QA Engineer

Title : QA Engineer

Location :   Houston, TX (downtown, fully on-site)

Duration : long-term contract

Work Requirements :   US Citizen, GC Holder, or Authorized to Work in the US

QA Engineer

General Description :

• Reviews both business and technical requirements for software applications to ensure that they are clear, complete and testable
• Gains expert level knowledge of business processes and supporting applications either developed by or implemented
• Responsible for test planning for new and existing software applications
• Covers all types of testing needed to ensure a high quality application, including but not limited to : feature / functionality, deployment and configuration, performance, integration and usability
• Tracks coverage, progress and result of testing in software application lifecycle management tool
• Develops and supports harnesses enabling rapid, repeatable and reportable test execution
• Automates test scenarios with goals to reduce the time and cost of testing over the lifecycle of the application, and to improve test coverage / depth
• Tracks quality of application (readiness for release) by working directly with the development team to ensure that issues are found / fixed in an expedited manner
• Files and tracks software defects in software application lifecycle management tool
• Ensures that standards for development and quality are defined and tracked accordingly
• Monitors software quality issues that are detected after release, triages issues and works with development team to expedite fixes

Requirements :

Our benefits package includes :