IT Quality Assurance/Tester (remote position)

**Location**: Carson City, NV (remote) **Pay**: $55/hr (1099 contract) **Duration**: Oct 2026 \- Dec 2026 (\~3 months) **Requirements:** **Experience and Skills Required** * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. * Minimum five (5\) years of software quality assurance experience supporting enterprise applications. * Minimum three (3\) years of experience performing **manual functional testing** of enterprise applications. * Demonstrated experience developing comprehensive test strategies, test plans, test scenarios, test cases, and test scripts based on business and functional requirements. * Experience performing **functional, integration, system, regression, end\-to\-end, exploratory, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT)**. * Experience validating complex business processes across multiple integrated systems. * Experience identifying, documenting, prioritizing, and tracking software defects through resolution. * Experience verifying defect fixes and performing regression testing to ensure application stability. * Experience reviewing business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria to ensure adequate test coverage. * Experience working closely with Business Analysts, Developers, Product Owners, business stakeholders, and vendors to resolve functional issues. * Experience supporting Agile Scrum software development methodologies. * Experience using test management and defect tracking tools. * Strong analytical, troubleshooting, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills. * Ability to work independently while managing multiple priorities in a fast\-paced Agile environment. **Automation Testing Experience** * Minimum one (1\) year of experience developing, executing, or maintaining automated test scripts. * Experience with **Copado Robotic Testing (CRT)** is preferred. Experience with comparable enterprise automation testing tools will also be considered. * Experience identifying manual regression tests that are appropriate candidates for automation. * Experience executing automated regression test suites and analyzing execution results. * Ability to troubleshoot automation failures and distinguish between application defects, environmental issues, test data issues, and automation script failures. * Understanding of automation best practices and reusable automation components. **Experience and Skills Preferred** Preference may be given to candidates with experience in one or more of the following: * Salesforce application testing. * Salesforce Public Sector Solutions (PSS). * Copado Robotic Testing (CRT). * Copado DevOps. * Salesforce integrations and API testing. * Azure DevOps, Jira, or comparable Agile lifecycle management tools. * SQL for data validation. * ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) or equivalent software testing certification. * Experience supporting State government or large pub