Job details
Job type full-time number of hires for this role 1
Qualifications
Qa/qc: 5 years (required)
Cybersecurity: 5 years (required)
Us work authorization (required)
Bachelor`s (preferred)
Full job description
We are seeking a software quality assurance (qa) engineer to help with software applications and cloud-hosted software-as-a-service (saas) applications that enable secure grid data exchange in the utility industryYou will also be supporting quality assurance of systems integration projects we implement for our utility clients.
We offer an attractive compensation package including base salary, commission, bonus, healthcare, 401k, and stock optionsYou can work from home anywhere in the us.
Responsibilities
Coordinate the testing of software produced by the project delivery team, ensuring quality standards are met for any changes deployedPrepare test strategies and support project teams in the delivery of new changeBe the advocate for qa best practices and lead initiatives such as automation.
Coordinate qa effort for highly visible and impacting project(s) with multiple work streamsIncludes: coordinating testing activities with multiple vendors, test estimation, delivery of test strategy, test plan, test status, results, risk, traceability, defect management, test coverage, etc.
Work multiple tasks at any one time while maintaining high quality standards
Absorbing complex technical and conceptual information, identifying key issues and details, and presenting understandable alternatives to both technical and nontechnical individuals at all levels of the organization.
Conform and comply to all pmo and test practice documentation, policies, and best practices.
Communicate with all stakeholders to ensure project/program goals, targets, activities, and schedules are understood.
Responsible for delivering and communicating daily and weekly testing status reports for multiple projects including risk identification.
Work with qa manager to manage the creation and on-going development of an automated testing framework for use on the products.
Work with qa manager to assure the viability, functionality, and effectiveness of test tools.
Work with qa manager to define and implement test strategy to ensure maximum test coverage.
Coordinate the use and maintenance of test environments for systems supporting the needs of all projects.
Perform test engineering tasks when needed including creating and executing test cases.
Provides test coverage reports to stakeholders for each software release.
Report detailed defect reports.
Travel to client sites in the us as needed.
Minimum qualifications
5+ years qa or equivalent work experience
Experience providing end-to-end quality assurance throughout the entire software development life cycle (waterfall and agile).
Has hands on knowledge of all of the following quality assurance methods: unit, integration, regression, uat, performance and automated testing.
Must have experience testing saas products.
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently.
Prior experience working within a tcoe or organizational test practice.
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems, systems engineering, or experience in a systems development and/or qa role.
Us citizen or permanent resident
Desired qualifications
Work experience in the utility industry
Five years of experience with cyber security industry related test development and new product development.
Experience performing qa functions that ensure that saas software supports the five trust services principles of soc 2 compliance: security, availability, processing integrity, confidentiality and privacy.
Hands on experience with cloud testing tools (exBlazemeter, octoperf)
Hands-on experience with http/https protocol packet sniffers such as tcpdump or network monitor
Hands-on experience with jira suite including jira service desk, and confluence
Hands-on experience working with linux operating systems (linux) and linux performance tuning
Hands-on experience with test/qa automation tools such as selenium
Hand on experience with poc tests, acceptance tests, functional tests, regression tests, smoke
Experience creating jmeter or loadrunner performance scripts.
Experience with continuous integration and delivery especially integrating automated tests into pipelines.
Experience with source configuration management and defect tracking systems (such as bitbucket and jira).
Experience writing and building scripts to create defect list/job execution
Experience defining and building performance metrics for a saas platform application and specific modules.
Experience defining and building capacity and service level metrics for platform such response time, fail over time, and time to recover.
Experience defining and building effective dashboards on system defects
Familiar with micro-services architecture
Familiar with sql and nosql databases
Strong knowledge of server logfiles, and tools such as splunk/sumo logic/aws
Job type: full-time
Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Flexible schedule
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Schedule:
8 hour shift
Monday to friday
Supplemental pay:
Bonus pay
Education:
Bachelor`s (preferred)
Experience:
Qa/qc: 5 years (required)
Cybersecurity: 5 years (required)
Willingness to travel:
25% (required)
Work location:
Fully remote
Work location: remote
