Sr. Tester; Remote from in CO; OIT

Overview

Together, we innovate for a stronger Colorado. The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) delivers challenging and diverse work to meet the evolving needs of agencies, customers, and Coloradans. Our focus is to improve lives through innovation and collaboration, building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by supporting agencies, creating first-of-their-kind applications, and fostering an inclusive, collaborative culture. Join us in providing equitable access to services.

OIT ONLY RECRUITMENT: This recruitment is open only to current employees of the Office of Information Technology for the State of Colorado. Contractors currently engaged at OIT do not qualify as employees.

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Do you want to make our beautiful state even better? At OIT, we provide secure digital services that put Coloradans first. The Sr. Tester supports that mission by contributing to the day-to-day operations of an applications testing team. If using creativity and innovation in the testing, development and delivery of software solutions is what you love, apply today for the chance to also put your passion into the state you love.

• Identify and document test data requirements.
• Create and maintain requirements traceability matrices.
• Coordinate with Project Managers and Business Analysts throughout the testing process to ensure correct test and defect status is relayed.
• Provide guidance when testers need one-on-one automation support, and be an evangelist for automation.
• Know and understand what types of automation are useful for different stages of development.

OIT ONLY RECRUITMENT: This recruitment is open only to current employees of the Office of Information Technology for the State of Colorado. Applications are not accepted from contractors engaged in work for OIT or any state entity, as contractors are not employees.

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While most salary offers are made within the posted range, occasionally an offer is made below or above the posted range based upon this salary analysis.

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills) are as follows:

• 5 years of professional experience as a software tester, or quality assurance engineer using multiple testing tools and methods, or 5 years experience as a software developer.
• Experience applying digital accessibility regulations and standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1) to business processes, content, tools, and/or documents, with the ability to provide specific examples of accessibility improvements made.

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications. Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be credited towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications. If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

• Automation Leadership:
  Extensive experience serving as a Test Lead or Automated Test Engineer, with a proven track record of designing and implementing data-driven automation frameworks.
• Scripted Automation & CI/CD:
  Hands-on experience developing scripted automated tests using UI tools (e.g.,…