Senior Consultant- Quality Assurance Engineer

NYSTEC is a nonprofit technology consulting company, advising agencies, organizations, institutions, and businesses since 1996. We're independent and vendor-neutral, so we have our clients' best interests at heart. At NYSTEC, we know that we succeed when individuals and teams flourish personally and professionally, so our benefits and perks support that mindset.

As a quality assurance (QA) engineer in the Technology Procurement and Implementation Services practice, you will collaborate with business analysts, developers, business owners, and QA counterparts to validate functionality across complex workflows and system integrations.

• Design and conduct both manual and automated tests to ensure that developed software meets functional and performance requirements
• Develop and maintain technical and user-facing documentation, including user acceptance testing (UAT) strategies and metrics
• Support readiness for go-live and ensure test traceability.
• Perform software engineering and quality assurance tasks within complex development environments, applying best practices from related technology fields.
• Ensure that software applications meet technical and functional requirements.
• Lead test planning, execution, and validation activities across the software development life cycle, including functional, regression, back-end, and end-to-end testing
• Analyze business requirements, perform code reviews, and oversee releases.
• Conduct data validation through Structured Query Language (SQL) queries and assist in verifying application and data integration across Oracle and related systems
• Apply Agile or Scrum delivery methodologies to plan, execute, and iterate on development and testing work
• Provide feedback and retrospective demonstrations to developers and stakeholders regarding usability and functionality
• Establish and enforce validation criteria for deliverables, track key testing decisions, trace the completion of requirements through testing artifacts, and secure commitment and approvals from project participants.

• At least three- four years of experience with software testing, including developing and executing test cases for web-based applications. Hands-on experience with automation testing tools.
• Familiarity with functional, end-to-end, and back-end testing
• Exposure to Agile or Scrum methodologies and basic SQL knowledge for testing relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server).
• Experience with troubleshooting and debugging test automation failures.
• Attention to detail and ability to multitask.
• Motivated and willing to work on a collaborative, cross-functional team.

• Experience testing, including functional, regression, integration, and UAT of applications, business processes, and data validations
• Experience coordinating or managing end-to-end testing across multiple applications, data flows, and teams, including data migration testing
• Experience with managing/coordinating large testing projects spanning multiple applications, data, and teams
• Experience with automated and manual tests needed to ensure the operation and precision of new product features and overall system behavior (e.g., regression testing)
• Experience leveraging tools such as JIRA, Confluence, BitBucket, and Postman and experience with Git, continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines, and test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, Visual Studies and mabl)
• Experience with test application programming interfaces (APIs) using Postman or a similar tool to validate functionality

• A bachelor's degree in a computer-science-related field and five years of related experience
• An equivalent combination of advanced education, training, and experience will be considered

The target base salary for this position is $84,497.00 to $109,846.00 per year. When determining compensation, we analyze and carefully consider several factors, including skill set, experience, location, and job-related qualifications

It is NYSTEC's policy to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all individuals, regardless of actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, sex, or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression (including transgender status), age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, military service and veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by local, state, or federal laws and ordinances. NYSTEC is strongly committed to this policy and believes in the concept and spirit of the law.

Federal law requires employers to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. Please contact recruitment@nystec.com if you require a reasonable accommodation to apply for or to perform this job. Examples of reasonable accommodation include making a change to the application process or work procedures, providing documents in an alternate format, using a sign language interpreter, or using specialized equipment.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for visa sponsorship now or in the future.

Learn more about NYSTEC by visiting www.nystec.com.