QA Tester

Our goal is to solve problems and deliver results for our clients. At Cloud and Things, you can be a part of transforming the public sector's IT environment. Our team is on the forefront of helping to solve the government's most complex IT challenges. If you are seeking a role that offers the opportunity to work on rewarding projects, consider a career with Cloud and Things.

*This is an exempt position. Salary commensurate with experience*

Overview:

We are seeking a QA Tester who will support our NYS client to support quality assurance activities across multiple high-profile IT initiatives within a complex, matrixed organization. This role will be responsible for creating comprehensive testing artifacts, managing defects through resolution, and coordinating various testing activities including UAT, performance, and security testing. The ideal candidate for this role will have strong expertise in Agile/Scrum practices and experience with both manual and automated testing frameworks.

Duties:

• Demonstrate good understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies and participate in Daily stand-up meetings/Iteration Planning/Backlog refinement sessions and provide inputs as required.

• Demonstrate knowledge and experience developing and executing Automated framework and test scripts.

• Develop Testing artifacts (Sprint/Iteration level Workstream/Project level Test plans, Test scenarios, Test cases, Test scripts).

• Perform test execution following the standards and guidelines established by the project.

• Log defects and track resolution following the IES Defect Management process.

• Assist with and coordinate Iteration review sessions (demo), Exploratory Testing and User Acceptance Testing with Business users.

• Coordinate and Assist with Performance testing, Vulnerability / Security testing and other non-functional testing activities.

• Establish schedules and estimates and adhere to Iteration timelines.

• Report project activities to management, including progress, risks, mitigations, issues, resolutions, successes, and lessons learned.

• Understand and adhere to project timelines and priorities.

Mandatory Qualifications:

• Between 4 7 years of experience as a QA Tester

• Between 4 7 years of experience in quality assurance managing testing across multiple high-profile projects, with complex functional domains, within a matrix organization.

• Between 4 7 years of experience reporting and presenting to stakeholders and senior management.

• 4 7 years of work experience developing test plans, test cases, tracking defects and developing automated tests.

• 4 7 years of work experience leading and managing functional test planning and test execution activities.

• 4 7 years of work experience with automated testing using tools such as Selenium or Katalon Studio.

• 4 7 years of work experience using Jira, and Xray Test Management, or similar tools as the test management and defect tracking tools.

• 4 7 years of work experience in java scripting or related programming languages within the context of developing automated test script solutions.

• 3 5 years work experience creating reports and dashboards for test metrics using Jira or other tools.

• 2+ years of work experience in quality assurance of projects related to Child Support applications.

Cloud and Things complies with all applicable federal, state, and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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