Senior QA Tester

Trigyn's direct government client based out of Waterbury, Vermont, has an immediate long‑term opportunity for Senior QA Tester. The particulars of the position are as follows.

The Quality Assurance (QA) Senior Tester will work to provide quality assurance and software testing services related to Design, Development, and Implementation (DDI) projects as well as limited support for Maintenance and Operational (M&O) support.

The QA Senior Tester will lead the testing team and coordinate testing activities, draft test cases, peer review test cases, execute test cases, map test cases to requirements or user stories, assist with acceptance criteria elicitation, log, and retest defects. Additional services include automation tool use in the creation of automation suites for regression testing, drafting test plans, drafting test summary reports, and reporting on testing progress to project stakeholders.

The client’s Quality Assurance Testing Team follows the ISO/IEC/IEEE 29119-3:2013 standardization for Software Testing as it applies to Waterfall, Agile, RAD, or other SDLC life cycles.

The consultant will produce project deliverables using Microsoft Office products in v2007 or newer (Word, Excel, Project, Visio, etc.), and Adobe PDF, or other formats acceptable to the client.

• Possess 3-5 years of working knowledge and practical experience as a Software Tester in a lead or management role, utilizing industry standards and methodologies.
• Lead system testing phases, including User Acceptance Testing (UAT), ensuring thorough coverage and high-quality standards.
• Hold or be in the process of obtaining certifications from recognized organizations such as the International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), American Software Qualifications Board (ASTQB), or the Association for Software Testing (AST).
• Mentor junior testers and ensure adherence to QA standards and best practices.
• Evaluate quality specifications and technical design documents to provide timely and actionable feedback.
• Develop and maintain automation testing suites for regression testing, ensuring software reliability across updates (where applicable).
• Coordinate testing phases with the test manager, estimating and prioritizing activities to optimize resource allocation.
• Continuously improve testing methodologies and processes through retrospectives and lessons learned.
• Communicate plans, risks, and metrics across departments and stakeholders, advocating for quality in all phases of the project lifecycle.

• Test Plan:
  Develop and maintain a Test Plan document outlining the test strategy, tools, and methodologies to be used during all testing phases (Senior-level responsibility).
• Test Scenarios:
  Develop test scenario artifacts during the ideation phases of the SDLC.
• Test Cases:
  Create test cases following industry best practices, ensuring readiness prior to execution cycles.
• Test Execution Reports:
  Provide status updates on active testing cycles to test managers, testing teams, and project stakeholders (Senior-level responsibility).

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