Position: Sr. Automation Tester
Location: Reston, VA #Night Shift #Remote
Duration: 6+ months #C2H
IN-Person Interview
Rate: 70/hr

Job Description:

• The Software Quality Assurance Team monitors programs/projects in the organization to ensure the practices, polices, processes and regulations are adhered, review current policies, standards, plans, processes, and procedures and conduct assessments at the program/project level, report finding and track to closure.
• The team will provide recommendations for standards, procedures, processes and guidelines for implementing program/project Quality Assurance (QA)/Quality Control (QC) activities, from project initiation through delivery.
• In addition the Software QA Team will report non-compliance issues and opportunities for improvement and track to closure and audit processes to determine maturity, reusability, uniformity, and repeatability.
• Environment: Production Support Dept- need to work late nights and will be called in nights to work.
• Whatever apps running in user-facing environment - need to do shakeout testing in automation
• Monitor and track quality action items and/or track quality issues through resolution
• SLR regions are up and running need to do the fine tuning
• Selenium testing with very strong technical frameworks exp required
• Experience working with Quality Gates or Quality Checkpoints as part of the SDLC
• Bachelor's Degree (Computer Science or related technical field)
• 5+ years Experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) from initiation to completion with focus on process improvements, assessments, audits and quality controls
• Functional knowledge of Agile, Spiral and Waterfall methodologies, Proficient
• Proven experience with the execution and administration of Quality/Process Improvement best practices, Advanced
• Experience working with Program/Project Quality Assurance/Process Improvement Plans, Advanced
• Experience working with Quality Gates or Quality Checkpoints as part of the SDLC, Advanced
• Ability to gather information and resolve issues independently, Advanced
• Ability to identify, manage and track progress of small to medium complexity projects to support organizational long range business objectives, Advanced
• Experience with quality assurance and process improvement, and methodologies and practices in an IT project development, custom software solutions and maintenance environment, Advanced

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
50% Conduct assessments of programs/projects (medium to complex) within the organization to ensure compliancy to published standards, processes, and/or templates. Identify process and procedural issues based upon audit findings and initiate resolution to these problems. Communicate with internal audit peers and management regarding status, audit issues and deadlines. Collect objective evidence of quality related data and/or trends. Monitor and track quality action items and/or track quality issues through resolution. Participate in Audit processes for compliancy and uniformity to ensure deliverables to the customer are consistent. Ensures Quality Service Level Requirements (SLR's) are adhered for assigned programs/projects.
30% Develops departmental materials including SOP's to maintain process libraries outlining governance, change management, auditing, reporting and metrics. Conducts reviews, walkthroughs, assessments, and inspections to evaluate the effectiveness of current processes/procedures, techniques, systems and associates for medium to complex projects. Participate in workgroups.
20% Conducts internal consistency checks ensuring uniform and fair auditing practices throughout the department, across all lines of business. Preparation of QA reports. Assist in the preparation of senior level presentations. Process change requests reporting and tracking.

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