Functional Tester

Overview

Employment in this role is conditional upon successful execution of the contract by the client.

The Work:

The Functional Tester will be responsible for planning, executing, and documenting functional, regression, and smoke testing activities within a modern services-based application environment. This role is critical to validating system requirements, ensuring traceability, and enhancing the delivery of high-quality features. The position calls for expertise in manual testing and familiarity with modern automated testing tools such as Swagger/OpenAPI and unit-level testing frameworks.

This position aligns with Cayuse’s core values of Innovation, Excellence, Collaboration, Adaptability, and Integrity by fostering technical solutions that meet customer needs, promoting teamwork, and prioritizing quality in deliverables.

Key Responsibilities:

• Test Planning & Execution:
  Develop and execute requirement-level functional tests, smoke tests, and regression test cycles to verify system functionality.
• Test Case Development:
  Create, document, and maintain comprehensive test cases, test data, and results using Jira or similar tools.
• Defect Management:
  Validate defects, isolate and reproduce issues, and manage their lifecycle, including coordinating retests as needed.
• Accessibility Compliance:
  Ensure that application functionality adheres to Section 508 accessibility requirements.
• Automated Testing Support:
  Contribute to automated testing activities with tools such as Swagger/OpenAPI, validating APIs and reviewing unit tests.
• Traceability Management:
  Ensure end-to-end traceability between requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and corresponding test cases to ensure alignment and coverage.
• Collaboration:
  
  Actively participate in backlog refinement, requirement clarification, and sprint planning sessions with the Product Owner, Business Analysts, and delivery team.
• Feedback & Risk Assessment:
  Provide prompt feedback to developers and product team members, identifying system behavior, edge cases, and potential risk areas.
• Integration Testing:
  Support integration testing efforts, including the verification of data flows across various application and service components.
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications – Here’s What You Need:

The qualifications and skills listed below are intended to provide a general overview of the requirements for this position. However, due to the anticipated nature of the contract and the absence of a finalized task order from the client, this list should not be considered all-encompassing. Additional qualifications, certifications, skills, or experience specific to the client’s requirements may be identified and requested upon award of the task order.

Candidates should demonstrate flexibility and a willingness to adapt to evolving responsibilities as outlined by the client.

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• A minimum of 5 years of experience in functional, regression, and smoke testing across software applications.
• Proven expertise in performing structured manual testing, including requirement-based testing and defect validation.
• Familiarity with API testing methodologies and tools such as Swagger or OpenAPI.
• Foundational understanding or exposure to automated testing concepts, including unit-level testing frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience working with Agile delivery methodologies and iterative testing approaches.
• Strong ability to translate business and technical requirements into concise, repeatable, and traceable test cases.
• Hands‑on experience with test management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms for documentation, reporting, and tracking tasks.
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