ELS QA Tester

Job : QA Testers

Location : REMOTE

The Minnesota Department of Information Technology Services (MNIT) partnering with the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) is seeking two full-time Quality Assurance Analysts to work on the Electronic Licensing System (ELS) project.

The resource(s) will provide support to the DNR ELS lead quality assurance / business analyst throughout the implementation of a new State solution.

The resource(s) will engage in testing and create any related QA artifacts for ELS. These requirements and artifacts will be used throughout the implementation of the ELS project.

This will be done in conjunction with State or contract Business and Quality Assurance Analysts and Project Managers. These resource(s) will work directly with both DNR and MNIT DNR staff to perform quality assurance activities throughout the software development lifecycle.

At a high level, the resource(s) will work as part of a team to test vendor developed software products for the DNR'

s ELS. This is a multi-year project with multiple releases. The delivery of the work will follow the DNR standards, processes, and procedures.

Actively participate in the Agile events implemented by the development team (MNIT, DNR, Vendor) and collaborate with team members.

MNSITE 2.0 Request for a Staff Augmentation Event- Quality Assurance Analyst Resource

The following document contains the tasks and qualifications for this MNSITE 2.0 Event.

Tasks

Participate in formal review of business / functional requirements and application design

Prepare a Test Plan

Determine the types of testing that will be executed

Design and document test cases and scripts (manual and / or automated)

Identify and communicate test requirements

Establish testing entrance and exit criteria

Identify and prepare test data

Execute manual and / or automated test scripts for complex projects.

Analyze, report, help troubleshoot and resolve test failures

Report overall test status and results

Report and log defects found as a result of the test execution

Perform other testing tasks as may be required by the project

Provide knowledge transfer

Desired Skills

Five (5) years' of Quality Assurance work creating and executing manual test cases / test scripts from scratch.

Experience with Software development lifecycle methodologies including agile and the Scrum framework as a team member.

Experience writing and executing both positive (happy path) and negative (e.g. boundary, input validation, exception (error validation) test cases.

Experience in collaborative teamwork, establishing / maintaining working relationships with business customers and technology staff, while concurrently providing technical leadership in planning, designing, executing tests, mentoring, and developing procedures for product quality on complex projects utilizing industry-standard software development methodologies.

Experience in multiple programming languages, software development technologies, and diverse database platforms, with hands-on experience in working with web-based forms, web-based content, interactive solutions, and conducting testing on web-based applications, web services, and database systems.

Experience on large, complex implementations with 3rd party vendors.

Experience in utilizing DevOps tools such as Jira for streamlined software development, continuous integration, and deployment processes.

Experience with security, accessibility, performance, and stress testing.

Ability to communicate clearly, present complex information to users in a comprehensive style, translate technical, and system information for non-technical stakeholders.

SQL experience

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