Test Lead

Echelon Services, LLC; Manassas (VA); Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Tester/QA Specialist, where your expertise in Health IT Testing will help drive innovation in defense and health IT sectors. You'll lead testing activities, develop strategies, and collaborate with diverse teams to ensure quality and reliability in mission-critical projects. This role offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact through technology while working in a dynamic, fully remote environment. If you're passionate about testing and looking to grow your career, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• 2 years of Health IT Testing experience or 4 years relevant experience without a degree.
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or ISTQB Agile Tester Certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage daily testing activities and develop test strategies.
• Train and assist test analysts in executing test cases and scenarios.
• Document and track test events in management tools.

Skills

Health IT Testing

Agile Methodologies

Jira

Automated Testing Tools

Performance Testing Tools

DevSecOps Concepts

Education

Bachelor's Degree in IT or Engineering

Relevant Experience Without a Degree

Tools

Selenium

Cucumber

JMeter

Job description

Job Details

VA Corp - Manassas, VA Fully Remote Full Time 4 Year Degree Job Location Remote Type Position Type Education Level

Professional Services Job Category

Description

Job Description: Software Tester/QA Specialist at Echelon Services

About Echelon Services

Echelon Services, a proud Hawaiian-owned 8(a) government contractor, delivers cutting-edge technology solutions to meet mission-critical needs. Our work drives innovation in the defense and health IT sectors, ensuring that our government partners achieve their goals with precision and reliability. If you are passionate about making a meaningful impact through technology and thrive in dynamic environments, we invite you to join our team.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and lead the daily testing activities to support successful test events.


• Develop and coordinate test strategies and plans with the Government Test Manager, covering work breakdown structure, test architecture, schedule, deliverables, resources, risk assessment, and quality control.


• Serve as liaison between the Test Team, T&E Management, the Government Test Manager, the Product Manager, and Functional Area Management Teams.


• Maintain awareness of issues impacting team assignments and keep relevant managers informed.


• Understand test environment architecture and configuration, providing overall frameworks for tests, including types and objectives.


• Analyze documents to understand test engagement requirements.


• Train and assist other test analysts in developing and executing test cases, scripts, scenarios, and user stories.


• Document and track test events in test management tools.


• Facilitate status meetings, trainings, and strategy meetings to keep the testing team informed and early identify risks.


• Forecast future test scope, complexity, requirements, hours, risks, issues, and assumptions.


• Support application and environment risk assessments, system architecture, software delivery, and scheduling.

Qualifications

Skills and Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or higher in IT or Engineering with at least 2 years of Health IT Testing experience, or 4 years of relevant experience without a degree.


• Certified Scrum Master (CSM), Kanban, or ISTQB Agile Tester Certification.


• Experience managing and leading testing activities for multiple releases in various environments.


• Knowledge of Waterfall and Agile methodologies, and tools like Jira.


• Experience with SDLC for ACAT I or III systems is preferred.


• Experience with ITIL and ITSM solutions.


• Proficiency in developing and managing test cases, scripts, scenarios, and user stories.


• Ability to create and use Requirements Traceability matrices.


• Experience designing and conducting tests to meet requirements.


• Subject matter expertise in supporting complex software/hardware applications.


• Experience with automated testing tools such as Selenium and Cucumber.


• Experience with performance testing tools like JMeter.


• Understanding of DevSecOps concepts.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including veterans and individuals with disabilities.