OH - DRC - Tester

Job Title:
Junior Product Tester

Job

Client:
State of Ohio - DRC-

Closing Date: 10/14/2026

Initially remote but eventually in-office at 1221 McKinley Avenue, Columbus Ohio

Interviews is via Teams.

The Tester is a member of a team which plans, constructs, and executes product tests, system tests, unit tests, load tests, volume tests, network tests as well as works with others for release control processes. The more experienced Tester manages, plans, constructs, and executes tests and integrates with release control process.

Preferred Education: 4-year college degree

This position will function as a highly skilled Tester 2 for Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction's Project Management Office with specific responsibilities that include:

• Create test models for product test and release control (plans, data, and scripts).
• Execute assembly or product tests.
• Meet time estimates for assigned tasks.
• Communicate accurate status updates.
• Follow quality standards.
• Ability to work in a team environment
• Complete assigned tasks.
• Strong communication skills; both written and spoken
• Define product test plans and criteria for acceptance.
• Resolve testing process questions / issues.
• Assist in the planning, creation, and control of the test environments.
• Assist Team Lead in monitoring estimated-time-to-complete (ETC) and actuals for assigned tasks.
• Work to enhance testing skills and build technical and business knowledge.
• Update and test release installation procedures.
• Generally aware of new developments in industry and processes and ability to apply to work as appropriate.
• Determine time estimates and schedule for work efforts.
• Define and utilize entry / exit criteria for testing.
• Determine time estimates and schedule for own work and resolve issues in a timely manner.

• Knowledge of formal requirements gathering methodologies.
• Have excellent oral and written skills.
• Have the ability to work independently and as part of a team, the ability to manage time and resources to meet assigned deadlines.
• Experience utilizing agile tool sets including GIT and Azure
• Have excellent organizational skills, proven analytical, planning, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• 3 years' experience with Agile projects
• 3 years' experience in analyzing data elements of enterprise applications; determining how the data elements relate to each other
• 3 years' experience in using Microsoft products; SQL, PowerPoint, Excel and Word
• 3 years' experience in the analysis of business requirements, functional and non-functional
• 3 years' experience using versioning tools: GIT, any versioning tool