Intermediate Quality Assurance at Softwriters in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Job Description:

The Intermediate Quality Assurance is responsible for performing accurate software product and system testing, working with and communicating with other departments to ensure the effectiveness and quality of product, documentation of testing procedures and issues, and other duties as assigned.

Responsibilities:

• Based on acceptance criteria or defect information create detailed test cases and test plans to verify quality of functional and non-functional requirements.


• Execute tests in various environment configurations to mimic the most commonly seen customer environments.


• Create, maintain, and execute SQL queries for data validation and analysis.


• Maintain working test environments to easily move from one testing task to another while ensuring a clean environment and data set used for testing.


• Provide screen shots and detailed steps to reproduce issues discovered during testing.


• Work independently on assigned tasks and keep Scrum Master/Product Owner informed of project status and issues.


• Review documentation of new features for accuracy


• Perform reviews and validation of issues reported by customers to determine if it is an escaped defect or new feature request.


• Work closely with Automation Engineers to ensure appropriate test cases are included in automation for optimal coverage and reliability.


• Regularly review the output of automated test suites and ensure the team is aware of any issues that need to be resolved.


• Mentor less experience Quality Assurance Analysts


• Knowledge of how the product being tested fits into the full product suite to identify dependencies and appropriate scope of testing required.

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience and education in a computer and/or training related field.


• Proven experience in manual and/or automated testing of web-based software applications.


• Proficient in API testing tools such as Postman, Swagger, etc.


• Prior experience testing user authentication and authorization for web-based applications


• Proficient in writing SQL queries for data validation and analysis


• Familiarity with Agile and Scrum frameworks


• Proven ability to quickly come up to speed on complex systems.


• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience and education in an engineering or quality assurance related field


• Ability to work independently and take ownership of tasks, as well as work collaboratively amongst a team or teams with or without detailed supervision.


• Prior experience working with Product Owners and SME to ensure feature requests and Acceptance Criteria meet the true needs of the customer.


• Prior experience in the Pharmacy or Long-Term Care domain is a plus.


• Prior experience with E2E test automation frameworks such as Cypress or Selenium is a plus.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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