Quality Assurance Engineer

PlanIT Group, LLC is seeking a Quality Assurance Engineer to ensure the quality of software releases. The role involves reviewing test requirements, designing and executing test cases, and collaborating with developers to address defects in both staging and production environments.

Responsibilities:

• Review test requirements, specifications, and documentation for each release in both staging and production environments
• Prepare and manage test data for both staging and production environments
• Design, execute, and document functional test cases in staging and production
• Perform regression testing in both staging and production to ensure new changes do not break existing functionality
• Log, track, and prioritize defects found in both staging and production using ALM and VersionOne
• Collaborate with developers to verify defect fixes in both staging and production
• Validate deployment and configuration in both staging and production environments
• Execute smoke tests in production to confirm basic functionality post-deployment
• Perform sanity and functional tests in both staging and production to ensure critical workflows operate as expected
• Monitor application logs and system alerts for issues
• Report, track, and escalate issues found in both staging and production as needed
• Document all test results, including detailed evidence and steps for each test, for both staging and production
• Prepare and provide comprehensive documentation for production sign-off including test coverage, results, and outstanding issues
• Communicate findings and feedback to stakeholders and participate in release meetings
• Create and manage automated tests using Playwright

Requirements:

• A minimum of eight (8) years experience in software development, software quality assurance/control, and/or related field
• Able to perform all functional duties independently on high-visibility programs, or mission critical aspects of a given program
• Able to oversee the efforts of direct reporting resources and/or be responsible for the efforts of all staff assigned to a specific job
• Experience training/mentoring less experienced personnel
• Extensive knowledge of and experience with formal software testing for complex software applications
• Extensive experience testing software applications, identifying/documenting defects, and working with developers and end users to resolve defects
• Extensive experience with multiple defect tracking tools (e.g. Rational, Mercury)
• Extensive experience authoring software-quality-related documentation such as requirements specifications, test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports
• Pass both a client mandated clearance process to include drug screening, criminal history check and credit check
• All candidates must be a US Citizen or have permanent residence status (Green Card)
• Candidate must have lived in the US for the past 5 years
• Cannot have more than 6 months travel outside the United States within the last five years. Military Service excluded. (Exception does not include military family members)
• A degree from an accredited College/University in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or related discipline is preferred