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Lead QA Automation

Important company located in Washington, D.C., providing services for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, all related to immigration, anti-terrorism and airport security, is looking for a QA Automation Lead, to participate in the automated testing of the company's applications!


Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Mentor other members of the Functional Test Team.

  • Train other members of the Quality Assurance Team on how to create test cases and use cases, and leverage more user-based testing and boundary testing.

  • Assist in defining the testing strategy and testing scope for each release.

  • Take ownership of the test plans and tasks’ creation and management for the Functional Test Team in TFS.

  • Help improve quality assurance processes and overall software development processes.

  • Work directly with the Automation Test Team to author and automate tests for all system components, from the UI to the database. This includes functional, performance, and regression testing.

  • Contribute to, review, and provide feedback on requirements/user stories, design documents, end-user and administrator documents, and other artifacts.

  • Review and refine acceptance criteria.

  • Develop and maintain manual test cases in TFS and execute them.

  • Execute automated test scripts created by the Automation Test Team.

  • Identify, document, and track bugs, defects, and issues. This includes investigating and troubleshooting.

  • Provide technical writing of end-user and administrator documentation.

  • Maintain the quality assurance documentation.

  • Establish and generate test reports for the Functional Test Team and share them with appropriate stakeholders.

  • Prepare the demo scenarios and data staging in collaboration with the Product Analysts.

  • Support the release management function as needed.

  • Other projects and tasks as assigned by the Director of Product Services.


Qualifications
These skills are required:

  • +7 years of experience in quality assurance.

  • 4+ years of experience in automated testing using Selenium and Ranorex.

  • Experience with quality assurance across the full life cycle of software development - requirements, design, development, test, and delivery.

  • Experience testing thick-client, Web client, and Web services software.

  • Experience working in an Agile software development environment.

  • Experience creating end-user and administrator documentation.

  • Strong experience with test and quality automation and high and low levels, using tools such as NUnit, SonarQube, Selenium, Ranorex, and/or MS Visual Studio Team Services.

  • Strong knowledge of QA tools, methods, and processes.

  • The right candidate needs to be flexible.

  • Multitasking and being able to pivot based on the needs of the company is very important and expected for the successful candidate.

  • Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field from an accredited college. Certifications in QA areas are desired.

  • + B2 english


These skills are desired:

  • Experience working with JIRA, Confluence, MS Team Foundation Services/Visual

  • Studio Team Services, REDMINE, and/or Rational Team Concert.

  • Experience with programming/script development, especially JavaScript.

  • Experience with QA work in commercial cloud architectures (Azure, Amazon AWS).


Hiring

  • Contractor - Long Term

  • 100% Remote

  • Full-Time, ET Schedule

  • Salary in USD

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