QA Engineer

The QA Engineer will work with a team of QA professionals. They will perform hands-on activities including design and execution of web application and web service test cases to identify software problems and their causes prior to release. The QA Engineer will contribute to each phase of Exostar’s product development life cycle, including production go-live releases and product support.

Responsibilities include:

• Develop test plans, cases and scripts, and manage test artifacts/deliverables
• Log software defects in defect tracking tool (HP/ALM) and track to closure
• Review requirement documentation to ensure technical accuracy, compliance or completeness or to mitigate risks
• Participate in design reviews to provide input on functional requirements, product designs, schedules, or potential problems
• Document and review plans, schedules, data needs and scenarios for end-to-end integration testing including areas such as database impacts, software scenarios, or usability
• Provide support during UAT testing phase including defect review and resolution
• Participate in application deployment and troubleshooting
• Participate in all aspects of the development life cycle and work closely with Project and Product Managers to advocate the timely delivery of quality software products
• Create metrics of test results for management and project stakeholders

Qualifications/Experience:

• Strong understanding of software development life cycle and QA methodologies and best practices
• Minimum 4-6 years related software QA experience, 4 of which are in testing web-based software solutions
• Experience with XML and related technologies (XML, SOAP, etc.)
• Strong interpersonal facilitation and leadership skills along with effective communication (both written and verbal) skills
• Ability to work under pressure with minimal supervision
• Flexible and willing to switch tasks based on team’s needs
• Experience and professionalism working directly with customers
• Test automation experience with tools such as HP UFT and Selenium is mandatory

Education

• BS degree in a Computer Science, Computer Engineering or relevant field 

Exostar is an Equal Employment Employer.  The company provides equal employment opportunity to all applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability status or genetic information.  Exostar is committed in providing equal employment opportunity for all person in all facets of employment including recruiting, hiring, compensation, promotion, training, benefits, transfers and working conditions.