QA Tester

**Title: Q.A. Tester** **Location: Hartford, CT (Remote \-** **Includes teleworking but attending in\-person meetings when needed.)** **Duration: 11 Months** **Job Description:** **SCOPE OF WORK**: Application Tester is also responsible for understanding all of the areas of the system and providing institutional knowledge of its design and operation. **Specific Services Required*** Creating test use cases, doing the testing, creating the test results reports, and implementing the testing needed by the project managers * Providing documented processes to the testing team in the implementation of the required testing * Supporting the resolution of defects found during testing and providing general testing process consultation to the project team * Working on testing activities for new releases for the CJIS team and CJIS stakeholders. * Developing presentations for stakeholders, officials, and other interested parties when requested by the Management Reporting test results, documenting reported defects to test lead. Entering the defects in defect management tool * Ability to validate Traceability Matrix to contractual requirements * Ability to handle the full lifecycle of Automation framework development. * Collaborate on the architecture and expansion of the automation framework. * Ability to maintain automation test Suite and integrate to DevOps. **Required Skills/Experience The candidate must have the following skills or experience:*** Bachelor of Science in Computer Technology, exposure to programming in 3rd generation languages and knowledge of software design patterns * 5 to 7 years of experience as a tester for IT projects Experience in NIEM XML or another complex XML Standard * Experience with testing web services manually using Soap UI/Postman Working knowledge of IBM Rational Jazz Suite is a plus An ability to understand the complexity of a large integrated system and to trace problems to their source * Experience with SOA technologies Experience in scripting complex SQL queries (Microsoft SQL server) * Proficient in MS Excel Work cooperatively with other Team Members including Team Leader/Manager, Developers, Testers, Designers and others Proficient in core programming languages C\# or Java. Sound knowledge on automation reporting tools like Extent Reports. Proven experience in data driven automation testing. Sound knowledge on GitHub.