Quality Assurance Specialist

BayNova has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Analyst to join our team in support of an important federal government client, in a fully remote / work from home role. This role performs functional and integration testing. The right candidate will have a working knowledge of software engineering concepts such as software development standards, quality assurance standards, and Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). The Quality Assurance Engineer will be responsible for designing and implementing tests, debugging, and defining corrective actions. As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will be able to interpret requirements, monitor all stages of the Software Development Life Cycle to identify and resolve system malfunctions to meet quality standards. Responsibilities: Ownership of all Quality Assurance Engineering duties for the projects UI and Server based application software testing. Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities. Creating and maintaining both UI and Server based software test scripts. Responsible for implementing and maintaining high-quality software testing/engineering framework for software development and quality assurance standards. Interpretation of product requirements into a test plan and corresponding test case development. Testing of software functionality, product installation, performance, load and usability testing. Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to identify system requirements. Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions. Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts Being a highly effective Quality Assurance Engineer and an active part of the projects Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC). Qualifications: Proven experience in white and black box manual testing of web applications with UIs. Proven experience with functional, system, regression, and integration testing. Proven experience developing test cases from user stories. Strong analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail. Ability to execute and read complex SQL queries. Ability to analyze a product for accurate Integration test scenarios. Proven experience with test management tools. X-Ray experience is preferred. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process. Experience in white box testing of RESTful APIs, SOAP APIs, and/or web services. Superior written and verbal communication skills. Ability to multi-task under tight deadlines and report status. Ability to document QA procedures for the team. Ability to validate the deployment of software releases. Proven experience in test planning (including data planning), test scheduling, and test evaluation. Management of defects within a corporate defect tracking system. Must be a US Citizen Must be able to obtain and maintain Federal Government Public Trust Must pass a background investigation Preferred Qualifications: Experience with automated testing tools. FitNesse and HPE LoadRunner are a plus. Experience creating, maintaining and evaluating software automation test scripts (including incorporation of dynamic test data). Experience working with and deploying Java jar files. Section 508 Compliance testing experience a plus. Experience with Linux, JBoss, Docker/OpenShift and Appian