Lead Tester Job Albany area,New York USA,IT/Tech

Senior It Specialist

DOL requires a Senior IT Specialist to help maintain current applications that could cross over multiple program areas. The individual will be responsible for conducting all aspects of quality assurance work of Department of Labor (DOL) applications and services.

Design and develop the following test artifacts:

Test Strategy document detailing how quality will be infused throughout the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) process
Test Scenarios (business entities/objects and their relationships)
Traceability matrix outlining the correlation between business rules, use cases, and corresponding test scenarios
Functional Test Plan describing the who, what, where, how, and why each business function will be tested
User Acceptance Test plan detailing entrance and exit criteria; including users in the process of decision-making re. testing specific business scenarios

Specific activities include:

Create SQL queries to verify tables are correctly populated

Participates in meetings with Business Analysts, Developers, and Architects in understanding requirements

Analyze Business and Technical requirements, identifying test scenarios based on business process

Execute functional test cases

Work with data management to acquire test data

Review Release Notes with each build for accuracy and completeness

Analyze test case failures; clearly and concisely report defects using QMC designated testing tool set, which includes Client ALM/QC, QTP/UFT, Katalon Studio, Selenium and SoapUI. Knowledge of Client Load Runner and IBM Rational tools is a PLUS.

Create test execution summary report and communicate results to manager and project team

Coordinate all test artifacts in common test location in QMC designated testing tool set for version control

Create using QMC designated testing tool set defect/enhancement queries

Design using QMC designated testing tool set reports to communicate quality progress to management and project teams

Re-test defects as assigned, following defect management process

Validate each screen with web accessibility compliance tool for American Disabilities Act compliance

Creating automated test scripts using java script within the Rational Functional Tester tool

Train user population on tool used to execute and report outcome of User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Conduct automation testing and leading automation team members in the automation of test cases using QMC designated testing tool set.

Creating and troubleshooting automation testing script, which could be using knowledge of JAVA/VB script, C/C++, Selenium language

Perform unit and integration testing and resolve defects. Create and review technical documents for all aspects of the software development life cycle. Provide new technology evaluations resulting from research, proof of concept (POC), and proof of technology (POT) work.

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