Quality Assurance Tester- Junior (Remote)

ICF • Raleigh, NC

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Work : The Junior Quality Assurance Tester (Jr QA Tester) is responsible for working with Associate and Senior testers to assist in thorough and comprehensive test scripts creation to ensure the highest standards of quality are met on every user story. The Junior QA tester will work with Associate and Senior testers to create test scripts, provide detailed testing results, and work with the development team to explain results. The Junior QA tester must have familiarity with agile methodologies and time management to ensure testing completion within each sprint. This position will be working directly with stakeholders and the technical team, and must be able to communicate effectively via phone, web conferencing, and MS Teams. The Junior QA tester must work with Associate and Senior QAs to follow process and provide detailed pass/fail documentation for all work products, must be able to navigate the application, and must ensure understanding of end state functionality prior to work entering a sprint. Job Location: This position is remote within the United States and requires that the job be performed in the United States. If you accept this position, you should note that ICF does monitor employee work locations and blocks access from foreign locations/foreign IP addresses and also prohibits personal VPN connections. Our core work hours are 9am - 5pm Eastern Time

Requirements

• US Citizenship is required (required by the federal government for this position).
• Active Public Trust Clearance (any agency)
• Must be able to obtain a DHS Public Trust clearance.
• MUST RESIDE IN THE United States (U.S.) and the work MUST BE PERFORMED in the United States (U.S.), as this work is for a federal contract and laws do apply.
• 2+ Years experience in quality assurance testing
• 1+ years experience reviewing and analyzing data and documentation related to system quality.
• 1+ years experience authoring test scripts
• 1+ years experience testing all product backlog items (stories and tasks) and providing pass/fail documentation for each product backlog item
• 1+ years experience working in an agile environment

Nice To Haves

• Active DHS or DoW Public Trust clearance
• Strong experience working in an agile environment
• Skilled at analyzing existing system documentation to summarize existing system functionality as it relates to the project.
• Experience working across multiple projects.
• Experience with ServiceNow CSM, ITSM, and App Engine
• Has an active CSA
• 1+ Experience creating test scripts for UAT
• Experience testing telephonic systems
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Proactive and highly communicative
• Good understanding of basic system technologies as they relate to the project deliverables.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment

Responsibilities

• Assist Associate QAs with test scripts creation to accurately evaluate all functional criteria
• Work with Associate and Senior QAs to provide detailed documentation of testing results for all stories and features
• Assist in and eventually take ownership of authoring UAT scripts
• Participate in UAT preparation and troubleshooting
• Work closely with development team and clients to understand functionality, communicate testing results, and at times demo functionality to users
• Work an agile framework, collaborating with other quality assurance testers, business analysts, developers, training team, and product owner to ensure solutions meet client needs with the highest quality.
• Test integrations
• Work with Associate and Senior QAs to assist as needed

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed