Quality Assurance Engineer

General Dynamics Information Technology is a global technology and professional services company. They are seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure the quality and reliability of application releases by performing both manual and automation testing for the USPS Customer Tools application.

Responsibilities:

• Review test requirements, specifications, and documentation for each release in both staging and production environments
• Prepare and manage test data for both staging and production environments
• Design, execute, and document functional test cases in staging and production
• Perform regression testing in both staging and production to ensure new changes do not break existing functionality
• Log, track, and prioritize defects found in both staging and production using ALM and VersionOne
• Collaborate with developers to verify defect fixes in both staging and production
• Validate deployment and configuration in both staging and production environments
• Execute smoke tests in production to confirm basic functionality post-deployment
• Perform sanity and functional tests in both staging and production to ensure critical workflows operate as expected
• Monitor application logs and system alerts for issues
• Report, track, and escalate issues found in both staging and production as needed
• Document all test results, including detailed evidence and steps for each test, for both staging and production
• Prepare and provide comprehensive documentation for production sign-off including test coverage, results, and outstanding issues
• Communicate findings and feedback to stakeholders and participate in release meetings

Requirements:

• 2 + years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field from an accredited College/University is preferred
• If the candidate does not possess a relevant four-year degree, an additional year of relevant work experience will be required
• Minimum 2 years' experience in software Q/A testing
• Minimum 1 year experience in load testing using Azure Load Test Suite and jMeter
• Minimum 1 year experience with testing applications within Google Cloud Platform, IBM Websphere and Wildfly application environments
• Experience creating documentation and communicating clear concise test plans, test scenarios and test cases using HP ALM or similar testing tools
• Proficient in running manual tests, and able to recognize when and how to incorporate automated testing processes to enhance efficiency and reduce expenses
• Experience building and utilizing Test Automation scripts and framework (UFT)
• Ability to create detailed defect reports which is crucial to understanding software issues and providing a thorough explanation of the software's status for other team members
• Experience using Version One or other work management tools
• Demonstrate user stories and functionality to customers
• Strong understanding of the complete life cycle of a system (SDLC) application and operating systems
• Motivated self-starter with excellent analytical, organization, and troubleshooting skills
• Strong communication skills with the ability to collaborate with key stakeholders, Solutions Architects, Product Owner, Managers and Developers
• Knowledge/experience of SDLC practices
• Knowledge/experience with Agile Methodologies
• Knowledge/experience with VersionOne
• Knowledge/experience with Postman, SoapUI, AML, UFT, Playwright and JMeter
• Knowledge/experience with PLSQL