Senior Contract QA Engineer (Eliassen_243819) Boston, Massachusetts
Job Number: 243819
Senior Contract QA Engineer
Develop test plans/cases within a Lean/Agile Software Development framework from requirement specifications; define methodologies, pass/fail criteria, risk assessment and assumptions
Contribute to the implementation of automation principles with the QA team, define best practices, support the adoption of technologies and tools that drive efficiencies throughout the team
Ensure features achieve the desired level of functional flow and quality - including reliability, security and performance
Advocate for 'building in' testability during design and development phases
Leverage progressive testing and environment toolsets - JMeter, SoapUI, FitNesse, Selenium, Zabbix, Splunk, Chef and Rundeck
Assist in solving the intricacies around the delivery of an holistic automated provisioning tool chain to support a continuous integration / continuous deployment archetype
Assist in solving environment configuration issues across multiple teams and QA personnel Build and install software in internal and customer-facing test environments
Produce and maintain useful and usable documentation of work and contribute regularly in Wiki format to the general Engineering body of knowledge
All other duties as assigned
REQUIREMENTS:
BS in computer related discipline and 2 years experience as a Software QA Engineer
Experience testing relational databases; SQL skills a must Experience with distributed environments in a Microsoft Windows Server, Web / applications servers, and SQL Server topology
Ability and interest in coding with at least one of the following: C#, Java, Groovy and/or Selenium Demonstrated ability to work well with others in a small, highly accountable development environment