QA Tester

Softrams is looking for a QA tester who will be part of a collaborative team that builds modern and usable applications for mission-critical U.S. federal government enterprise IT solutions. Federal Requirements: Ability to obtain a U.S. Federal Position of Trust clearance designation. Must reside in and be able to perform work in the United States. Must have lived in the United States for 3 of the last 5 years. Required Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in a related field. 3 or more years of experience as a QA/QC Engineer. Ability to test web applications with a strong understanding of software testing methodologies (e.g., black box, white box, regression testing), test case design techniques (e.g., positive, negative and edge cases), and test automation concepts. Expertise in creating and maintaining robust regression test suites to prevent regressions and ensure software stability. Understanding sprint cycles and collaborating with Scrum teams within an Agile development environment. Knowledge of HTTP methods, request/response structures, and common API testing tools for RESTful APIs. Proficient SQL skills to perform database testing, including writing complex queries for data validation. Expertise in identifying, documenting, and reporting defects in a detailed and reproducible manner using bug tracking systems such as JIRA. Proficiency in designing and managing realistic test data sets to mimic real-world scenarios. Excellent written and verbal communication skills for effectively conveying testing progress, issues, and risks to stakeholders. Ability to work effectively in a team environment, share knowledge, and contribute to the team's success. Preferred Qualifications: Experience working in federal healthcare projects. Familiarity with CMS (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services) projects is a huge plus. Experience using the JAWS screen reader and Axe or Lighthouse Plugin for accessibility testing. Experience testing web applications written in Angular framework and familiarity with Angular concepts (components, modules, services, etc.) is desirable. Proficiency in scripting languages like Python or JavaScript for automating tasks and writing test scripts. Familiarity with the Cypress Automation Framework. Responsibilities: Estimating test case writing and execution effort and keeping track of own and team progress. Designing test strategies, test plans, and test cases from requirements, design documents and specifications. Estimating test case writing and execution effort and keeping track of own and team progress. Test case authoring and holding test case reviews with stakeholders. Execution of test cases including functional, regression, performance, load and smoke tests for both web applications and database. Validating, reporting, tracking and closing defects. Recording test results and reporting them. 508 compliance test execution and documentation. Identifying regression test candidates for automation, planning automation activities across the team and automating test cases. Participation in daily scrum meetings, agile ceremonies and weekly test team meetings. Participate in all phases of risk management assessments and software development with emphasis on analysis of user requirements, test design and test tools selection. Install, maintain, or use software testing programs. Supporting our metrics program by keeping track and gathering metrics on all activities. Support UAT activities. Support end of sprint demos, user acceptance testing, and solicit feedback from peers, lead and others on test artifacts and processes, as appropriate. Collaborate with other QA team members to share knowledge, best practices and ensure consistent testing standards.

Softrams is a Maryland and Virginia-based small business information technology, consulting, and solutions provider specializing in emerging technologies for UX/UI, mobile apps, DevOps, big data analytics, data science, and cyber security. We offer innovative technology implementations and build customer-centric services that are simple, intuitive, scalable, efficient and usable.