Sr. Tester; Remote from in CO; OIT

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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 your 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.

• 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.

Substitutions:

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 assigned credit 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., Selenium, Playwright, or Katalon) and integrating them into CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins or similar tools.
• QA Methodologies – Expert‑level knowledge of QA best practices, with specific expertise in Agile and Dev Ops environments.
• Technical Testing – Demonstrated expertise in API testing using industry‑standard tools (e.g., Insomnia or Postman) and comprehensive Load/Performance testing utilizing JMeter or similar performance modeling software.
• Advanced Frameworks – Hands‑on experience with API or unit test automation frameworks (e.g., JUnit, NUnit, HTTPUnit) and mocking frameworks (e.g., JMockit, Easy Mock).
• Workflow Complexity – Proven ability to collaborate with Business Analysts and stakeholders to map and…