QA Associate​/Analyst

Software Quality Assurance Tester

Develop, enhance, maintain, and execute existing and new test plans and scenarios for performing software quality assurance of the various web-based J2EE/Portal applications within HHSC’s SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) platform using Agile methodologies.

As a member of the team, participate in requirements analysis, test design, test data preparation, and testing of various application components, as required.

Work with other teams as necessary to accomplish goals.

Create technical and design documentation, as required.

Employ contemporary testing methods to ensure applications function properly and without error.

Provide technical support for testing and implementation efforts.

Participate in program design, coding and test walk-through meetings to provide input regarding technical standards and customer requirements.

Other duties as assigned.

Successful candidates will require:

Strong oral and written communication skills.

Strong understanding and experience of fundamental programming and testing concepts in the context of Web based UI applications.

Graduation from an accredited four-year college or university with major course work in computer science, computer information systems, engineering, or management information systems is strongly preferred.

Minimum Requirements:

Years
- Required/Preferred
- Experience

5 - Required
- Experience/knowledge of the principles, practices, and techniques of software development and the full software development life cycle (SDLC)

5 - Required
- Experience/knowledge of industry accepted software engineering practices and life cycle methods (Agile). Knowledge of testing principles and methodologies

5 - Required
- Knowledge of the limitations and capabilities of computer systems, information technology equipment, applicable programming languages, computer hardware and software, and computer operating systems.

5 - Required
- Experience in analyzing requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria, and write test plans and test scenarios to validate that the requirements are met within the application and/or business processes.

4 - Required
- Skill analyzing software applications, defects, and business problems to draw evidence-based conclusions and devise innovative solutions

4 - Required
- Skill in testing enterprise applications developed using Java/J2EE, HTML5, CSS3, JQuery, AngularJS, Spring, EJB, Java Server Pages, JSF/Struts, Hibernate, JPA, JSON, XML, implemented on Web Sphere /Oracle/Windows/Linux platforms

3 - Required
- Skill using Unified Functional Testing (UFT), Load Runner, SoapUI, LoadUI, Selenium, Application Lifecycle Management (ALM), SQL, XML, and/or other similar tools & technologies to perform functional & performance testing

3 - Required
- Skill in running and creating interface files and executing functional & performance tests for batch processes and web services

3 - Required
- Skill in using JIRA, Jama, Product Portfolio Management (PPM) and/or other similar tools