System Testing and Validation Consultant
EMERGENT METHOD
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Work with different project tracks to understand, develop, and test product requirements
- Support functional testing, deployment activities, and defect-resolution processes
- Support the execution of scenarios for test cases including functional, regression, and smoke tests
- Ensure components meet technical design requirements
- Document test results and work with developers and business analysts to interpret functional requirements
- Address, triage, and report defects found during testing
- Track defect statuses using Jira and help create dashboards to track item progression
- Host meetings with development and client counterparts to resolve issues that occurred while testing
- Create documentation using Microsoft Word and Excel
- Demonstrate the ability to organize and form team management processes
- Report statuses to the client and internal management regularly
- Follow documentation to create, edit, and read external interface files
- Build and maintain rapport and a work agreement with the client and other team members
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to quickly review and understand documentation to support testing
- SQL experience utilizing simple select queries and joins
- Experience performing IT application testing and/or User Acceptance Testing
- Experience in system-testing tools (such as Jira and Jama)
- Strong analytical, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills
- Basic understanding of Louisiana’s corrections programs/systems is preferred
- Experience in the system development life cycle or related coursework is considered a plus
- Willingness to learn new technologies and pick up additional skills