QA Tester

Cloud and Things • Full-time • Albany, NY, US • $100k - $115k / year • 1m ago

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:
Location: Albany, NY
Salary: $100,000 - $115,000

We are seeking a QA Tester who will support our NYS client with a complex, high-profile technology initiatives that help improve public-facing human services systems. This role will be responsible for planning and executing quality assurance activities, developing and maintaining automated tests, managing defects, and supporting user acceptance, performance, and vulnerability testing. The ideal candidate will work closely with State and vendor teams to help deliver reliable, high-quality solutions on schedule.

Duties:

Develop test plans, test cases, test automation and perform test execution
Conduct defect resolution, tracking and reporting
Assist with and coordinate user acceptance testing, performance testing, and vulnerability testing activities
Adhere to the IES Program Level testing strategy, quality assurance processes, artifacts and tools
Assist with establishment of schedules and estimates
Develop automated testcases and scripts
Report project activities to management, including progress, issues, risks, mitigations, resolutions, successes, and lessons learned
Understand and adhere to project timelines and priorities
Work with blended teams of State and vendor resources

Mandatory Qualifications:

Associates Degree or combination of experience and education
4 – 7 years of experience as a QA Tester
4 – 7 years of experience: in quality assurance managing testing across multiple high-profile projects, with complex functional domains, within a matrix organization
4 – 7 years of experience test automation including building framework, scripting test cases, execution and reporting results

4 – 7 years of experience developing test plans and test cases, tracking defects and developing automated tests in Agile/Scrum environment
4 – 7 years of experience leading and managing functional test planning, test execution and defect resolution activities
4 – 7 years of experience with automated testing using tools such as Selenium or Katalon Studio or related tools.
4 – 7 years of experience using Jira, Xray Test Management, or related Jira plug-ins as the defect tracking and test management tools
4 – 7 years of experience in java scripting or related programming languages within the context of developing automated test script solutions
1+ year of experience in quality assurance of projects related to Human Services domain applications
2 – 4 of Business Analysis experience including: conducting and leading requirements gathering sessions, analyzing requirements gathered, documenting and validating system requirements and creating requirements artifacts including: business process flows, use cases, business rules catalogs and data dictionaries

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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