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TESTER-LEVEL III
W2 Contract
Albany, NY
W2 Contract
Albany, NY
- Level III- More than seven (7) years of experience working on complex projects with 2 or more years in a leadership role as a Tester
- 5+ years of experience in software quality assurance with strong experience testing Java-based applications, particularly Spring Boot microservices, understanding of microservices architecture and distributed systems testing challenges, hands-on experience with API testing tools.
- One to five years of experience executing SQL queries for data validation (PostgreSQL preferred); test automation frameworks, defect tracking and test management tools, Git version control. Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies, and excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills.
Desirable Qualifications:
- Experience with government or public sector projects, particularly child support or social services systems
- Experience with performance/load testing tools
- Familiarity with AWS services (ECS, RDS, SQS, CloudWatch) and testing cloud-deployed applications
- Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and integrating automated tests into build processes
- Experience with contract testing for microservices
- Knowledge of BDD frameworks; testing batch processing systems and scheduled jobs
- Experience with accessibility testing; monitoring and log analysis for defect investigation (CloudWatch, Splunk)
- Understanding of security testing fundamentals (OWASP)
- ISTQB or similar QA certification
Key Responsibilities:
- Develop and execute test plans, cases, and scripts
- Perform manual and automated testing
- Conduct functional, regression, integration, end-to-end, and exploratory testing
- Automate REST API and web application testing
- Validate batch processing
- Test system integrations and messaging
- Identify, document, and track defects
- Collaborate on requirements and acceptance criteria
- Participate in Agile ceremonies
- Perform SQL database validation
- Conduct performance and load testing
- Verify deployments across environments
- Maintain automated test coverage and CI/CD quality gates
- Review technical and functional documentation
- Perform other duties as assigned
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