Junior QA Tester/Analyst (GIS)

$81,120 - $89,440/Yr

Med4hire - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Entry Level

Atlanta, GA

About the position

The Junior QA Tester/Analyst (GIS) role is focused on maintaining and troubleshooting systems while ensuring quality assurance in software development projects. The position involves creating and executing test plans, collaborating with various teams, and ensuring that testing is conducted according to established standards and methodologies. This role is essential for supporting the testing needs of custom applications and GIS components, ensuring timely delivery and quality of software products.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and troubleshoot computers, servers, peripherals, and applications under direct supervision.
• Drive overall QA planning, tracking, and reporting for projects.
• Create and document test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Execute tests, analyze results, and report problems and anomalies.
• Interact actively with various teams to understand business requirements.
• Ensure test cases are properly formulated and follow QA standards.
• Work collaboratively with business partners, PMO, and vendor technical delivery teams.
• Ensure software testing is completed on-time and notify management about bottlenecks and risks.
• Assist in the development of UAT test scenarios leveraging test cases.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and demos.
• Report weekly status to the Quality Assurance Testing Lead.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or similar.
• At least three years of experience with testing in software development projects.
• Experience in mid-scale or large-scale system development projects.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to review and analyze system specifications.
• Experience in manual and/or automated testing using supported tools.
• Ability to create and modify test cases for accurate test coverage.
• Experience in documenting Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM).
• Experience with GitHub, ServiceNow, TFS, JIRA.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with mobile device testing.
• Preferred experience in the public sector.
• Training or software testing certifications such as ISTQB, CSTE, or CAST.

Benefits

• Competitive hourly pay of $39 - $43.
• Hybrid work schedule with local candidates preferred.