Jobs via Dice is hiring: Quality Assurance Automated Tester in Hartford

Dice is the leading career destination for tech experts at every stage of their careers. Our client, nLeague Services, is seeking the following.

Job ID

65039

Quality Assurance Automated Tester

Client: State of CT - Department of Children and Families

Duration: 12+ Months

Location: 505 Hudson Street Hartford, Connecticut 06106

Hybrid with 20% onsite

Needs

• Two hands‑on Quality Assurance Automated Testers to ensure new systems meet functional requirements and service qualities such as performance, scalability, extensibility, maintainability, security, and interoperability.
• Hands‑on manual testing experience.
• Responsibility to review and improve existing systems using new technologies and methodologies for continual improvement.
• Create a breakdown of the system into components, component interactions, interfaces with the environment (especially the user), and the technologies and resources for design.

Specific Services Required

• Follow core technology and architecture for automated testing of large‑scale distributed systems, mid‑range to client‑server and n‑tier e‑commerce applications.
• Follow specifications to automate application testing.
• Work on all test automation components, creating/maintaining required technical documentation.
• Follow developed strategies for end‑to‑end system testing.
• Assist in testing processes involving migration and integration of new and legacy technologies.
• Excellent communication, presentation, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver business and technical value.
• Organized, proactive, self‑directed, able to perform with minimal supervision.
• Strong abstract thinking and problem‑solving skills.
• Very good verbal and written communication skills.
• Follow testing standards and strategies correctly.
• Interface with users, sponsors, and stakeholders to determine evolving needs.
• Follow set standards for automated testing software, policies, and execution.
• Review system requirements, test scripts, test scenarios to create appropriate testing workflow and ensure consistency, completeness, correctness, and operational definition.
• Collaborate with development group, Product Owners, System Teams, and Operations to ensure best overall testing strategies and practices.
• Interface with design and implementation teams to resolve QA problems in accordance with design concepts and user needs.
• Collaborate on acceptance test requirements with project teams and users to confirm high‑level requirements met, especially for the human‑computer interface.
• Generate unit tests, automated functional tests, regression tests, load tests, code coverage reports, test scenario pass/fail percentages, ADA/508c/AWGA compliance, cross‑browser, mobile compatibility.
• Ensure testing libraries and artifacts remain current and never obsolete.
• Responsible for creating automated test case scenarios for Agile Delivery Team to meet Acceptance Criteria.

Required Skills And Experience

• 5+ years’ experience with Azure DevOps suite (Boards, Repos, Pipelines, Test Plans, Artifacts) – required.
• 5+ years’ experience in automated testing with UFT (Unified Functional Testing) and VBScript or other programming language – required.
• 5+ years’ experience with automated testing frameworks, manual testing, test methodologies, strategies, and test beds – required.
• 5+ years’ experience with Agile methodologies.
• Develop and maintain UI, back‑end, API, and hardware test automation.
• Involved in at least two large‑scale Agile software development projects.
• Knowledge of testing tools, frameworks, continuous integration methodologies.
• Knowledge of web application testing, distributed system testing, performance testing, regression testing, database testing, mobile testing, security testing, accessibility testing, web service testing.
• Knowledge of .NET, SharePoint, Salesforce.
• Knowledge of data modeling and database design (preferred).
• Knowledge of application modeling and design.
• Knowledge of service‑oriented architectures.
• Experience with automated testing in enterprise system integration projects, understanding and implementing integration patterns.
• Thorough understanding of standard QA best practices in an Agile environment including test plans, test cases, execution, and issue tracking.
• Good understanding of DevOps and setting up continuous integration environments.
• Experience with test‑driven development and testing tools and techniques.
• Object‑oriented design principles and design patterns.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with QA functional test suites such as Unified Functional Testing.
• Automated testing knowledge for C#, WCF, jQuery, XML, JSON, WebApi, SOAP, .NET, JavaScript.
• Testing experience with web services (REST, SOAP, WCF) and tools such as SOAPUI.
• BS in Computer Science, engineering, or technology‑related bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Experience with Salesforce.
• Experience with Microsoft SharePoint.
• Experience with .NET Framework.
• Knowledge of virtualized hosting environments.
• Knowledge of Mulesoft.
• SQL.