Manual Tester

Xenith Solutions

About The Position

Xenith Solutions is seeking a Test Engineer - Manual with agile methodology experience to join our team in support of a federal contract. As a member of the team, you will support our prime contractor’s Agile Solution Factory (ASF), which is a passionate team of industry-leading personnel supporting the best practices in Agile Software Development. The ability to be adaptable and to work constructively with a technically diverse and geographically separated team is crucial. The ideal candidate must have a strong background and experience in web application front-end and back-end scripting and automation, development skills with multiple programming languages, IDE, and familiar or experience with framework setup and maintenance.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. Citizen with the ability to pass background investigation, criteria include but are not limited to:
3-year check for felony convictions
1-year check for illegal drug use
1-year check for misconduct such as theft or fraud
College degree (B.S. or greater) in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Management Systems or a related discipline. Experience accepted in lieu of degree
Experience testing solutions developed in C#/.Net (preferred). Additionally, familiarity with any of the following is highly desirable: XML, SQL, PL/SQL, HTML, VMware, information exchanges, client server, Object Oriented Development, Continuous integration, Automated testing, UML, Class diagrams, n-tier solutions
Experience with continuous integration tools and environments and automated testing
Ability to write test documentation - Test Plans; Test Procedures; Change Requests; System Requirements Documents; Problem Reports, Discrepancy Reports
Familiarity with Information Security best practices
Ability to apply test estimation techniques to software development efforts
Seven (7+) years related IT experience, with 2-3 or more years analyzing, designing and implementing integrated testing solutions
Familiar working with any Open Source Automation tools like Selenium, Cucumber, Watir
Familiar working with an open source or commercial version control systems like GIT, Mercurial, CVS, SVN, Clear Case
Must have experience with Functional Testing, Integration Testing, System Testing, and User Acceptance Testing phases
Must have knowledge and understand fundamental concepts of Continuous Integration, Automated Testing, User Acceptance Testing
Must be a team player and work in a collaborative team environment
Ability and experience to interact with the product Owner, Business Analysts, Scrum Masters and provide guidance on automation tools and testing methods to meet project specific needs
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Experience participating in a high performing, highly engaged and motivated CM team
Solid experience in incremental software development projects using an Agile Scrum approach
Understanding of all elements of the software development life cycle
Highly responsible, team-oriented individual with very strong communication skills and work ethic; self-starter

Nice To Haves

Automated & manual testing experience
Technical Certifications, such as CSTE, CST, CSTA, CTFL, CTAL, CTEL
Experience with program testing software, such as Microsoft testing tools, Selenium and/or Geb
Experience using Jira and/or related Agile project tools and plug-ins

Responsibilities

Serve as a Test Engineer who will be responsible for activities associated with delivery of customer-defined systems and software projects.
Developing Test procedures – Creating test procedures for current set of backlog items: system, functional, regression, performance, load, installation, security, interoperability, stress, boundary; defining tests for backlog items; estimating tasks needed for creating manual tests; and assessing candidates to automate for regression tests
Developing and implementing quality assurance methodologies to ensure compliance with quality assurance standards, guidelines, and procedures in a large computer-based organization
Developing and executing software test plans, test cases, and test scripts for Integration, Migration, Regression, and/or Performance testing, and IA and disaster recovery, in order to identify system and software problems and their causes, recording defect backlog items, reporting the results of testing and resolving testing defects
Establishing and maintaining a process for evaluating hardware, software, and associated documentation and assisting in their evaluation
Mapping tasks and tests to backlog items (requirements traceability)
Supporting independent User Acceptance Testing
Acting as a member of a product team supporting teammates and collaborating with a do what it takes attitude to ensure product and team success
Active participation in Agile Scrum sprint planning, artifact creation, sprint testing, regression testing, demonstrations and retrospectives and solution releases
Work closely with developers, professional services team and product managers to define the automated testing components that will be used to validate requirements against developed software
Work closely with Product Owners to understand product specifics and to create corresponding automation test strategies
Assist with design of test scenarios and test plans to ensure that automated tests can be implemented and executed against
Assist with creating project resource estimates, metrics to track completion phase, defect reports, defect prevention, development efficiency and quality
Contribute to an atmosphere of cross-functional teamwork within the organizations agile project lifecycle
Run test validations at various levels including DB validation, logging validation, and UI validation