Overview
Role: Jr. QA Consultant
Duration: 6-12 months+ contract
Location: Atlanta, GA 30308
Hybrid – 2 days onsite
Note: While the intent may be a long-term tenure, this position is subject to annual budget restrictions. The initial contract is through the end of this fiscal year and is anticipated to be renewed July 1st.
Duties / Responsibilities
- Experience in testing Custom applications.
- Experience In Testing GIS Components.
- Create and document test plans, execute tests, analyze results, and report problems and anomalies, all via the lens of business end users
- Operate in Agile approach to support testing needs
- Work closely and collaboratively with business partners, PMO and Vendor technical delivery teams to understand business requirements
- Ensure software testing is done on-time and as planned and notify management about bottlenecks and other issues and risks
- Assist Business subject matter experts and business analysts in the development of UAT test scenarios leveraging test cases
- Participate in defect triage meetings and demos
- Report weekly status to Quality Assurance Testing Lead
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or similar
General Experience
- 3-5 years of experience with testing in software development projects.
- Experience in mid-scale or large-scale system development projects (including using test automation, test strategy, developing and executing test scripts and test plans)
- Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Able to review and analyze system specifications (e.g. System Requirements, Business Requirements, Design Documents, etc.)
- Able to perform manual testing and/or automated testing.
- Experience in documenting Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM) and confirming applications are ready for UAT
- Experience in preparing UAT instructions for end users and facilitating/overseeing UAT activities
- Experience in documenting Test Cases
- Experience in evaluating and documenting Test Results
- Ability to prepare sample data for testing.
- Skills in System testing, parallel/comparative testing, QA testing, performance and load testing, regression testing, security testing, business continuity/disaster recovery testing, post-go-live testing/validation
- Experience with mobile device testing is a plus.
- Analytical mind and skills in troubleshooting, problem-solving, and issue isolation
- Detail oriented.
- Excellent communication/collaboration skills with software developers/architects, business analysts, etc.
- Able to work with cross-functional teams to validate product quality throughout the development life cycle
- Experience with GitHub, ServiceNow
Specialized Experience
- Experience in quality assurance concepts and best practices.
- Experience creating test cases and writing manual test scripts.
- Experience In Running Tests For Application Functions.
- Experience with SDLC and agile methodologies.
- Familiarity with defect management tools
Best Regards,
David Roy | Accounts Manager – US Staffing | Charter Global Inc. |