Software Quality Assurance Engineer

Scientific Games; Alpharetta (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Scientific Games is seeking a Software QA Engineer to assist in the full life cycle of software development, focusing on test environment control and independent evaluation of software.

You will work with the Software Development Manager and QA Project Lead, following established test processes and contributing to high-quality software releases.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software testing experience or equivalent.
• Experience setting up test environments and logging results.
• Familiarity with JIRA and test management tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain test plans and test scripts.
• Conduct functional, regression, performance, and security testing.
• Identify, report, and track defects to resolution.
• Collaborate with developers to reproduce issues and validate fixes.
• Prepare test summary reports and ensure testing timelines are met.

Skills

Software testing

Test environments

JIRA

SQL

Linux/Unix

Excel

Education

Technical degree

Tools

JIRA

qTest

SQL Server

Excel

Job description

Software QA Engineer: The Test Engineer can work independently or as a team member in the full life cycle of a software development project. The Test Engineer is adept at controlling a test environment as well as providing an independent evaluation of software. The Test Engineer takes direction from the Software Development Manager and the Software Quality Control Engineering Project Lead.

Responsibilities

• Continually developing professional expertise in all aspects of test engineering.
• Follow the department test process.
• Ensure test runs and results within the given time frame.
• Provide test plans, test scripts and test summary reports.
• Develop and execute test plans to validate software functionality against requirements and specifications.
• Identify, report and track software defects and issues.
• Perform functional, performance, security and regression testing of software products.
• Evaluate and provide input to requirement documents.
• Gather and analyze data in support of business cases, proposed projects, and systems requirements.
• Reproduce issues, when necessary, to assist software development in resolving issues.
• Submit clearly written bug reports and reporting results when necessary to the Senior Software Quality Control Engineering Project Lead or Software Development Manager.
• Build productive internal/external working relationships.
• Normally receives general instructions on routine work, detailed instructions on new projects or assignments.

Position Qualifications

• 3+ years’ experience in software testing, setting up test environments, testing and logging results; or equivalent experience.
• A 2- or 4-year college degree, preferably in a technical area, is a plus.
• Basic knowledge of the lottery gaming industry.
• A working knowledge or experience with the JIRA Issue Management tool preferred.
• General proficiency in Microsoft Office desktop applications, especially Word and Excel.
• Travel 5% or less. Possess valid papers allowing for travel on short notice, possibly to foreign destinations.

Useful prior experience for this position includes

• General proficiency in a Linux / Unix environment
• Jira bug / issue tracking and project management tool
• qTest test case management tool
• Able to write basic queries in SQL Server and JIRA boards
• Testing web applications
• Exposure to Automated testing tools

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, bend, use hands, operate a computer, and have specific vision abilities to include close and distance vision, and ability to adjust focus working with computer and business equipment.

Work Conditions

Scientific Games, LLC and its affiliates (collectively, “SG”) are engaged in highly regulated gaming and lottery businesses. As a result, certain SG employees may, among other things, be required to obtain a gaming or other license(s), undergo background investigations or security checks, or meet certain standards dictated by law, regulation or contracts. In order to ensure SG complies with its regulatory and contractual commitments, as a condition to hiring and continuing to employ its employees, SG requires all of its employees to meet those requirements that are necessary to fulfill their individual roles. As a prerequisite to employment with SG (to the extent permitted by law), you shall be asked to consent to SG conducting a due diligence/background investigation on you. This job description should not be interpreted as all-inclusive; it is intended to identify major responsibilities and requirements of the job. The employee in this position may be requested to perform other job-related tasks and responsibilities than those stated above.