Remote Test Engineer

Summary

Join rockITdata, a veteran, minority, and woman-owned small business certified by the NWBOC, as a Test Engineer to manage testing activities, coordinate test plans, and ensure product quality throughout the software development lifecycle.

Requirements

• 5 years of relevant experience, 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related scientific or technical discipline
• Experience working with developers, end users and organizations to create test plans and test scripts
• Experience with configuring necessary hardware and operating environments as needed to complete assigned testing
• Experience in writing or assisting in the development of test plans and test procedures
• Must be self-motivated and willing to demonstrate personal initiative
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills required
• Prior experience working with the VA and knowledge of VA VISTA systems and VA financial systems
• Knowledge in testing functionality, matching to requirements, and in having primary responsibility for individual projects and systems
• Experience in writing / managing test plan with different components
• Experience working in an Agile scrum solution development and testing environment
• Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point, Project, Visio, One Note, Outlook)
• Able to pass a background check to obtain a VA Public Trust (High-Risk) clearance

Responsibilities

• Conduct functional, system, integration, regression testing of software applications to identify bugs and issues
• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on software requirements and technical specifications
• Reviews, evaluates and determines requirements for testability
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure product quality throughout the software development lifecycle
• Participates in reviews of systems and elements under development to ensure traceability of requirement compliance through verification and validation
• Record test results and prepare detailed defect reports for developers
• Help improve the quality assurance process by contributing to process improvement efforts
• Actively engage in user acceptance testing (UAT) in coordination with end-users
• Analyze test results and provide recommendations to improve software performance
• Conducts readiness for system integration, test, evaluation, and transition activities
• Produces reports on each test activity and tracks test metrics

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in the Federal Government, Veteran's Administration (VA) experience a plus
• Experience with Selenium and Java to perform automation testing
• Experience working in a geographically dispersed project team environment
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Benefits

Equal opportunity/affirmative action employer