Strong QA-WHO HAS EXC COMM SKILLS AND I PREFER HE/SHE WORKED FOR A STATE AGENCY BETTER YET IN SOME KIND OF EDCUATION CAPACITY LIKE DEPT OF EDUCATION
The software quality assurance specialist will be responsible for all aspects of functional and performance testing for a web based software development project to expand an existing data collection system. Manual and automated testing will be performed on the software to be developed. The successful candidate will work with project team staff to define, develop, execute and automate test plans and test cases. The successful candidate will be self-motivated, goal oriented and able to work with a small development team under tight timeframes. The software quality assurance specialist must be comfortable sharing knowledge and generally working to enrich the team's capabilities.
Specific Duties will include:
· Creating and documenting test plans, test scenarios, test cases and test scripts.
· Executing test cases and documenting test results.
· Developing test cases from use cases as well interviewing power users.
· Developing and running test automation scripts in a web services development environment.
· Testing the application using sound engineering practices and employing solid Source Code Management practices.
· Software black box and white box testing, load testing, and integrated systems testing.
Minimum Qualifications
· 3+ years of experience as a software quality assurance specialist.
· At least 1 year of experience with web services APIs and complex data structures.
· Extensive manual testing experience.
· Testing experience in different web browsers on various operating systems.
· Excellent problem solving and analytical skills and a strong testing aptitude.
· Experience testing databases and knowledge of basic SQL queries.
· Strong knowledge of software quality assurance practices.
· Project life cycle experience in a structured development methodology.
· Excellent communication & documentation skills.
· Experience working on web applications for public release.
Preferred Qualifications
· Hands-on testing experience with web services and SOA interfaces.
· Experience in short release cycles.
· Experience dealing with performance bottlenecks and experience with performance analysis.
· At least 1 year of experience with COTS testing tools such as Silk, IBM Rational Functional Tester, QTP, Selenium or Loadrunner.