Software Tester Jobs

Our government client is looking for an experienced Software Tester on a remote 12+ months renewable contract role in Harrisburg, PA.

# of positions: 2

Position- Software Tester

OBJECTIVES OF ENGAGEMENT

The primary objective of this engagement is to provide supplemental support to the Business Workflow Unit specifically on the application implementation. This breadth of duties includes understanding business requirements and workflow, functional testing of the application, and post-implementation end-user support.

The selected contractor will be responsible for evaluating the application functionality. This activity involves working directly with program subject matter experts (SMEs) and stakeholders to document and understand business requirements and workflow, as well as developing and maintaining a working knowledge of the approved system design. The selected contractor will develop and review test scripts to verify that the application meets business needs and functional design requirements.

The selected contractor will perform user acceptance system testing in the UAT/Staging environment. This includes execution of functional tests and end-to-end workflow testing, troubleshooting errors, and documenting defects. The selected contractor will be responsible for reporting issues to the vendor via JIRA tickets and for monitoring tickets in need of follow-up action and retesting.

The selected contractor will assist program SMEs in conducting verification testing in the Production environment, providing guidance on system functionality and confirmation testing in UAT/Staging. The selected contractor will assist in identifying potential deficiencies in application behavior and system workflow for escalation to the Business Workflow Manager, report confirmed defects to the vendor via JIRA, provide updates to SMEs on fix actions, and assist in retesting.

The selected contractor will provide post-implementation end-user support. This activity includes working with SMEs to confirm expected system behavior, troubleshoot issues, resolve issues where possible, document and report defects, and provide guidance to SMEs.

Generally, the contractor will perform the following tasks:

• Engages with program SMEs and stakeholders to verify the application functionality aligns with business needs and functional design

• Develops and performs functional testing and end-to-end workflow testing of the application in the UAT/Staging environment

• Tests, troubleshoots, and resolves issues reported by program

• Identifies, documents, and reports defects in the application

• Monitors defect fixes, conducts retesting in UAT and supports verification testing in Production

• Escalates potential deficiencies to Business Workflow Manager

• Provides end-user support

Required/Desired Skills and Experience:

• 3 years of Application Testing Required.
• 3 years of Business Analysis Required.
• 3 years of Workflow Testing Required.
• 3 years of Functional Testing Required.
• 3 years of MS Excel (knowledge of pivot tables) Required.

About Vector:

Vector Consulting, Inc., (Headquartered in Atlanta) is an IT Talent Acquisition Solutions firm committed to delivering results. Since our founding in 1990, we have been partnering with our customers, understanding their business, and developing solutions with a commitment to quality, reliability and value. Our continuing growth has been and continues to be built around successful relationships that are based on our organization's operating philosophy and commitment to ** People, Partnerships, Purpose and Performance - THE VECTOR WAY