QA Engineer

Description:

Due to client requirement, applicants must be willing and able to work on a w2 basis. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance.

Rate: $50 - $60 / hr. w2

• Conducts interviews, attends meetings, and reviews technical documentation to gain a full understanding of software testing requirements for each assigned application.
• Identifies strategies for resolving complex data needs for both manual and automated test scenarios.
• Estimates level of effort for software testing for project planning.
• Designs, develops, and executes automated framework to support smoke and regression suites.
• Designs, develops, and executes automated test cases for assigned applications and systems.
• Documents details of issues found during testing and makes suggestions for improvements, as appropriate.
• Works to establish and document best practices and procedures for automated testing.
• Advises and mentors others on automated testing to help build knowledge across the teams.
• Leads IT QA automation effort as needed on technical projects.
• Develops and maintains detailed QA automation plans for projects.
• Proactively communicates project's QA status to IT management.

• 5-7+ years dedicated to software testing and quality assurance
• Experienced in managing the testing of IT-related projects and working closely with technical teams as well as business staff.
• Proficient in all areas of software and data testing including functional testing, integration testing, systems testing, API and services testing, and acceptance testing of custom applications.
• Proficient in the project management lifecycle and concepts and introduces process change as needed.
• Knowledgeable of the areas of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), including requirements definition, analysis and design, programming, testing, integration, quality assurance and deployment. Proficient in formal software testing and test automation methodologies, software testing tools, and defect tracking tools.
• Experienced in integrating manual and automated testing methodologies with trending technology, AI and tooling.
• Working knowledge of MS SQL Server.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Experience with MS.NET, C#, ASP.NET, Java, JavaScript, HTML5, JQuery, Angular, XML, MS SQL, Web Services and APIs, Postman, Swagger, JIRA, BitBucket, GitHub.
• Experience with test automation tools and frameworks i.e.- Katalon, Selenium
• Current manual to automation ratio is 95:5 for this team but expected to shift to 50:50 - candidate automation experience would help drive that initiative.

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent combination of IT-related training and experience.