QA Tester

Job Description

Trigyn's direct government client has an immediate need for a QA Tester in Albany, NY.

This position will develop and/or maintain business requirements, test plans and test cases and perform functional and regression testing on applications. This position will also support applications in a help desk type environment.

• Analyze system documentation and system artifacts to develop an understanding of the associated business process.
• Elicit business system requirements using one or more of the following methods: analyze current processes, interview users, conduct group meetings, review/analyze existing documentation or system artifacts.
• Document and analyze "as is" and "to be" business processes.
• Develop or maintain high-level and detailed system requirements in the form of clear business requirements documents, context diagrams, process flow diagrams, data dictionaries, and use cases.
• Develop or maintain test plans and detailed test cases.
• Develop or maintain user acceptance testing plans and help desk support guides.
• Develop detailed functional and system tests from documented system requirements. Ensure appropriate test coverage by mapping system requirements to test cases.
• Develop or contribute to the development of regression tests and/or user acceptance tests.
• Execute functional and system tests, including regression tests. Participate in user acceptance testing.
• Identify and document application defects and track to resolution, performing retesting as required.
• Identify and document deficiencies in system documentation (., missing or ambiguous requirements) identified during the testing process.
• Respond and work-through incident tickets submitted by users of business applications.

• Works in the field of Information Technology, experienced in the usage and support of a collection of development platforms, technical architectures or business applications and products that run on those platforms - beyond that of a Programmer.
• Candidate is able to provide guidance to large teams and/or has extensive industry experience and is considered at the top of his/her field.
• 84 months experience eliciting business requirements from business customers or system artifacts and maintaining such requirements.
• 84 months experience developing business requirements and process documentation such as use cases, process flows, screen mock-ups, and data dictionaries.
• 84 months experience creating test plans and test cases, executing functional and system tests including regression tests. Ensure appropriate test coverage by mapping system requirements to test cases.
• 84 months of experience identifying and documenting application defects, tracking defects to resolution, and performing retesting as required.
• 48 months of experience supporting business applications in a help-desk type environment.
• 24 months experience with systems related to criminal justice processing (including Gun Safety management).