Software Tester

<h2>Overview</h2> <p>Soft Tech Consulting is seeking a highly motivated, self-directed individual to fill the role of  a <strong>Software Tester</strong>. The selected individual will join a collaborative team environment where they will work closely with Requirements Analysts/Business Analysts and programmers to ensure proper implementation and/or testing of program and system specifications. Key to the success of this position is the successful delivery of projects and effective communication to all levels of staff for reporting project status.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p><strong>100% REMOTE (MUST BE LOCATED IN THE DC/MD/VA AREA)</strong></p> <p><strong>MUST BE ABLE TO OBTAIN PUBLIC TRUST</strong></p> <p><strong>MUST BE US CITIZEN OR </strong><strong>PERMANENT RESIDENT </strong></p> <p><strong>FOR PERMANENT RESIDENT, MUST HAVE BEEN IN THE U.S. FOR A MINIMUM OF 3 CONSECUTIVE YEARS</strong></p> <h2>Responsibilities</h2> <ul> <li>Gathers requirements information from users, designs potential solutions, develops specifications, and/or defines and coordinates testing requirements and recommends software/hardware component changes as required.</li> <li>Participates as needed in development phases with emphasis on the analysis/design, documentation and/or testing, integration, and presentation phases.</li> <li>Works closely with Requirements Analysts/Business Analysts and programmers to ensure proper implementation and/or testing of program and system specifications.</li> <li>Coordinates the planning for testing efforts and the design of multiple test plans, including developing data-driven test cases.</li> <li>Responsible for quality assurance, quality control, and system integrity (through testing).</li> <li>Prepares and delivers presentations on the system concepts and/or testing efforts.</li> <li>Develops work plans and monitors them for adherence to user requirements and work schedules.</li> <li>Conforms to standards and quality control procedures for requirements definition, design, development, and/or testing and implementation.</li> <li>Provides technical guidance to lower level staff.</li> <li>Acts as test manager to ensure that all testing is done according to test plans and testing standards.</li> <li>Must produce hazard analysis documentation to determine whether the system is deployable.</li> </ul> <h2>Qualifications</h2> <ul> <li>Education: High school diploma and specialized technical training.</li> <li>Experience with Accessibility (Section 508 compliance) and browsers compatibility testing.</li> <li>At least six years of experience in the design, development, and/or testing of applications.</li> <li>At least six years of experience creating test data, cases, and scenarios from written requirements.</li> <li>At least six years of experience in creating, gathering, analyzing, planning, documenting, and/or defining and coordinating test plans and requirements.</li> <li>At least five years of experience with standards and quality control procedures for testing implementation.</li> <li>At least five years of experience using Use Cases or user stories to create test cases.</li> <li>At least five years of experience in the system development life cycle, DBMS concepts, and/or design techniques.</li> <li>At least five years of experience implementing and using automated testing techniques, if required.</li> <li>At least five years of experience implementing and using continuous integration techniques, if required.</li> <li>At least three years of experience writing SQL to retrieve and update test data.</li> <li>Experience with developing test scenarios for use in automated testing frameworks and tools (e.g., Selenium)</li> <li>Experience with application performance testing.</li> <li>Experience as a technical leader of contractor staff.</li> <li>Must have hands-on experience/knowledge on the majority of the following products:<strong>Environments:</strong> Chromium, JavaScript, NodeJS, Celerity, Cucumber, Jetty, Oracle, Red Hat Linux, WebLogic/Tomcat, Apache, WCMS, API, SOLR, naVizin, Flash, Java, SVG, IIS, Linux, Adobe Captivate, HTML, PDF, COTS, Spring, Spring MVC, JDBC, CSS, Bootstrap, Thyme leaf, Restful webservice, Junit, Mockito, jQuery, EAG, Perl, Korn shell scripts, Google API, AWS Services, Python, Lambda, Aurora/PostgreSQL, Selenium, Ruby, Angular, Jenkins</li> </ul> <h2>About Us</h2> <p><em>Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is a woman and minority-owned business headquartered in Chantilly, VA. With contracts in both the public and private sectors in the DC metro area and across the country, Soft Tech is an organization made up of highly successful and talented Information Technology professionals offering enterprise class solutions for any size organization at great value. Soft Tech’s mission is to help government organizations design, implement, and maintain mission critical Information Technology solutions. By focusing jointly on our employees and our customers, we are able to achieve our mission by providing each and every one of our customers with continuous quality customer support.</em><em> </em><em>Soft Tech Consulting, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer.</em></p>

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