Lead Tester

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.
Day-to-day tasks to be performed by the selected candidate include:
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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