Sr. Software QA Engineer

KPI Solutions•Sharonville, OH

About The Position

Role Summary: The Senior Software QA Engineer is r esponsible for ensuring quality, stability, and data integrity during software and database upgrades of legacy systems. This role focuses on validation, risk mitigation, and maintaining functional continuity across platforms and integrations. Key Responsibilities: Develop and execute test strategies specific to legacy software and database upgrade projects. Validate application behavior post-upgrade to ensure backward compatibility and functional parity. Perform detailed data verification and reconciliation for schema, stored procedures, and migration activities. Conduct regression, integration, and performance testing across dependent systems and interfaces. Collaborate with development, DBA, and infrastructure teams to identify and mitigate upgrade risks. Create and maintain comprehensive test plans, scripts, and traceability documentation. Participate in validation phases (IQ/OQ/PQ/UAT) and ensure adherence to quality gates before release. Support rollback validation and post-deployment monitoring to confirm stability. Provide test summary reports, defect analytics, and quality metrics for leadership review. Recommend process improvements for future upgrade cycles and system modernization efforts.

Requirements

Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related field, equivalent experience considered
5 years as a developer using Java, Angular, SQL or similar tech stack
Expertise in writing and maintaining SQL queries (JDBC / iBatis / Stored Procedures)
Experience with developing resilient Spring-based microservices
Experience in API design for client-server applications
Proactive study of industry best-practices and security strategies

Responsibilities

Develop and execute test strategies specific to legacy software and database upgrade projects.
Validate application behavior post-upgrade to ensure backward compatibility and functional parity.
Perform detailed data verification and reconciliation for schema, stored procedures, and migration activities.
Conduct regression, integration, and performance testing across dependent systems and interfaces.
Collaborate with development, DBA, and infrastructure teams to identify and mitigate upgrade risks.
Create and maintain comprehensive test plans, scripts, and traceability documentation.
Participate in validation phases (IQ/OQ/PQ/UAT) and ensure adherence to quality gates before release.
Support rollback validation and post-deployment monitoring to confirm stability.
Provide test summary reports, defect analytics, and quality metrics for leadership review.
Recommend process improvements for future upgrade cycles and system modernization efforts.