| Location: Shoreland Job Description: - Create and implement the project Software Quality Assurance Plan and QA Test Plans and SOPs.
- Test functionality prior to each release on each tier (QA, Staging, and Production).
- Test the product to verify compliance with technical specifications and policy requirements, and identify necessary teams to participate in addressing defects to successfully complete the Test Phase.
- Contribute to Master Test Plan and Strategy by identifying appropriate test techniques and tools that ensure product quality and test completion.
- Develop the test case documents according to the Master Test Plan/Test Strategy.
- Facilitate triage of defects and assist in defect investigation and escalation.
- Walk through the test results with the team and communicate status to management and project leadership.
- Design and implement automated test tools to verify software and system behavior. â‹
- Investigates, analyzes and resolves day-to-day technical problems using standard procedures.
- Works with stakeholders to gather and analyze requirements for developmental programs. Receives a moderate level of guidance to design applications to meet University and business requirements.
- Performs code testing on components and works to ensure that appropriate implementation standards are met. Evaluates design alternatives for development cost and solutions using various methods.
- Supports and maintains existing applications. Works with web developers and responds to requests from users.
- Performs other related work as needed.
Preferred Qualifications Education: - Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or a related field.
- Master's or Doctoral degree in computer science, mathematics, statistics, engineering, or a related field.
Experience: - 2+ years of professional QA experience in testing activities for all phases of the testing lifecycle.
- Experience coding in one or more programming languages: Python (preferred), Java, C#, JavaScript, C/C++, or Golang.
- Experience designing and evaluating tests for web applications, APIs, and other backend applications.
- Experience with unit testing, test case development, automated regression testing, and test frameworks (pytest, Cucumber, TestNG, JBehave, etc.) preferred.
- Experience with UX/UI testing and browser test automation (Selenium) and performance/load testing (LoadRunner, JMeter, Locust) preferred
- UNIX/Linux programming, open source, and version control (Git, SVN) experience preferred.
- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Openstack), CI/CD, and Agile methodologies preferred.
Preferred Competencies - Proficiency in one or more common programming languages.Â
- Detailed knowledge of software verification and validation processes and automation.
- Excellent debugging and troubleshooting skills.
- Understanding of Agile Processes, and ability to prioritize and manage workload to meet critical project milestones and deadlines.
- Ability and willingness to acquire new programming languages and to learn about statistical and machine learning methods.
- Ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
- Excellent technical and communication skills.
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