Software Tester
Location - Chicago, IL (only onsite)
Years - 8 to 10 years
- Job Description:
Collaborate with vendor partners during system design, product definition, and software development to create acceptance and validation test plans. - Oversee vendor timelines and release content to facilitate testing; manage defect information to ensure issues are documented and resolved.
- Utilize product requirements, system engineering requirements, and BDD/TDD test techniques to convert requirements into test cases.
- Integrate technical expertise and risk assessments in various design, test plan, quality, and capability readiness reviews.
- Design acceptance test plans and sub-system integration test plans, create schedules, execute test cases (manual and automated), and provide regular status updates on QA activities.
- Execute procedures that validate product features, using test plans and functional specifications, based on the system requirements.
- Work with cross-functional teams to resolve issues found throughout the SDLC and provide detailed test execution records.
- Maintain accurate QA metrics/dashboards, participate in quality reviews, and identify improvement opportunities.
- Capable of handling multiple concurrent projects; comfortable coordinating the work of multiple engineers on complex projects.
Primary Skills:
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or a related field, with over 8 years of professional experience.
- Expertise in using test management and defect management tools such as Zephyr and JIRA.
- Proficiency with CI tools like Jenkins to support DevOps deployment processes.
- Experience with large-scale, multi-tiered systems, service-oriented architecture, and third-party cloud-based testing.
- Knowledge of modern web application architecture, including decoupled modules and independent subsystems.
- Proven ability to set priorities and manage multiple objectives simultaneously.
- Strong attention to detail and capability to work independently.
- Basic understanding of network components, including modems, switches, routers, and firewalls.