QA Test Lead

29 Apr 2024

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Job Title: QA Tester / IT Specialist – Senior (Job # HBITS-03-11986)

Location: State Offices Harriman Campus, Building 12, Room 313, Albany, NY 12240

Duration: 24 Months

Job Description:
  • IT Specialist: Works in the field of Information Technology, experienced in the usage and support of a collection of development platforms, technical architectures or business applications and products that run on those platforms - beyond that of a Programmer.
  • Senior (60 - 84 Months): Candidate is able to work independently, without assistance

Required Skills:
  • 60 months as the lead tester
  • 60 months working with industry leading test tools from the following list of vendors: IBM, HP, Mercury or Microsoft
  • 60 months Creating SQL queries to validate correct back-end processing
  • 60 months experience in JAVA script/VB script, Selenium, knowledge of C/C, J2EE 1.8, Jenkins CI/CD, TestNG
  • 60 months of work experience in Micro Focus toolset (ALM, UFT, Load Runner); or IBM Rational toolset (ClearCase, FunctionalTester, ClearQuest, Manual Tester);
  • 60 months testing web services in a SOA environment including functional and performance testing.
  • 60 months working as a tester supporting Agile development
  • Bachelor’s Degree or greater in computer science

Project Description: This request is in support of the Department of Labor’s (DOL’s) service-oriented architecture (SOA) critical SOA applications and services that span across multiple program areas.
  • DOL requires assistance from a skilled consultant to work within a service-oriented architecture (SOA) to support DOL critical SOA applications and services.
  • This includes a Senior IT Specialist to help maintain current applications that could cross over multiple program areas.
  • The individual will be responsible for conducting all aspects of quality assurance work of Department of Labor (DOL) applications and services.

Responsibilities:Design and develop the following test artifacts:
  • Test Strategy document detailing how quality will be infused throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process
  • Test Scenarios (business entities/objects and their relationships)
  • Traceability matrix outlining the correlation between business rules, use cases, and corresponding test scenarios
  • Functional Test Plan describing the who, what, where, how, and why each business function will be tested
  • User Acceptance Test plan detailing entrance and exit criteria; including users in the process of decision-making re. testing specific business scenarios

Specific activities include:
  • Create SQL queries to verify tables are correctly populated
  • Participates in meetings with Business Analysts, Developers, and Architects in understanding requirements
  • Analyze Business and Technical requirements, identifying test scenarios based on business process
  • Execute functional test cases
  • Work with data management to acquire test data
  • Review Release Notes with each build for accuracy and completeness
  • Analyze test case failures; clearly and concisely report defects using QMC designated testing tool set, which includes HP ALM/QC, QTP/UFT, Katalon Studio, Selenium and SoapUI. Knowledge of HP Load Runner and IBM Rational tools is a PLUS.
  • Create test execution summary report and communicate results to manager and project team
  • Coordinate all test artifacts in common test location in QMC designated testing tool set for version control
  • Create using QMC designated testing tool set defect/enhancement queries
  • Design using QMC designated testing tool set reports to communicate quality progress to management and project teams
  • Re-test defects as assigned, following defect management process
  • Validate each screen with web accessibility compliance tool for American Disabilities Act compliance
  • Creating automated test scripts using java script within the Rational Functional Tester tool
  • Train user population on tool used to execute and report outcome of User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Conduct automation testing and leading automation team members in the automation of test cases using QMC designated testing tool set.
  • Creating and troubleshooting automation testing script, which could be using knowledge of JAVA/VB script, C/C, Selenium language.
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  • ID: #39769929
  • State: New York Albany 12201 Albany USA
  • City: Albany
  • Salary: Depends on Experience
  • Job type: Contract
  • Showed: 2022-04-29
  • Deadline: 2022-06-27
  • Category: Et cetera