Software Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer and Tester

Position Overview

The Senior Software Quality Assurance Engineer and Tester supports the Department of the Interior (DOI) Interior Business Center (IBC) by ensuring the quality functionality accessibility and reliability of mission-critical HR and payroll systems including FPPS NextFPPS Quicktime and WebTA.

This role is responsible for planning executing and leading testing activities across the full systems development lifecycle-from requirements analysis through deployment and sustainment. The Senior QA Engineer will design and manage test strategies mentor junior testers ensure Section 508 compliance and document testing artifacts that meet DOIs quality and security standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Software Quality Assurance Testing

• Develop execute and maintain manual and automated software test plans to identify software problems root causes and potential performance issues.
• Design and implement test cases test scripts and regression suites for complex HR and payroll applications.
• Detect log and track program defects glitches and anomalies; collaborate with developers and analysts to resolve issues.
• Conduct functional integration performance load and regression testing across multi-tiered architectures (mainframe web and database).
• Review and validate test plans and procedures to identify errors efficiencies and improvement opportunities.
• Utilize test management tools (e.g. JIRA ServiceNow Selenium Postman ) to plan execute and report results.
• Integrate QA processes within Agile development workflows participating in sprint reviews daily scrums and retrospectives.

2. Documentation and Quality Reporting

3. Accessibility and Section 508 Compliance Testing

4. Leadership and Mentorship

5. Integration with Project Objectives

Required Skills :

FPPSNextFPPSQuicktimeWebTASSection 508 compliance

Key Skills

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Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1