Junior Test Engineer in MD

Test Engineer (Jr)

Rockville, MD

Long Term Contract

Test Planning: Collaborate with business analysts, product managers, and development resources during the sprint planning phase to ensure understanding of the scope, objectives, and acceptance criteria. Create test plans outlining the sprint cycles and resource allocation within Azure DevOps. Incorporate feedback from stakeholders to ensure comprehensive test coverage. Deliverable: Test plans and testing strategy documentation.

Test Case Design and Execution: Design test cases based on user stories to verify functionality, performance, and security. Generate test data and maintain test environment of various configurations. Execute cases using automated and manual methods. Document defects and collaborate with developers to resolve defects and ensure quality deliverables. Deliverable: Test cases, defect reports, and quality assessment.

Continuous Improvement: Participate in Agile ceremonies and provide input to refine testing processes and methodologies for increasing efficiency. Collaborate with team members to knowledge share, stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies to enhance testing capabilities. Deliverable: Process enhancements and knowledge-sharing through documented process.

Test Reporting and Documentation: Document test results, defects, and test coverage within Azure DevOps (or related tool). Create and maintain test documentation including test plans, test cases, and test data. Generate summary reports for stakeholders highlighting key findings and recommendations. Deliverable: Test documentation and summary reports.

Performance and Security testing: Design and execute performance test to assess system scalability and performance. Assist with security testing to identify vulnerabilities and recommend mitigation strategies. Deliverable: Performance and security testing reports.