Job Description
UAT and API Tester, myColorado Statement of Work (SOW)
Employment type: Contractor
Work Unit: CTO, myColorado Platform
Reports to (Role/Title): Marina Drapkin (back up Olga Klinger)
Location: Remote from anywhere from the State of Colorado
Funds available as of: 1/1/2024
Starting date as of: 1/1/2024
JOB SUMMARY
The UAT and API Tester is responsible for conducting activities during the system test phase of the software development lifecycle. This includes planning and executing system tests based on adherence to requirements, identifying and managing test data, and identifying and managing software defects. It is assumed applicants have prior professional experience in mobile app Quality Assurance and mobile app test skills.
JOB SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS (KSAs)
Required:
Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
Preferred experience in mobile app testing
4+ years of relevant experience with functional system test cases, data, or test suites, standard defect management tools and processes, application development, or regular client-side use of relevant applications with demonstrated understanding of program and mobile app functionality.
Preferred experience with testing iOS and Android operating systems.
Preferred experience in creating mobile app test plans for complex to majorly complex projects.
Ability to execute functional and regression test cases as well as performance and security test cases.
Experience on working with Technical Owners, Operations and Product Managers, Vendors and Business Analysts to coordinate the testing process to ensure correct reporting information is relayed.
Experience on working in an Agile scrum environment using Azure DevOps
Experience with API testing
Preferred Skills:
Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
Demonstrated experience writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and cases.
Hands-on experience with both white and black box testing.
Preferred hands-on experience with accessibility tools (Wave, JAWs, and Siteimprove).
Proficiency with standard office software (Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint or Google Docs/Sheets/Slides).
Demonstrated flexibility to address stakeholder-driven test scenarios and communications.
Experience with accessibility tools.
Knowledge and experience applying software QA methodologies, tools, and processes in practice.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience as a member of an Agile team.
Experience testing vendor-developed, commercial off-the-shelf/customized software systems.
ISTQB certification or equivalent professional accreditation.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
Create mobile app test plans for complex to majorly complex projects.
Execute functional and regression test cases as well as performance and security test cases.
Create and maintain requirements traceability matrices.
Identify and manage test data needed for complex projects
Coordinate with Technical Owners, Operations and Product Managers, Vendors and Business Analysts throughout the testing process to ensure correct reporting information is relayed.
Analyze system requirements, identify and document the most important test cases.
Analyze the effectiveness of test cases after project completion and make any necessary improvements.
Determine what test data is needed and work with the Senior Tester to acquire it.
Follow defect management process for system test and user acceptance test.
Establish effective communication with development teams for defect management.
Document defects and their resolution.
Monitor the management of defects.
Determine when a valid defect has occurred, how to communicate it, or if it needs to be escalated for analysis or repair.
Identifies and recommends defect management strategies.
Determine the severity and priority of defects with support from the development team.
Determine if a defect fix is successful with support from the business requirements team.
Determine what defect metrics to communicate.
Participate in agile scrum related meetings.
Facilitate defect review meetings.
Facilitate peer review meetings as they relate to test plans and test scripts for other testers.
Provides recommendations for test plan and script modifications.
Recommends courses of actions in relation to defects, test schedule, strategy.
Candidate must be local.
Candidate Must Be LocalAdditional Location Details (City, State) :
Colorado only
Information on Security Training
NOTICE: If you are hired as vendor staff who will have access to state systems or data or as a contractor for one of the state executive branch consolidated agencies, in adherence to Colorado Revised Statute 24-37.5-401, 403, 404, 405, and 406, and Colorado Information Security Policy (CISP) 002, you will be required to self-register and complete information security training, including but not limited to review and acknowledgement of the Acceptable Use of State Data and IT Resource Policy (AUP) (CISP-018), through the consolidated agency contractor information security training site within 30 days of your contract start date and annually thereafter. Should you be awarded this contract, the state agency will provide the contractor information security training site information to you.
Minimum Verification Requirements
Please complete the following verifications with Info Cubic upon candidate's selection. Additional verifications may be identified by the agency.
State Criminal Record verification (past 7 years covering each State in which the candidate has resided)
- County Criminal Records (past 7 Year Address History)
Federal Criminal Records Verification (past 7 years)
SSN Name Search
Global Monitor Check (formerly Patriot/OFAC/Terrorist)
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