Project Assistant Manhattan Box OP-, OP

Job Overview

The New York State Education Department’s (NYSED) Office of the Professions (OP) Modernization Program is seeking candidates for Project Assistants position that will serve as Technical QA Engineers. The NYSED’s OP Modernization Program is responsible for licensing and oversight of more than 50 professional titles, as well as professional corporations and pharmacy establishments.

• Specialize in crafting and executing the technical test strategy and quality assurance plan for the NYSED Office of the Professions (OP) Modernization Program.
• Collaborate closely with OP business users, Information Technology Services (ITS), and vendor partners to validate functionality across complex workflows and system integrations.
• Design and conduct both manual and automated tests to ensure that developed software meets functional and performance requirements.
• Develop and maintain technical and user‑facing documentation, including user acceptance testing (UAT) strategies and metrics.
• Support readiness for go‑live and ensure test traceability.
• Perform software engineering and quality assurance tasks within complex development environments, applying best practices from related technology fields.
• Lead test planning, execution, and validation activities across the software development lifecycle, including functional, regression, back‑end, and end‑to‑end testing.
• Conduct data validation through SQL queries and assist in verifying application and data integration across Oracle and related systems.
• Leverage tools such as JIRA, Confluence, Bit Bucket, and Postman; experience with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Selenium, Visual Studies and mabl) preferred.
• Apply Agile or Scrum delivery methodologies to plan, execute, and iterate on development and testing work.
• Provide feedback and retrospective demos to developers and stakeholders regarding usability and functionality.
• Establish and enforce validation criteria for deliverables (Definition of Done), track key testing decisions, trace requirement completion through testing artifacts, and secure commitment and approvals from project participants.

• Have a bachelor’s degree in any field including or supplemented by 15 semester credit hours in computer science; AND at least four years of experience in:
  Software testing, including developing and executing test cases for web-based applications. Hands‑on experience with automated testing tools. Familiarity with testing strategies such as functional, end‑to‑end, and back‑end testing. Exposure to Agile or Scrum methodologies (e.g., JIRA, Confluence). Basic SQL knowledge for testing relational databases (e.g., Oracle, SQL Server).
• OR Have a bachelor’s degree in any field AND five years of professional experience in computer science‑related roles as described above.
• OR Have an associate degree including or supplemented by 15 semester credit hours in computer science AND six years of professional experience in computer science‑related roles as described above.
• OR Have eight years of professional experience in computer science‑related roles, including software testing as outlined above.

• Four years of experience testing, including functional, regression, integration, and UAT of applications, business processes, and data validations.
• Four years of experience coordinating or managing end‑to‑end testing across multiple applications, data flows, and teams, including data migration testing.
• Four years of experience managing/coordinating large testing projects spanning multiple applications, data, and teams.
• Four years of experience with automated and manual tests needed to ensure the operation and precision of new product features and overall system behavior (e.g., regression testing).
• From the lens of testability, participate in requirements definition, UX, and technical design discussions to weigh in on acceptance criteria and testing approach.
• Test APIs using Postman or similar tool to validate functionality.
• Test functionality and performance of software applications before release.
• Execute multiple phases of functional and non‑functional…