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Company Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
When you join the Federal Reserve-the nation's central bank-you'll meaningfully contribute, collaborating with leading tech professionals to strengthen and protect our economic, financial and payments systems. We dedicate more than $1 billion to technology each year to support the Federal Reserve and our economy, and we're building a dynamic and diverse team for our future.Bring your passion and expertise, and we'll provide the opportunities to challenge you and propel your growth-along with multiple benefits and perks that support your health, wealth, and life.In addition to great compensation package, we offer a comprehensive benefits package that includes tuition assistance, paid time off, top-notch health care benefits, child and family care leave, professional development opportunities, a 401(k) match, pension, and more. All brought together in a flexible, and inclusive work environment where you can find balance.We (FRB KC) are seeking a senior- to advanced level Software Quality Assurance professional to develop, support and deliver testing strategies and solutions for a large-scale application modernization initiative in support of the Department of Treasury. This role requires gathering and analyzing data including the review of systems requirements to write test plans and scripts, track and facilitate defect resolution, and apply analytical problem- solving skills by collaborating with business and technical staff throughout the development and testing process.You will report to the Information Technology Manager.We offer employees in the Kansas City, Denver, and Omaha areas flexibility to work from home up to 80% of the time. Fulltime Remote will be considered for employees outside these areas.Key Activities:- Analyzes, designs, tests, and delivers technology solutions for business areas and implements executes comprehensive software quality assurance strategies.
- Establishes and fosters collaborative relationships with customers, service providers, and technical delivery partners.
- Develops test scenarios/user acceptance criteria by understanding business drivers to perform an analysis and review of requirement specifications and/or user stories.
- Develops, reviews, and executes test plans, test scripts, and test data to ensure application products and services meet business needs, quality standards, and end user/non-functional requirements (i.e., environments and user interfaces).
- Documents, tracks, and resolves software defects or issues in collaboration with the product delivery team.
- Ensures quality is built into the software solution throughout the software development lifecycle by performing peer reviews and leveraging relevant quality assurance processes and technologies.
- Develops and communicates software quality measures that report the reliability, compliance/accessibility (508), performance, and security of the software products and services developed.
- Works closely with delivery partners to understand and align software quality assurance services with product delivery approach and schedule.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
- Strong preference for candidates possessing testing skills and experience with agile, cloud-based delivery in close alignment with the application development team.
- Experience in the use of SQL to produce test data and/or validate test results
- Experience with Business-Driven Development (BDD)
- Demonstrate growth mindset and learning agility
- Excellent problem-solving skills, strong written and verbal communication, and ability to effectively balance constraints and priorities to ensure team commitments are met
- Strong interpersonal skills seek to understand different perspectives; demonstrate openness and respect for diverse views, help build and maintain a healthy team dynamic
- Strong initiative and teamwork
- Knowledge and use of a programming or scripting language a plus
- Experience with 508 accessibility and practices and tools a plus
- Experience with test automation patterns and frameworks a plus
- Incumbent must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless the Bank grants an accommodation based on a medical condition or sincerely held religious belief.
- The primary desired work location for this position is Kansas City. We offer employees the flexibility to work from home up to 80 percent of the time, depending on specific team needs. Also considering full time remote candidates.
- United States citizenship or lawful permanent resident alien status with at least three or more years of United States residency from the date of legal entry to the United States is required for this position. Our Total Rewards programs offers benefits that go beyond the basics featuring:• Market-leading Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance• Tuition Reimbursement• 401k/Thrift Plan• Pension Plan• Flexible Spending Accounts• Life Insurance• Vacation & Personal Time• 11 Paid Holidays• Parental Leave• Adoption Assistance• Onsite Fitness Center (Kansas City location)• Onsite Cafeteria• Free Parking• Additional Convenience Benefits, Discounts and More
- ID: #48768797
- State: Missouri Kansas city 64101 Kansas city USA
- City: Kansas city
- Salary: USD TBD TBD
- Job type: Permanent
- Showed: 2023-01-23
- Deadline: 2023-03-23
- Category: Et cetera