Senior Testing Analyst

Job Summary

Using industry standard testing tools and practices, this position will be responsible for ensuring internal and external applications and products meet customer specifications. Works with other members of the Testing team to develop and implement quality assurance & testing standards and measures within the area of responsibility. Testing may include custom in house development as well as vendor software products / upgrades. Testing may also include both manual and automation strategies. Leads less senior resources in the application of quality assurance for software applications. Validates IT processes in order to maximize the benefit of business investments delivering new applications or solutions.

Education & Experience

Required :

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience
• U.S. Citizenship
• Must be able to receive a favorable Interim and adjudicated final Department of Defense background investigation
• 5 years of experience in quality assurance / software testing or related field
• Experience with automated test tools like Katalon, TOSCA and Selenium
• Experience developing and documenting test cases in Xray, ALM or JIRA
• Experience establishing quality assurance measures and testing standards
• Familiar with Agile project methodology
• 1+ years’ experience automating Web based applications and APIs with TOSCA
• 3+ years’ experience working with Jenkins and CI CD tools
• 3+ years’ experience testing ETL, writing SQL statement and executing them

Preferred :

Key Responsibilities

Competencies

Communication / People Skills : Ability to influence or persuade others under positive or negative circumstances; adapt to different styles; listen critically; collaborate.

Coping / Flexibility : Resiliency in adapting to a variety of situations and individuals while maintaining a sense of purpose and mature problem-solving approach.

Empathy / Customer Service : Customer-focused behavior; helping approach, including listening skills, patience, respect, and empathy for another's position.

Independent Thinking / Self-Initiative : Critical thinkers with ability to focus on things which matter most to achieving outcomes; commitment to task to produce outcomes without direction and to find necessary resources.

High Intensity Environment : Ability to function in a fast-paced environment with multiple activities occurring simultaneously while maintaining focus and control of workflow.

Multi-Tasking / Time Management : Prioritize and manage actions to meet changing deadlines and requirements within a high volume, high stress environment.

Problem Solving / Analysis : Ability to solve problems through systematic analysis of processes with sound judgment; has a realistic understanding of relevant issues.

Team-Building / Team Player : Influence the actions and opinions of others in a positive direction and build group commitment.

Technical Skills : Ability to apply software quality assurance principles, inspection techniques and testing procedures; knowledge of and ability to utilize defect tracking systems; presentation skills; ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language, SQL statement writing and executing, working knowledge of TOSCA and CI / CD tools.

Working Conditions

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