Quality Assurance Engineer

Description

Synergy Business Innovation & Solutions is a premier implementer of cutting-edge software solutions. Synergy brings the experience and expertise necessary to deliver capability that provides tangible ROI to our customers. Synergy’s core areas of expertise are in the fields of Digital Transformation, Cloud Solutions, SaaS and Low-Code/No-Code solutions, Emerging Technologies, Data analytics and Visualization, Information Assurance, and Business Process Re-Engineering.

Synergy offers its employees a generous portfolio of core and voluntary benefits including group medical, dental, and vision insurance, HSA, FSA, 401(k) with immediately vested company match, PTO, sick leave, 11 paid federal holidays, company paid life, short-term and long-term disability insurance, tuition and training reimbursement, fitness/wellness reimbursement, a referral bonus program, and life management programs.

At Synergy, you’ll be challenged and given the opportunity to grow in your career path. In fact, growth is such a big deal to us that you will have dedicated career coaches available for every employee, company-funded certification opportunities, education reimbursement, and a general open-door policy so that you have support when you need it. Our team is eager to learn, fast-paced, and quality-driven—if that sounds like you, Synergy has a position for you!

This position is designated as work-from-home.

Description:

Expert Software Quality Assurance Analyst. Provides technical leadership to junior QA analysts. Expert with testing tools and methodologies. Defines test plan development guidelines, testing strategies and procedures. Exercises extensive professional experience and judgement to plan and accomplish goals. Reports to a program or project manager.

Essential Functions & Duties:

• Experience leading a QA team.
• Experience with functional, system, regression, and integration testing.
• Experience developing test cases from user stories.
• Strong analytical skills and a high level of attention to detail.
• Experience in test planning (including data planning), test scheduling, and test evaluation
• Ability to identify, define and report on key software development and quality metrics
• Ability to analyze a product for accurate Integration test scenarios.
• Proven experience with test management tools. HPE ALM is preferred.
• Experience with a variety of SDLC/EPLC methodologies required.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task under tight deadlines and report status.
• Oversee all aspects of QA, including establishing metrics, applying industry best practice and developing
• new tools and processes to ensure QA goals are met.
• Ability to establish, document and evolve QA procedures for the team.
• Act as customer point of contact for QA issues.
• Ability to validate the deployment of software releases.
• Proven experience in test planning (including data planning), test scheduling, and test evaluation.
• Implement test automation methodologies.
• Management of defects within a corporate defect tracking system.
• Must be able to maintain Public Trust

Skills, Qualifications and Certifications of Best Candidates:

• Experience with Linux, JBoss, Docker/OpenShift and Appian.
• Coordination and prioritization of test development activities and the ability to work with multiple teams are also critical for the selected candidate. Candidate must have the ability to troubleshoot independently both software and operating system level installation and configuration issues.
• DoD experience preferred

Citizenship or Work Authorization Required: US Citizen

Clearance: Must be clearable to a Secret clearance

Essential Job Function Physical Requirements: The physical requirements of this position are critical in evaluating the qualifications and abilities of an applicant or employee. The physical efforts needed to perform the essential duties of this job 90% of the time are repetitive motions, grasping, holding, and finger dexterity of the hands, reading, writing, eye-hand coordination, color distinction, and full visual abilities, hearing, talking, sitting, and use of IT equipment, phones, and office machines.

To a reduced degree, <30% of the time, candidates may have to stand, walk, lift 0-30 pounds, push or pull objects, climb stairs, bend, squat, reach, drive a car, or work overtime.

Synergy prefers that all new employees be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 before their start date.

Synergy is an equal opportunity employer, and does not discriminate against applicants for employment or its employees on the basis of age, race, creed, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military status, sex, medical condition, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, personal appearance, predisposing genetic characteristics, family responsibilities, familial status, marital status, status as a victim of domestic violence, political affiliation, arrest records and criminal convictions, or any other characteristic protected by law. Discrimination or harassment based upon these protected categories is expressly prohibited.