Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. GovCIO is hiring an SQA Tester to support the Department of Veterans Affairs’ Health Services Portfolio Technical Management and Strategic Solutioning Support program. The role develops and implements software testing processes, plans, scripts, and reports, and supports defect tracking and ongoing test-process improvement.

Responsibilities

• Designs, develops, and implements testing methods and equipment to ensure that the product will perform to specifications. The candidate will use technical expertise on IT products and will work with developers, end users and organizations to create test plans and test scripts, plan test events, track problems and reports on errors that are identified, and assist with the defect database
• Work with developers, end users and organizations to create test plans and test scripts
• Coordinate with test sites and other team participants to plan test events
• Develop testing procedures, test plans, scripts, scenarios, functional tests, regression tests, and deployment tests
• Implements the testing processes and ensures all test activities follow those processes. Produces reports on each test activity and tracks test metrics
• Monitors for continual test process improvement through failure analysis, throughput analysis, yield analysis, and report to management periodically

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, or a related scientific or technical discipline plus 10 years of experience. 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
• Experience in the software development lifecycle
• Experience testing Veterans Health Information Systems and Technology Architecture (VistA), Graphical User Interface (GUI) applications and Section 508
• Proficient with MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
• Proficient with MS SharePoint and MS Teams
• Experience using Jira in an Agile or SAFe environment
• Demonstrated experience in a remote work environment
• Great interpersonal skills and ability to work independently with minimal guidance/supervision
• Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Public Trust clearance
• Experience in supporting the Department of Veterans Affairs and /or other Federal Agencies
• Experience in VA Pharmacy
• Well-versed in the VA project management methodology and other VA-related reporting methodologies
• Willingness and ability to quickly learn new skills, new client environments, and grow domain expertise
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
• Excellent prioritization and time management skills
• Excellent attention to detail and ability to meet deadlines and stay organized
• 508 Testing experience is a plus

Benefits

• Fully remote position within the United States

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