HYBRID WORK SCHDULE: 3 days a week in office in Northfield, IL (Typically Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) and / or when needed.
The Software Tester is responsible for working with the development team and business users to perform manual and/or automation testing based on business requirements. The software tester might also create and maintain automated scripts using automated test tools in software development projects.
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
Author, executes and maintains test cases, automation scripts and other test artifacts such as test data and data validation.
Provides test estimations.
Peer review test cases.
Executes the test plan and manage all activities in the test plan to ensure that all the objectives are met and that the solution works as expected.
Ensure that every phase and feature of the software solution is tested and that any potential issue is identified, documented, and reviewed with the business (Product Owner) before the product goes live.
Performs testing in terms of functionality, automation, performance, load/stress, reliability, stability and compatibility with other legacy and/or external systems.
Maintains metrics on testing, bug fixing, and user acceptance testing.
Backend database testing including validating data and database objects.
Accurately assess and documents impact of software defects.
Ensures that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.
Uses appropriate of tools and application of enterprise standards.
Maintains test artifacts in test case management tools like Jira - Zephyr (Plugin).
Works on multiple browsers, operating systems and mobile devices.
Works with Agile/Scrum teams.
Experience in testing web services using available tools (e.g. REST, SoapUI and Postman).
JOB REQUIREMENTS
Education
BS or BA degree or equivalent experience as a Software Tester.
Work Experience
2 years of experience designing and executing test cases and maintaining them in test case management tools like Jira-Zephyr, ALM etc.
Knowledge / Skills / Abilities
• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables.
• Excellent interpersonal, written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate with internal team members as well as business stakeholders.
• Must be able to speak the language of the business.
• Must have a positive can-do attitude.
• Strong problem solving characteristics with the ability to think out of the box. Must be able to work with others in a collaborative fashion.
• Must be able to analyze user needs and make recommendation on functionality and testing strategies.
• Ability to translate business and technical requirements into functional test plans.
• Ability to work independently as a self-starter, and within a team environment.
• Ability to adapt quickly to an existing, complex environment.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results leveraging SDLC methodologies such as Waterfall and Agile.
• API Automation Framework or equivalent
• BDD - Behavior Driven Development
• TDD - Test Driven Development
• Hands on experience in Browser based testing.
• Hand on experience with testing tools such as TestNG, Selenium, WebDriver, Jenkins
• Experience in setting up CI/CD pipelines and build verification tests.
• Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process
• Should have knowledge in test management tools like Jira & Zephyr
• Good to have performance testing experience any tool ( Webload, Loadrunner)
DISCLAIMER
All duties and requirements are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities.
This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by an employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by their supervisor(s)/manager(s).
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an "at will" employment relationship.
