IT - Test Engineer III

Job Title: IT - Test Engineer III Location: Remote

Description:
Review test requirements, specifications, and documentation for each release in both staging and production environments.
Prepare and manage test data for both staging and production environments.
Design, execute, and document functional test cases in staging and production.
Perform regression testing in both staging and production to ensure new changes do not break existing functionality.
Log, track, and prioritize defects found in both staging and production using ALM and VersionOne.
Collaborate with developers to verify defect fixes in both staging and production.
Validate deployment and configuration in both staging and production environments.
Execute smoke tests in production to confirm basic functionality post-deployment.
Perform sanity and functional tests in both staging and production to ensure critical workflows operate as expected.
Monitor application logs and system alerts for issues.
Report, track, and escalate issues found in both staging and production as needed.
Document all test results, including detailed evidence and steps for each test, for both staging and production.
Prepare and provide comprehensive documentation for production sign-off including test coverage, results, and outstanding issues.
Communicate findings and feedback to stakeholders and participate in release meetings.

List of tasks to be performed:
Review test requirements, specifications, and documentation to prepare and manage test data for each release.
Design, execute, and document functional test cases in staging.
Perform regression testing to ensure new changes do not break existing functionality.
Log, track, and prioritize defects found in both staging and production environments.
Validate deployments and configurations to production environment.
Execute smoke tests in production to confirm basic functionality post-deployment.
Prepare and provide comprehensive documentation for production sign-off, including test coverage, results, and outstanding issues.
Communicate findings and feedback to stakeholders and participate in release meetings.
Create and manage automated tests using Playwright.

Additional Required Skills/Experience
A minimum of eight (8) years experience in software development, software quality assurance/control, and/or related field; A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred; Able to perform all functional duties independently on high-visibility programs, or mission critical aspects of a given program; Able to oversee the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job; Experience training/mentoring less experienced personnel; Extensive knowledge of and experience with formal software testing for complex software applications; Extensive experience testing software applications, identifying/documenting defects, and working with developers and end users to resolve defects; Extensive experience with multiple defect tracking tools (e.g. Rational, Mercury); Extensive experience authoring software-quality-related documentation such as requirements specifications, test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports; Able to obtain Postal clearance; Excellent communication skills.

Additional Provisions:
Pass both a client mandated clearance process to include drug screening, criminal history check and credit check.
Once candidate s resume is approved and interview passed, the agency is responsible for providing drug screening. Failure to submit the drug screening results will delay the security clearance process.
If a candidate is given an interim clearance, continuation of employment is then based on the candidate receiving a sensitive clearance.
Candidate must have lived in the US for the past 5 years.
Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members.)
All overtime must be pre-approved in writing by the client manager or his/her designated representative.
Agency will not be reimbursed for overtime charges without previous written authorization. Authorized overtime will be reimbursed at straight time.
The enforced dress code is business casual, i.e. collared shirt with slacks for men, no skirts above the knee for women. Place and Period of Performance
Hours of support:
o The standard work week for contract staff will be 5 days a week and 8 hours per day preferable Monday through Friday.