Senior Software Quality Assurance Aanlyst and Tester

American Systems•Colorado Springs, CO

3d•$105,000 - $160,000

About The Position

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree
8-10 years of related work experience
Active TS/SCI Clearance
US Citizenship

Responsibilities

Leads quality assurance and test strategy for Bifrost, software maintenance, interface changes, CDS-related modifications, and customer additions.
Develops and manages test approaches, requirements-to-test traceability, regression and mission-thread testing, defect adjudication, assessment evidence, release readiness, and final test reporting before operational implementation.
Independently develops and executes test scripts to ensure that quality software is provided for release to production and to certify system changes.
Produces expert level test plan documents and requirements.
Develops test control databases.
Performs solution testing confirming business requirements.
Maintains test databases and ensures their integrity and currency.
Distributes test data from control database to development staff to satisfy adequate unit testing.
Develops, compiles, documents and runs automated test scripts and test procedures.
Runs regression tests.
Tracks status of defects.
Provides quality assurance testing for all systems to ensure the development and distribution of quality products.
Assists with roll-out of systems documentation.
Produces lists of defects that are to be resolved and incorporated into future releases of the application as required.
Communicates with analysts and programmers about formal testing plans, problems, and results.
Develops technical documentation and reports.
Manages the Release Management process for all changes to the baseline IT infrastructure.
Ensures all processes are adhered to appropriately throughout project lifecycles.
Ensures all existing processes are fully documented, suggesting improvements, updating documentation, and communicating all process changes to relevant stakeholders.