What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Test Analyst position at VED Software Services, Inc.?
Lansing, MI
Long Term Contract - Hybrid 2 Days Onsite
Testing & Quality Assurance Skills
- Designing and executing manual and automated test cases.
- Understanding of software testing methodologies and quality assurance processes (Quality Assurance, User Acceptance, System Integration, Accessibility, Performance, Regression, Post Deployment Validation, Data Conversion).
- Generating and documenting test plans and strategies.
- Generating testing reports and metrics.
- Generating and acquiring test data.
- ADA Compliance testing tools, such as AccVerify, JAWS, etc.
- API testing and tools like Postman, Rest Client, and others.
- Build environments {DEV, UAT, QAT, PRE-PROD} specific test suites with integrated application life cycle management.
- Ability to analyze requirements, user stories (in Azure DevOps), and acceptance criteria to design effective, reusable test cases (including positive, negative, and boundary testing).
- Experience in identifying, documenting, and tracking bugs clearly and concisely in a tool like Azure DevOps.
- Performance and load testing with tools like JMeter or LoadRunner
Automation & Technical Skills
- Proven experience writing clean, maintainable, and object-oriented Java code for test automation.
- Demonstrable experience automating web applications using frameworks such as Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, or similar.
- Writing clear and effective Gherkin scenarios (Given/When/Then).
- Implementing Step Definitions in Java.
- Writing SQL and P-SQL queries.
- Ability to write and execute SQL queries (SELECTs, JOINs) for test data setup and validation against Oracle and/or SQL Server databases.
- Proficiency in using Git for version control (merging, pull requests) as part of a team.
Agile & Collaboration
- Experience working as an active participant in an Agile/Scrum team and its ceremonies.
- Strong ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand requirements and design test cases.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, agile development environment.
- Strong skills in communicating test results, bugs, and risks to developers, BAs, and other stakeholders.
Security & Compliance
- Understanding of the secure application development lifecycle (SADLC).