Software QA Analyst / Tester

Description & Requirements

Maximus is seeking a Software QA Analyst / Tester to support our IRS client.

This is a fully remote, direct hire role.

The Senior Tester will develop/modify, document and execute test scripts, test cases, and test scenarios based upon software requirements definition, in concert with the business process analysis and customer-driven change requests.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Apply systems analysis and testing techniques and procedures to ensure software or system functional specifications are correctly identified.
- Create test-related work products (test cases/scripts, test datasets, test validation and verification results etc.) per testing standards and procedures.
- Prepare any required reporting documentation for the respective testing activities.
- Ensure adherence to performance standards and best practices during testing

Job-Specific Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

This position utilizes testing knowledge and experience to assess and advise the Test Lead/Manager on the progress of the testing activities.

The Tester will also design, develop, and deploy automated tests in a continuous build environment.

This will include automated execution, automated result reporting, test data management, and defining standard processes.

This position will be responsible to proactively identify build/release pipeline bottlenecks, diagnose, and resolve build failures, and discover new efficiencies.

- Design, develop, and deploy automated tests in a continuous build environment (Jenkins and/or GitHub Actions), maintaining reusable test data for automation scripts

- Identify automation, stress and performance testing needs, design the quality strategy, develop test strategies and plans, and then lead/support quality testing initiatives

- Determine test data needs, develop utilities to support data creation and other test pre-requisites

- Create, execute and maintain regression test suites and other relevant quality artifacts

- Develop and execute automated test scripts for web interface and web services

- Report, document, and track resolutions for software defects identified in the testing process using approved tools and processes

Minimum Requirements

- Bachelor's Degree in related field.

- 5-7 years of relevant professional experience required.

- Equivalent combination of education and experience considered in lieu of degree.

Job-Specific Minimum Requirements:

- Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required; an additional four years of related work experience can substitute for a degree

- At least five (5) years of relevant experience required

- Strong testing life cycle management skills

- Experience with service-oriented architecture (SOA) and large-scale distributed systems

- Working experience with developing automation test scripts.

- Excellent analytical skills, with strong attention to detail

- Demonstrated high commitment to quality

- Strong collabo...