Jr. QA Consultant-Hybrid
Job Title: Jr. QA Consultant Job Type: Contract-Hybrid Duration: 5 Months (with extension for long term) Location: Atlanta, GA 30308 Job Description: Duties/Responsibilities: • Experience in testing Custom applications. • Experience in testing GIS components. • Create and document test plans, execute tests, analyze results, and report problems and anomalies, all via the lens of business end users • Operate in Agile approach to support testing needs • Work closely and collaboratively with business partners, PMO and Vendor technical delivery teams to understand business requirements • Ensure software testing is done on-time and as planned and notify management about bottlenecks and other issues and risks • Assist Business subject matter experts and business analysts in the development of UAT test scenarios leveraging test cases • Participate in defect triage meetings and demos • Report weekly status to Quality Assurance Testing Lead Requirements: Education: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or similar General Experience: • 3-5 years of experience with testing in software development projects. • Experience in mid-scale or large-scale system development projects (including using test automation, test strategy, developing and executing test scripts and test plans) • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks. • Strong verbal and written communication skills • Able to review and analyze system specifications (e.g. System Requirements, Business Requirements, Design Documents, etc.) • Able to perform manual testing and/or automated testing. • Experience in documenting Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM) and confirming applications are ready for UAT • Experience in preparing UAT instructions for end users and facilitating/overseeing UAT activities • Experience in documenting Test Cases • Experience in evaluating and documenting Test Results • Ability to prepare sample data for testing. • Skills in System testing, parallel/comparative testing, QA testing, performance and load testing, regression testing, security testing, business continuity/disaster recovery testing, post-go-live testing/validation • Experience with mobile device testing is a plus. • Analytical mind and skills in troubleshooting, problem-solving, and issue isolation • Detail oriented. • Excellent communication/collaboration skills with software developers/architects, business analysts, etc. • Able to work with cross-functional teams to validate product quality throughout the development life cycle • Experience with GitHub, ServiceNow Specialized Experience: • Experience in quality assurance concepts and best practices. • Experience creating test cases and writing manual test scripts. • Experience in running tests for application functions. • Experience with SDLC and agile methodologies. • Familiarity with defect management tools • Preferred to have experience with public sector. Preferred training or software testing certifications such as: • Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST) • Certified Test Engineer (CSTE) • Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) • Certified Manager of Software Quality (CMSQ