Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer - casual culture

Written By Brian Hughes

About the Client:

Our client company is 15 years old with 160 folks building high tech cutting edge products that are in high demand for intel, DOD & commercial customers. This is a casual culture, bring dog to work kind of place, team environment, ideas thrive, chance to make a difference and be heard.  This position requiresTS/SCI eligibility with polygraph .
  

  • $135,000 + bonus 
  • Comprehensive Benefit and Retirement Programs. 
  • Local candidates preferred.
  • Client will consider a non-local candidate only if they have very strong ties to the position location and are committed to moving.
  • This is direct hire role.


Location:  Herndon VA
 
This Senior Quality Assurance (QA) Engineer Position Involves the Following Responsibilities:

  • Work closely with scrum team members to drive QA process through the entire SDLC
  • Develop innovative testing solutions, automated test frameworks and test suites to meet business needs with respect to functionality, reliability, realistic schedules and adherence to testing goals and principles
  • Collaborate with Product Owners and Developers to build in appropriate levels of quality
  • Create test plans and test cases based on user stories
  • Provide realistic testing estimates to ensure appropriate timelines and delivery to production
  • Execute test cases and identify and communicate defects and risks
  • Participate in team scrum and sprint development cycles
  • Mentor junior QA Engineers


Who Will Be a Great Fit?  

  • Working knowledge of designing and implementing automation frameworks
  • 7+ years of experience in QA and applications testing
  • 5+ years of experience testing applications constructed using one or more of the following: JSP, JavaScript, AJAX, JQuery, CSS, HTML5, virtual environments, and related technologies
  • Current hands-on experience and solid background with one of the following test automation tools: HP QTP/UFT, Python, or Selenium.
  • Experience with QA processes and methodologies, particular black box testing and testing of Java and Perl applications
  • Experience with Agile methodology
  • Practical SQL skills
  • Experience with testing REST-based APIs and Services
  • Comfortable operating in Linux and Unix environments (basic commands, running scripts, but not necessarily coding)

 

email us directly to:  resumes@GreatBayStaffing.com

Brian Hughes

Brian has considerable experience as a street-smart headhunter, who utilizes technology to achieve high-quality hires in a timely manner. While leveraging his deep network of contacts and resources across the nation, he is a power user of the telephone, his proprietary database, social media, job board resume databases, and internet search queries to attract top talent for his clients.


Working in the staffing marketplace since 1997, Brian founded Great Bay Staffing LLC in 2008, bringing a fresh approach to the business of matching successful companies with quality people. His success as a recruiter includes previously working for large national firms where he achieved million dollar sales marks supplying candidates to Fortune 100 clients. 


Brian is proud to say that clients and candidates find his professional, personal, and relaxed approach refreshing. Many of his new business relationships are generated from his referrals.

http://www.greatbaystaffing.com/
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