Job Title: Application Tester
Location: Remote
Duration: 12 Months
Job Description

• The *** Application Tester is responsible for system testing, User Acceptance Testing, and requirements validation of the Connecticut Information Sharing System (CISS), and any other system managed by ***.
• The *** 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 *** team and *** 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.