QA / Tester
Required Experience
- 10+ years of experience in software quality assurance and testing for custom-developed web applications and enterprise solutions.
- Experience working with financial systems, particularly related to federal government budgeting and contracting, is highly preferred.
- Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC), testing methodologies, and quality assurance best practices.
Systems & Functional Testing
- Skilled in understanding custom-built web applications, system architecture, data flows, tools, and operational processes.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret business and technical requirements and assess functionality for quality and accuracy.
- Extensive experience performing manual testing on complex software systems and integrated components.
- Ability to identify, document, reproduce, and track software defects through resolution.
Test Automation
- Experience with automated testing and test management tools such as Qmetry, Selenium, and Xray for Jira.
- Experience integrating automated testing into CI/CD pipelines using tools such as GitHub Actions or Jenkins.
- Proficiency in at least one automation programming language, including JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, or Java.
- Ability to write clean, maintainable, reusable, and scalable automated test scripts.
Database & Data Validation
- Familiarity with relational database concepts and experience writing and validating complex SQL queries.
- Experience testing database functionality within Oracle and PostgreSQL environments.
- Ability to validate backend data integrity, data mappings, and system transactions.
Application & API Testing
- Experience testing custom-developed web applications using Java and JavaScript frameworks such as Angular.
- Experience testing APIs and RESTful services using tools such as Postman.
- Understanding of unit testing frameworks and the role of code coverage within an enterprise quality assurance strategy.
- Experience using Git source control, including branching strategies, release management, and commit best practices.
- Ability to navigate code repositories and manage testing-related scripts and assets within GitHub or similar platforms.
Infrastructure & Performance Testing
- Experience working within cloud-based environments, especially AWS.
- Experience performing basic performance and load testing using tools such as JMeter.
- Familiarity with containerization and orchestration technologies including Docker and Kubernetes for creating isolated test environments.
Documentation & Communication
- Excellent analytical, organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Experience producing detailed test plans, test cases, test results, and defect analysis documentation.
- Experience using knowledge management and collaboration tools such as Confluence to document processes, best practices, findings, and procedures.
- Ability to work effectively in cross-functional Agile teams and communicate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Must have a Public Trust clearance, at a minimum. Salary: $105k-$110k depending on experience