in a nondiscriminatory manner. In compliance with TitleVII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, and other applicable federal andstate statutes, all recruiting, hiring, training, and promotingforall job classifications will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including state of employment protectedclasses. It is, therefore, our policy and intention to evaluate allemployees and prospective employees strictly according to therequirements of the job. All personnel related activities such ascompensation, benefits, transfers, job classification, assignments,working conditions, educational assistance, terminations, layoffs,and return from layoffs, and all other terms, conditions andprivileges of employment will be administered without regard torace, color, ancestry, age, sex, national origin, pregnancy orchildbirth, disability, military veteran status or other applicablestatus protected by law, including all applicable state ofemployment protected classes. The University is a Christianreligious-affiliated organization; and as such, is not subject toreligious discrimination requirements. The University’s hiringpractices and EEO discrimination practices are in full compliancewith both federal and state law. Federal law creates an exceptionto the "religion" component of the employment discrimination lawsfor religious organizations (including educational institutions),and permits them to give employment practice preference to membersof their own religious beliefs.