Aem Qa Specialist

Summary

Join Blue Acorn iCi, a digital consultancy, as a QA Specialist focusing on Adobe Experience Manager (AEM). This role requires on-site work in Bellevue, WA one or two weeks per month. You will design and implement quality assurance and testing plans, guide teams through risk management and root cause analysis, and contribute to quality inspections. The ideal candidate possesses a detailed understanding of QA and testing across the software development lifecycle and has 2+ years of experience guiding development teams. This position offers a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability, paid time off, and 401k.

Requirements

• Adobe and Adobe Experience Platform experience
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum of 2+ years of work experience guiding development teams through execution of quality assurance and testing activities for websites

Responsibilities

• Design and support the implementation of verification and validation processes, including early software defect detection and removal, inspection, and testing methods
• Possess a detailed understanding of how, when, and why to perform quality assurance and testing activities across the software development lifecycle, analyzing test strategies, developing test plans and processes, and specifying entry and exit conditions for activities
• Guide teams through risk management activities and promote understanding of the fundamental positive (enhance, exploit, or share) and negative risk responses (avoid, mitigate, transfer), including choices to accept risks where appropriate
• Guide teams through root cause analysis, surfacing opportunities to address quality issues as close as possible to their source and support teams in continuous improvement
• Understand common web technologies and software development processes, and describe fundamental risks associated with technology and process changes
• Contribute to quality inspections of requirements, designs, data to be used by the product, and technical specifications, to determine fitness for use and where changes or clarifications are required
• Proactively demonstrate abilities to identify relevant resources related to work, acquire competence in new subject areas quickly, and engage in knowledge sharing
• Function effectively in a co-located, fast-paced, dynamic environment, that values high interaction, strong working relationships, and ping pong
• Work on-site one or two weeks per month in Bellevue, WA (near Seattle, WA)

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep experience in web application testing, including highly-trafficked public-facing sites with fully responsive user interfaces
• Experience in the execution of quality assurance and testing within Agile methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban
• Complementary skills to support software development and consulting teams, such as an ability to automate portions of testing workflows, perform multiple forms of analysis, and deliver attractive demos of the product
• Any amount of web development, scripting, API testing, and data experience is valued, including front-end (HTML, CSS, and JavaScript), back-end (any of Java, PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl), Apache Web Server, API testing (cURL, REST, SOAP), caching (CDNs), regular expressions, query languages (Query DSL, SQL), extract transform load (ETL), and common data formats (XML, JSON). Level required for job is basic with a commitment to learning where gaps exist
• Understanding of best practices of web design and development
• Understanding of how web products fit within broader customer experiences (CX)
• Creativity to recognize opportunities to improve product quality and the ability to package them in ways that will resonate with product owners
• Ability to conduct software quality assessments in any of the following areas: accessibility (to WCAG 2.1 Level AA), site performance (profiling, load testing), content performance (UX, analytics, SEO, SMO), data privacy (GDPR, GLBA, HIPAA, PCI, SOX), or security (reviews, penetration testing)
• Evidence of community engagement such as supporting meetups, workshops, conferences, bootcamps, or industry events

Benefits

• Medical, dental and vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability
• Paid time off
• 401(k)