Senior Functional Tester
TISTA Science & Technology Corporation
- Lanham, MD
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Manage project deadlines, as well as your time and schedule in a fast-paced federal environment
- Work directly with the business analysts and developers to translate functional requirements into executable test cases
- Review and generate complex test plans, generate test case data, build procedures and testing scripts based upon functional specifications
- Execute test cases, coordinate and execute tests, log, validate defects, and debug
- Document test plans and test cases
- Perform 508 functional testing on applications/systems utilizing various 508 compliance tools such as JAWS, ZoomText and Dragon Naturally Speaking
- Must be able to work well within a team environment and have exceptional collaboration skills with all levels of business and technical staff
- Interact with Federal and contractor functional leads to clarify requirements and scenarios
- Assist test lead/manager to define and refine functional testing approaches, tools, automation and documentation
- Create, update and maintain application/system, integration and regression test cases
- Perform full cycles of sprint, regression, and integration testing
- Generate test summary reports after each testing cycle to show testing progress, actual testing results, and pass/fail status
- Serve as a functional testing subject matter expert to assist other test engineers as needed
- Participate in regular project status meetings, track and communicate testing progress, issues and risks
- Assist the Federal and contractor resources to conduct User Acceptance Testing
- Utilize software testing tools and develop software test automation
- Respond to developers' questions regarding test results, bugs and defects
- Communicate frequently with customers and team members, facilitating discussions and exercising professional judgment as required
- 5+ years’ experience in testing software applications
- Experience working in Agile and SDLC work environments
- Proficient with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, and Visio)
- Experience in test automation including the development and execution of automated test scripts
- Experience with 508 functional testing
- Experience with defect tracking/requirements management tool, desired technologies include: IBM Rational Suite, (ClearQuest, Requirements Pro, Functional Test)
- Experience in all phases of software testing including test planning, functional testing, and regression testing
- Experience testing all layers of the application, including web-based user interface, service layer, data migration, integration layer, data layer, and performance testing
- Bachelors degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related scientific /technical discipline and 5+ years’ experience
- Must be US Citizen or US Lawful Permanent Resident
- Must be Federal Tax Compliant
- The ability to pass a Tier 2/Modest Background Investigation
- Current IRS clearance a plus