What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Analyst position at Concept Plus?
About Concept Plus
Concept Plus is a growing consulting firm headquartered in Fairfax, VA. We are an Oracle Gold Partner, offering deep technical expertise, combined with business insights and an experienced team focused on providing technical solutions for our clients. We are proud to have been recognized as one of the "25 Most Powerful Oracle Solution Providers" in the area! We offer great benefits including competitive pay, comprehensive health insurance, dental and vision insurance, paid life insurance, paid time off, 11 paid holidays, bonuses, tuition reimbursement, unlimited training, and the opportunity to work in a collaborative, flexible, innovative environment! For additional information about our dynamic organization, please visit our website. at www.conceptplus.com.
About the role
Concept Plus is seeking a motivated and knowledgeable Quality Assurance Analyst to identify all required documentation changes, provide application test results associated with the applicable CSRD, assist with maintaining the CM procedures and relevant CDRLS. Manage and report project metrics, analyze trends, develop, monitor, and report corrective action plans. Enforces quality standards across all deliverables. Attend daily stand Up and Sprint meetings for Product and Platform teams.
What you'll do
- Conduct both manual and automated system testing for UI modernization software applications, ensuring that the applications are robust, functional, and meet the Government’s quality standards.
- Develop, maintain, and expand automation test for greater use case coverage, ensuring issues are identified early in the development and testing process.
- Execute end-to-end testing to verify software functionality, integration, security, and performance requirements are met.
- Work closely with software engineers and developers to ensure that all software defects are tracked, documented, and retested after fixes.
- Write detailed bug reports for issues found during testing and create comprehensive test plans as needed.
- Peer review test plans written by development and/or QA teams to ensure thorough coverage.
- Support the development and execution of testing strategies for new application releases and enhancements.
- Ensure that all applications undergo regression testing after each release to verify that all functionalities work as expected after updates.
- Participate in SCRUM teams alongside federal staff, contractors, and state IT representatives, contributing to the development of test cases and overall testing strategies.
- Engage with key stakeholders to provide feedback on application readiness, defects, and testing progress during each Sprint and after each release.
- Participate in Retrospectives to evaluate integrated teams' effectiveness and provide recommendations for improvements.
- Additional Responsibilities: • Support testing for the validation of data processing and secure data transfer between systems.
- Assist in statistical data analysis and reporting to evaluate system performance, identifying discrepancies or errors for resolution.
- Analyze system interfaces to ensure they work as expected across different platforms
Qualifications
- US Citizenship
- Ability to obtain and/or maintain a government clearance
- 5 years as Quality Assurance Analyst
- 5 years of software project experience with a minimum of 5 years working on agile teams
- Bachelors Degree Required
- Proven work experience in software quality assurance
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- System Testing and Delivery Support
- Strong knowledge of test case creation, defect management, and tracking tools (e.g., Jira, TestRail, etc.)
- 2 years of experience with government clients
- Experience in writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and test cases
- 3 -5 years of experience in software testing, with expertise in both manual and automated testing processes
- 1 years of experience with cloud technologies, Familiarity with DevOps processes and continuous integration (CI) testing pipelines
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Strong collaboration skills
- USAF functional experience preferred
- Experience with performance and/or security testing is a plus
- Experience in JavaScript, Typescript, React and other UI Related languages
Concept Plus is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. As such, we will give your application full consideration without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
