QA Analyst- Hybrid position ( min 2 days onsite)

Xylo Technologies - Saint Paul, MN

Full-time

Saint Paul, MN

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT), in partnership with the Department of Public Safety, Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), is seeking two full-time Quality Assurance Analysts to join the Minnesota Justice Information Services (MNJIS) section. This hybrid position requires a minimum of two days of on-site work at the BCA office located at 1430 Maryland Avenue, St. Paul, MN 55106. The role is expected to adapt to the BCA's hybrid work approach, which may change over time. As a QA Analyst, you will be an integral part of a team dedicated to delivering high-quality software products developed by MNJIS Focus teams. You will work on various initiatives, including the DWI Dashboard, Search Warrant, and Criminal History projects. Your responsibilities will include participating in Agile events, collaborating with team members, and ensuring that the software meets the required standards of quality. Your tasks will involve formal reviews of business and functional requirements, preparing test plans, determining testing types, designing and documenting test cases, and executing those test cases. You will also be responsible for analyzing and reporting test results, troubleshooting and resolving test failures, and logging defects found during testing. Additionally, you will provide knowledge transfer to team members and may perform other testing tasks as required by the project.

Responsibilities

• Participate in formal review of business/functional requirements and application design
• Prepare a Test Plan
• Determine the types of testing that will be implemented
• Design and document test cases
• Identify and communicate test requirements
• Identify and prepare test data
• Execute test cases
• 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 and automated test cases/test scripts from scratch.
• Experience with Software development lifecycle methodologies including agile and the Scrum framework.
• Experience with automation frameworks and tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, and SoapUI and proficiency with source control and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools.
• Experience in collaborative teamwork, establishing/maintaining working relationships with business customers and technology staff, while concurrently providing technical leadership in planning, designing, executing tests, mentoring, and developing procedures for product quality on complex projects utilizing industry-standard software development methodologies.
• Experience in multiple programming languages, software development technologies, and diverse database platforms, with hands-on experience in working with web-based forms, web-based content, interactive solutions, and conducting testing on web-based applications, web services (SOAP/REST), and database systems.
• Extensive experience in utilizing DevOps tools such as, Jira/Xray, Selenium, GitLab, and Octopus Deploy for streamlined software development, continuous integration, and deployment processes.
• Experience with security, accessibility, performance, and stress testing.
• Ability to communicate clearly, present complex information to users in a comprehensive style, translate technical, and system information for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience working with Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice Systems.
• Experience as a member of an Agile Scrum development team.