Software Quality Assurance Manual Tester - Remote / Telecommute

Pay Range: $20.00hr - $25.00hr Job Overview: Our client is committed to meeting or exceeding the needs and expectations of its business customers. The organization strives to continually improve both the delivery of products and services and the processes which support that delivery. The Office of Information Technology makes decisions based on this commitment and always strives to provide value to its business units and external stakeholder community. The organization has an immediate need for an exceptional individual to join as an Application Quality Assurance/Tester to help deliver excellent software for customers. The ideal candidate will have strong communication skills, critical thinking skills, possess leadership skills, and be committed to delivering successful and quality work products that completely address business unit requirements. QA Position Description: • Active Role as a Tester in TDD (Test-Driven Development), Functional / Integration, Regression, and UAT Testing initiatives. • Develops, executes, and maintains software test plans. • Develop manual test scripts for user interface, functionality, and system testing. • Execute regression tests, functional tests, and data tests. • Log bugs/issues via an issue tracking tool, and help determine priority of reported bugs. • Provide clear reporting on test plan results. • Report on progress of the test process. • Ability to manage change during the test process. • Verification testing in production to ensure the changes were properly installed. • Maintains documentation of test results to assist in validation and modification of software. • Administration of test control and statistics collection (i.e. defect tracking). Desired Experience: • University Degree in a relevant technical field (a combination of experience and education may be substituted). • General IT Experience including understanding and hands-on experience with the Application Development Lifecycle. • Experience with Agile and Iterative Development processes. • Experience with Team Foundation Server (TFS)/Automation scripting using TFS. • Exposure to MS SQL or MySQL preferred. • Programming experience is a plus. • 3 - 5 years of experience with Quality Assurance Manual Testing, including IT Application testing experience and defect management/reporting systems knowledge. Desired Skills: • Strong verbal and written communication skills. • An effective listener who can seek clarification when needed. • Able to explain issues and concepts. • Effective in communicating with diverse people, from developers and project managers to customer technical experts and executive management. • Able to demonstrate the application to end users if required, with training experience being a bonus. • Self-reliant, shows initiative, and can work independently with minimum supervision with excellent time management and detail orientation. • Driven with a sense of urgency to make things happen, able to deliver within stringent timelines, and works well under pressure in a fast-paced atmosphere. • Has a strong collaborative spirit, builds and maintains solid working relationships across the organization, and is team-oriented. • Highly adaptable, embraces change as priorities, requirements, and resources change to ensure the application is delivered. • Strong analytical, design, and problem-solving skills with the ability to quickly learn new technology and apply it appropriately to business situations. • Able to identify inefficiencies in UI workflow and effectively communicate them to the Project Manager, Business Analyst, and Developers. • High level of professionalism, polite and well-spoken, remains calm during tense situations, and accountable for actions at all times.