User Acceptance Tester

Position: User Acceptance Tester
Location: Boston, MA - Hybrid (Onsite 2 days/week)
Job Type: Contract
Duration: 16 months to start

Job Description

• The client is looking for user acceptance testers with at least five years of experience to support the implementation of technology initiatives.
• The position requires the ability to understand business details and requirements to create, execute and document test scenarios and cases, identify defects and build a plan for re-test.
• Experience with software development lifecycles, implementations, integrations, along with strong task management are essential.
• Provides expert quality assurance services; performs and leads tests to ensure that all systems meet minimum standards and requirements; works closely with third party vendors; creates complex test conditions for applications, including negative testing.

Responsibilities:

• Translate business requirements into test case scenarios and maintain requirement to test case mapping
• Develop, maintain, and execute test scenarios for various functions and co-ordinate with multiple vendors to end to end testing.
• Effectively log defects with proper impact assessment, participate in triage and track issues for resolution to perform re-test.
• Liaise with third party vendors, business analysts and agency SME s to support implementation, testing, triage and issue resolution.
• Work with the QA manager and implementation leads to address testing issues and mitigate risk.
• Develops test plans with the QA manager with a goal to ensure comprehensive test coverage and timely execution.
• Strong organizational, presentation, and customer service skills.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor s Degree or higher in Engineering, Technology or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of testing experience
• Former local, state, federal government experience preferred
• Experience with State Based Marketplaces preferred
• Proficiency in MS Office 365, Excel, Visio and Ticketing tools