Buchanan & Edwards is seeking a skilled Manual Tester to join our team. The best qualified candidate for this position will be eager to learn, flexible, knowledgeable, and a dedicated IT professional to join our team supporting the State Department. As someone who wears many hats within the product team, the successful candidate will work as a Business Analyst and/or Manual Tester.

Location: Springfield/Lorton, VA

Clearance: Top Secret Required

Work Schedule: 2 days onsite; 3 days remote

Job Responsibilities:

• Conduct manual testing of the product to ensure functionality, security, and compliance with project requirements.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather and analyze business requirements.
• Bridge the gap between technical teams and end-users by translating business needs into comprehensive test cases and documentation.
• Create, execute, and maintain detailed test plans, test scripts, and test reports.
• Identify, log, and track defects, providing clear documentation to support the development and resolution process.
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure test cases align with project goals and objectives.
• Actively participate in project meetings, offering valuable insights and recommendations based on testing outcomes.
• Contribute to the improvement of testing processes and methodologies.
• Responsibility of performing root analysis and apply resolution
• Willingness to take on new tasks as needed
• Gather systems information, analyze how projects affect business outcomes, and provide feedback as needed
• Liaise with other IT personnel for problem resolution

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in manual testing
• Top Secret clearance, with a proven ability to handle sensitive information
• Strong organizational skills, ensuring meticulous documentation and effective communication
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, facilitating smooth collaboration among project stakeholders
• Familiarity with cross domain solutions and their unique testing requirements
• Familiarity with process improvement tools such as Microsoft DevOps, Jira, etc.
• Must be a problem solver with the ability to work independently to find solutions
• Must be flexible and able to respond quickly to constantly changing priorities while working on multiple projects
• Ability and willingness to change hats as the product demands require
• Must be self-motivated and a hard worker
• A willingness to learn and implement new technologies
• The ability to train others with a spectrum of technical capabilities, how to use new and existing applications
• Experience working as a government contractor