Expert Automation Tester IT Specialist Contract

Location: 100% Onsite in Albany, NY Length: 16 Months Per client requirements: Must be US Citizen or Green Card Holder status Overview: To meet the requirements of legislation legalizing adult-use recreational cannabis. The scope of this project is to implement an online licensing Portal utilizing existing State framework and back office, which will provide licensing for marijuana producers, distributors, retailers, and other actors in the cannabis market. This position will require the Tester Expert to perform multiple types of mission critical system application testing for the Licensing System (including but not limited to system, end-to-end, automated, performance, smoke, regression, black box, white box, and usability) to ensure the quality of the system being developed. Responsibilities: Work directly with business analysts, program subject matter experts and technical staff to create robust test plans in HP ALM for web applications. Perform testing (System, End-to-End Integration, Automated, Performance, Smoke, Black Box, White Box, Usability, and Fail-Over tests), including troubleshooting and issue resolution Work with automation testing HP UFT, recording and scripting automated functional tests; lead in building UFT automated Scripting Framework for State application Perform application testing based on written test scripts; create, manage and execute functional test and regression test scripts. Document, track, research, test, and communicate defects using HP ALM. Write and execute test plans in HP ALM. Perform software Black Box and White Box testing and debugging in different phases of software development life cycle. Develop scripts for Regression Testing Automation tools and Performance Testing Automation tools Work with performance testing tools like Load Runner, to perform load, performance, and break testing Providing mission critical applications support and being on call as required Developing an understanding of Java code, VB Script, review and debugging issues Possessing an understanding of programming languages PL/SQL, SQL, Java, VB, .Net, HTML, TSL, PHP, VB Script Working creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment Participate in technical meetings and support calls. Requirements: 7+ years: Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field. Desired Qualifications: 7+ years of experience in automation testing (such as HP UFT) developing and executing automation test scripts. Experience must detail the use of specific automation tools and processes/methods used to create automated tests from manual functional tests. 5+ years of experience working directly with business analysts, program subject matter experts, and technical staff to create robust test plans / test cases for web applications. 7+ years of experience in performance testing tools (such as Load Runner) developing and executing performance test scripts 7+ years of experience creating, developing, managing, and executing functional test and regression test scripts; developing generic reusable functions and scripts 7+ years of experience performing application testing based on written test scripts, and documenting, tracking and communicating defects utilizing HP ALM 7+ years of experience with testing (including but not limited to system, regression, end to end integration, automated, performance, smoke, black box, white box, and fail over tests), troubleshooting and issue resolution and experience with application support, detailed technical documentation, and on call support 5+ years of programming languages experience in PL/SQL, SQL, Java, VB, .Net, HTML, TSL, PHP, VB Script.