JR TEST ENGINEER-VACANCY AT CONGOSANTELLC

Job Description

Cognosante is seeking an experienced Jr Test Engineer with a strong track record of delivering high-caliber results with high client satisfaction. The successful candidate must be energetic, communicative, intelligent, passionate, and motivated.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate with test sites and other team participants to plan test events and create test data
• Creating and running automation test cases
• Tracks problems and reports on errors/issues that are identified
• Create/manage test plans/reports and perform testing such as unit, regression, and smoke testing adequate to ensure the released coding changes meet the requirements
• Triage issues to determine if the problem is traceable to requirements, design, configuration, testing, code defect, documentation deficiency, or knowledge gap, and to determine whether further analysis is required
• Ensure all acceptance criteria are agreed to by stakeholders and are testable and automated to the maximum extent practicable
• Assist in the testing and documentation steps for each part of the testing process
• Evaluate existing test artifacts and design test cases/scripts for new releases independently
• Work closely with the developers, business analyst, scrum master, project manager, and other stakeholders to understand product specifics and to create corresponding test strategies
• Ensure all requirements’ data is under change control and is fully linked to work items that show traceability to design changes, configurable items, test cases, and test results
• Ensure test plans specify the type and scope of testing to be conducted during each product build (for example, unit, functional, accessibility, system, reliability, usability, interoperability, regression, security, and performance)
• Execute testing on both frontend and backend systems
• Participate effectively in estimation, planning, cost-of-quality, and quality risk analysis
• Be an advocate for our VA customer stakeholders and the ultimate beneficiaries of our solution – our Nation’s Veterans
• Develop a keen understanding of program goals and requirements and develop a vision to both meet the customer’s current needs and for the evolution of the program to meet changing client needs
• Collaborate with project leadership and client stakeholders to deliver the project on time, with high quality, and in alignment with the customer’s expectations
• Ensure targets for contractual performance metrics/SLAs are met or exceeded, and provide analysis and communication to ensure appropriate focus on critical attention areas
• Anticipate project challenges and technical risk scenarios
• Identify and execute opportunities for process improvements
• Escalate key issues and recommend solutions to project and client leadership
• Serve as a subject matter expert to ensure the successful implementation of all the project’s solutions
• Understand and comply with Cognos ante’s COMPASS and SDLC methodologies and with the Agile methodology used for the project
• Ensure compliance with client-driven management and development methodologies/standards including VA DevSecOps (DSO) processes
• Develop and deliver internal and client-facing program reviews, status reports, performance reports, and other communications
• Work with VA and Cognosante security leaders to ensure security compliance with the product and project, including supporting evidence, controls, and auditing
• Interact effectively and professionally with clients, stakeholders, partners, sub-contractors, and vendors recognizing you will be the face of Cognosante in many conversations
• Other duties as assigned by project leadership

 Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree (Engineering, Computer Science, Systems, Business, or related scientific /technical discipline)
• 8 years of additional relevant experience may be substituted for education
• 2 years of relevant experience
• Experience in the coordination and execution of test events by approved test plans, procedures, and scripts
• Experience setting up test environments accurately
• Experience in testing IT hardware, software, systems, and networks
• Experience in writing or assisting in the development of test plans and test procedures
• Experience with Jira and GitHub
• Experience with diverse IT projects both large and small
• Well-versed in full systems development life cycle, enterprise-wide network engineering, strategic information planning, business process reengineering, structure, and management practices
• Able to identify and mitigate risks to the program, manage to cost, schedule, and performance
• Candidates that do not meet the required qualifications will not be considered.

Additional Minimum Qualifications

• Ability to demonstrate solution features to stakeholders, share knowledge, and provide tool and process guidance
• Strong ability to foster collaborative work in a dynamic team environment
• Able to manage multiple competing deadlines
• Passionate and motivated self-starter that excels in a dynamic, fast-paced environment requiring only limited supervision
• A team player and a consistent, dependable performer, with an excellent work ethic, flexible “can-do” attitude, and a results-driven commitment to success
• Must have excellent written and verbal communication, skills
• Strong prioritization skills, for both individual and teamwork
• Strong organizational skills and the ability to multi-task, with strong delegation and follow through
• Strong creative, analytical, customer service, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Basic understanding of the healthcare system to include patients, providers, payers, pharmacy, hospitals, and their associated business processes and operations
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite, MS Teams, MS Project, GoToMeeting, and SharePoint
• Experience with Jira and GitHub
• Availability to work flexible hours, including some evenings and weekends as required
• Open to occasional travel (~10% to VA and Cognosante locations)
• Ability to obtain and maintain a VA Tier 2/Moderate/MBI clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working in a CMMI-DEV or CMMI-SVC environment at Maturity Level 3 or above
• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Agile Tester Certification or equivalent
• Experience with Selenium, Java, TestNG, Maven, BDD(Cucumber), SQL, API(Postman), Soap AI, Page-Factory, Jenkins, and JAWS or equivalent technologies
• Knowledge of the VA’s health program and systems
• Active VA Tier 2/Moderate/MBI clearance with access to VA systems, PIV, and GFE

Location: Remote.

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