Quality Assurance Specialist

The Quality Assurance Specialist takes holistic view of all projects. You will work closely with Project Managers and Technologists to mitigate risks and manage delivery, so strong organizational and interpersonal skills are key.  

 The QA Specialist will have the opportunity to work across a range of world-class brands, applying your skills to large and small projects including complex back-end systems, social apps, rich interactive web experiences and even physical digital products. The QA Specialist is a self-starter, working as part of core project teams to see projects through from conception to delivery and on-going monitoring and refinement.

This position requires candidates to obtain a Level 2 Security Clearance in accordance with U.S. government regulations. As such, only U.S. citizens or permanent residents (Green Card holders) are eligible to apply.

You Will:

• Championing quality and QA process across departments
• Monitor project compliance to standards and guidelines
• QA requirements and risk analysis
• Test planning, scoping and estimation of QA effort
• Perform integration, functionality, system, regression, load and acceptance testing using manual methods and testing tools
• Test case design
• Test case execution (Front-end and Back-end testing)
• Issue management / bug tracking
• Test case maintenance and regression testing
• QA progress reporting

You Have:

• Test case design techniques 
• Functional and Non-Functional testing techniques (Structured, Exploratory)
• Broad knowledge of web platforms
• Compatibility testing (cross browser, platform and device)
• Knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)
• Knowledge of client-server HTTP requests (CRUD, RESTful) using tools (Charles, Fiddler, Firebug)
• Content & data verification, working with databases and SQL
• Accessibility Testing (WCAG AA), screen readers, colour contrast, keyboard testing, etc.
• Test case management tools (TestRail)
• Bug tracking tools (Jira, Selenium)

Nice-to-Haves: 

• ISTQB Certification or other QA related certifications
• CAC (common access card)
• Automated testing tool experience (i.e. Cypress)

Critical Mass is an equal opportunity employer. 

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