Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status. 

Role Summary:

Perfecta is looking for a Quality Assurance (QA) engineer to develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure product quality. QA engineer responsibilities include designing and implementing tests, debugging and defining corrective actions. You will also review system requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g., test coverage, priority and severity of defects, defect triaging, code coverage etc.). The QA technician role plays an important part in our company’s product development process. Our ideal candidate will be responsible for conducting tests before product launches to ensure software runs smoothly and meets client needs, while being cost-effective. If you hold an engineering background and enjoy providing end-to-end solutions to software quality problems, we’d like to meet you.

Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Utilizing: Jenkins Pipeline, Selenium WebDriver, TestNG, Maven, Java, REST Assured, Pytest, GitHub
• Testing: Regression testing, Penetration testing, Unit tests, UI tests, Automated test framework, Page Object framework
• Must demonstrate an understanding of IP networking, protocols such as HTTP and HTTPS, firewalls, routers, etc.
• Verify UNIX server configurations, including network connections and user permissions
• Develop and execute UNIX shell scripts
• Develop and execute automated tests for RESTful APIs and the user interface.
• Interact with product management, project management and development teams to develop a strong understanding of the project and testing objectives
• Recommend test tools and/or frameworks for both functional and performance testing prior to software release
• Design and implement system test and regression plans, test cases, and automated test scripts
• Participate in troubleshooting and triaging of issues with different teams to drive towards root cause identification and resolution
• Document, track and escalate issues as appropriate, using agile management tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence etc.)
• Monitor all stages of software development to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards
• Ability to work on multiple projects at the same time
• Other duties as assigned

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Web Systems, or equivalent experience.

Experience:

• 5 years of relevant work experience in development and/or testing role.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Good understanding of SDLC, STLC, Bug Life Cycle, Agile Methodology (e.g., Scrum, Kanban etc.)
• Database skills, in Postgres, Mongo
• Good experience with different Operating Systems, especially on Ubuntu and Centos Linux.
• Good understanding of object-oriented programming, Java, AngularJS, React, Vue, Python, Go, etc.
• Hands-on experience testing in AWS and VMWare environments.

Skills & Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the latest test tools and frameworks needed to support web applications, RESTful interfaces, and databases
• Proven ability to manage and prioritize multiple, diverse projects simultaneously
• Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present ideas and be comfortable interfacing all levels of organization.
• Ability to write clear and concise documentation.

Additional Requirements:

• Nice to have experience on security testing.
• Always eager to learn new tools and technology.
• Nice to have knowledge on release management and software deployment process.

Please note that pursuant to a government contract, this specific position requires U.S. citizenship status.

Perfecta is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.