Sr. QA Test Engineer

Vaco - Alexandria, VA

Full-time - Senior

Alexandria, VA

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

The Sr. QA Test Engineer is responsible for leading the quality assurance efforts in software development, focusing on creating testing and automation plans, mentoring junior engineers, and ensuring adherence to QA processes. This role involves collaboration with product owners and development teams to enhance product quality and delivery through effective testing strategies and automation tools.

Responsibilities

• Create testing and automation plan, estimates, and project plan for software QA
• Work with product owners to plan and create test cases and scenarios
• Guide, coach, and mentor junior QA engineers
• Provide project management and technical leadership for relevant part of the software development lifecycle
• Setup QA/Test processes, release criteria, and ensure adherence
• Automate test cases, improve code coverage, and help choose the right tools
• Write tools to automate processes
• Work with product owners, dev ops, and software engineers to create a continuous delivery process
• Create relevant documentation to capture decisions and alternatives
• Establish and stimulate software development standards and processes along with best practices
• Work closely with engineers, testers, and product management to influence product development
• Learn and display knowledge of how projects and products add value to the business
• Conduct top quality design and code QA attaining business quality goals
• Collaborate with technical operations to update and deploy projects
• Evaluate projects, develop, and update schedules plus supervise project status
• Collaborate effectively with all team members and hold regular team meetings

Requirements

• Minimum of ten years' experience in software testing and QA
• Demonstrated success building and launching excellent products
• Competency in Scrum or other agile and iterative processes
• Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Project, and Outlook
• Excellent teamwork skills
• Proven analytical skills to solve complex problems by manipulating and utilizing business data
• Able to deliver effective documentation
• Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, high-intensity, deadline-oriented work environment
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail
• Ability to work independently as a self-starter
• Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with multiple departments