Software Quality Assurance Tester

ARETUM is seeking a Software Quality Assurance (QA) Tester to join our innovative team of technology professionals. As a Software QA Tester, you will be responsible for ensuring the quality, accuracy, and overall reliability of our software solutions through rigorous testing processes.

At ARETUM, we take pride in providing exceptional technology solutions tailored to our clients' needs. Our QA Testing team plays a crucial role in delivering high-quality software by identifying defects early in the development process and enhancing the overall user experience.

Responsibilities

Serve as QA Analyst supporting a team engaged in creating a microservice-based application for a federal government client. Follow the client's established standards, processes, and testing strategies. Develop and perform functional testing that includes automated testing for all code that is written, as well as non-functional testing that includes load and performance testing to ensure the capacity and stability of the applications, Security Testing to check for basic security vulnerabilities, and accessibility testing to balance the needs of people with differing disabilities. The ideal candidate for this position meets the requirements of the position, is personable, and can work in a cross-functional team. Excellent oral and written communications skills are a necessity.

Responsibilities:

• Develop test strategies in coordination with team members and system owners
• Determine optimal testing approach and tools for target applications and systems including automated, manual, and accessibility testing
• Execute, document, and report on tests, communicate results to the team and system owners
• Engage proactively to ensure testing approach is sound and provides meaningful outputs

• 4+ years of experience in using automation tools for testing systems and applications, writing and executing test scripts.
• Ability to use a wide variety of opensource technologies and tools.
• Experience with one or more tools such as GitHub Issues/GitLab Issues, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, SonarQube, aXe, pa11y, ANDI, Color Contrast Analyzer, JAWS, NVDA, NeoLoad, Postman
• Understanding and experience developing test automation strategies
• Ability to GUI driven tools to record UI actions.
• Strong understanding of accessibility standards (Section 508, WCAG 2.2) and testing tools
• Experience collaborating with systems and IT operations.
• Comfort with rapidly changing applications and environments.
• Strong grasp of test automation tools.
• A strong focus on business outcomes.
• Comfort with collaboration, open communication, and reaching across functional borders

Desired Qualifications

• Federal Government experience as a contractor
• Experience with cloud automation DevOps, Infrastructure Planning
• DHS Trusted Tester Certification (free accessibility training)
• Ability to work independently and in an awesome team setting
• Active Public Trust (or higher) clearance

ARETUM is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion. All qualified candidates will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to disability, race, color, religious creed, national origin, sexual orientation/gender identity, or age.

ARETUM utilizes e-Verify to check employment authorization.

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