Direct Client: QA Tester @ St Paul, MN Hybrid Need Locals

Ksn Technologies - Saint Paul, MN

Full-time - Mid Level

Saint Paul, MN

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The QA Tester position in St Paul, MN is a hybrid role focused on ensuring the quality of software applications through rigorous testing processes. The role involves collaborating with business and technology teams to develop test plans, execute test cases, and report on testing outcomes. Candidates with prior experience in state or government projects are preferred, and the position is structured as a 2-year contract requiring local candidates who can work on a W2 basis.

Responsibilities

• Participate in formal review of business/functional requirements and application design
• Prepare a Test Plan
• Determine the types of testing that will be executed
• Design and document test cases and scripts (manual and/or automated)
• Identify and communicate test requirements
• Establish testing entrance and exit criteria
• Identify and prepare test data
• Execute manual and/or automated test scripts for complex projects
• Analyze, report, help troubleshoot and resolve test failures
• Report overall test status and results
• Report and log defects found as a result of the test execution
• Perform other testing tasks as may be required by the project
• Provide knowledge transfer

Requirements

• Five (5) years of Quality Assurance work creating and executing manual test cases/test scripts from scratch
• Experience with Software development lifecycle methodologies including agile and the Scrum framework
• Experience writing and executing both positive (happy path) and negative test cases
• Experience in collaborative teamwork, establishing/maintaining working relationships with business customers and technology staff
• Experience in multiple programming languages, software development technologies, and diverse database platforms
• Hands-on experience in working with web-based forms, web-based content, interactive solutions, and conducting testing on web-based applications, web services, and database systems
• Experience on large, complex implementations with 3rd party vendors
• Experience in utilizing DevOps tools such as Jira for streamlined software development, continuous integration, and deployment processes
• Experience with security, accessibility, performance, and stress testing
• Ability to communicate clearly and present complex information to users

Nice-to-haves

• SQL experience