What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Quality Assurance Tester position at Tiltedge Solutions?
Key Responsibilities
- Perform a variety of software testing activities including:
- Functional Testing
- Regression Testing
- User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
- Usability Testing
- Accessibility Testing
- Develop, execute, and maintain manual test cases, test scripts, and test plans.
- Utilize testing tools to support and expand automated testing efforts where practical.
- Review business requirements and technical documentation to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
- Collaborate with Business Analysts to clarify requirements and develop test scenarios, including limited requirements gathering activities necessary for test planning.
- Perform API testing and database validation to ensure data accuracy and system integrity.
- Execute SQL queries to validate application functionality and data processing.
- Document testing results, defects, and recommendations.
- Participate in defect triage activities, troubleshooting, and production support efforts as issues arise.
- Work closely with development teams to ensure changes are successfully migrated into production environments.
- Support projects ranging from small enhancements to large-scale application initiatives.
- Assist with maintaining user and system documentation as business processes evolve.
- Participate in business process improvement and validation activities.
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of Quality Assurance and Software Testing experience.
- Strong experience with manual testing methodologies and best practices.
- Certified in accessibility (e.g., CPACC, WAS, or equivalent) with a thorough, deep understanding of accessibility principles and WCAG 2.2 AA standards, not just surface-level familiarity.
- Experience creating and maintaining automated test scripts.
- High-level proficiency with:
- SQL queries and database validation
- API testing and web service validation
- Experience developing test plans, test cases, and test documentation from business requirements.
- Ability to analyze requirements and translate them into comprehensive testing strategies.
- Experience tracking and managing defects through the software development lifecycle.
- Certification in Accessibility Testing.
- Knowledge of Section 508 Accessibility Standards.
- Experience testing applications for government accessibility compliance.
- Familiarity with accessibility testing tools and methodologies.
- Experience validating WCAG and Section 508 compliance requirements
- Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.
- Strong verbal and written communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with business stakeholders, developers, project managers, and other IT teams.
- Experience working in Agile or similar collaborative development environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting government applications or public-sector technology environments.
- Experience testing compliance-driven or grant management systems.