What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Tester / Senior Quality Assurance Analyst position at STOPSO?
Brief Overview Of Position
Strategic Operational Solutions (STOPSO) is seeking candidates for a Senior Tester/Senior Quality Assurance Analyst (QA) role to support a The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) client where we are focused on obtaining design, development, and ongoing operations and maintenance support services for existing systems and planned upgrades to systems and applications utilizing automation tools and technologies. The ideal applicant is versatile, with a broad background and demonstrated ability to produce quality work. You must be comfortable in a challenging, collaborative, multi-tasking, dynamic, high-tempo, deadline-intensive environment with a flexible work schedule supporting multiple customers.
Description Of Duties
The quality assurance tester will lead all testing activities across several custom .NET software applications being deployed in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. The QA Tester will work closely with business analysts, scrum masters, product owners, project managers, and other stakeholders. The projects all follow the agile methodology for designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining the custom applications. The QA Tester will lead User Acceptance Testing sessions as part of every sprint and roles. The QA Tester will perform regression testing, load/stress testing, unit testing, smoke testing, integration testing, accessibility (508) testing, functional testing, and security testing.
Required Tools/Knowledge/Experience
Strategic Operational Solutions (STOPSO) is seeking candidates for a Senior Tester/Senior Quality Assurance Analyst (QA) role to support a The Department of Homeland Security (DHS), U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) client where we are focused on obtaining design, development, and ongoing operations and maintenance support services for existing systems and planned upgrades to systems and applications utilizing automation tools and technologies. The ideal applicant is versatile, with a broad background and demonstrated ability to produce quality work. You must be comfortable in a challenging, collaborative, multi-tasking, dynamic, high-tempo, deadline-intensive environment with a flexible work schedule supporting multiple customers.
Description Of Duties
The quality assurance tester will lead all testing activities across several custom .NET software applications being deployed in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. The QA Tester will work closely with business analysts, scrum masters, product owners, project managers, and other stakeholders. The projects all follow the agile methodology for designing, developing, deploying, and maintaining the custom applications. The QA Tester will lead User Acceptance Testing sessions as part of every sprint and roles. The QA Tester will perform regression testing, load/stress testing, unit testing, smoke testing, integration testing, accessibility (508) testing, functional testing, and security testing.
Required Tools/Knowledge/Experience
- Expert level proficiency in all elements of Microsoft Azure DevOps (Boards, Pipelines, Repos, Test Plans, Dashboards creation, security, and permissions)
- Minimum of 2 years, technical knowledge of the SEN and EARS database structure and understanding of the SEN and EARS business rules
- Existing security clearance and /or able to obtain security clearance
- Deep understanding of the Agile framework and development methodology
- Expert level proficiency in testing tools user by these custom applications
- JMeter 5.6.2
- Selenium
- Test Studio R1 2022
- ANDI 2.1
- Programming Languages (Java, .NET, Visual Basic, SQL VB Script, Descriptive Programming)
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Comfortable working directly with customers/agents without supervision, in an International Law Enforcement environment
- Professionalism, openness and a positive attitude
- SCRUM/Agile Certification (Certified Scrum Master, PMI-ACP, Product Owner, SAFe, Certified Agile Practitioner)
- Certified DHS 508 Compliance Trusted Tester
- ISTQB Certified Agile Tester (CTFL-AT)
- Azure Certified Cloud Practitioner
- Software Testing Fundamentals Certification
- CMMI Certified Associate
