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SQA Tester
Rockville, MD 3/1/2008

Position Type: Full Time

Salary: Negotiable

Description:

The Software Tester will participate in supporting and testing the company’s flagship software system, Client Letter (see www.clientletter.com). Testing will be performed on web and client/server applications. Communicating with development, documentation, and support personnel as well as high-level management may occur daily. The tester will also participate in verifying a stable release by the scheduled deadline, which often involves putting in extra time outside of normal business hours. This position requires competency in the following tasks:

Responsibilities:

  • Isolate, reproduce, and report deviations of the application’s expected results
  • Provide accurate information and sufficient steps to reproduce the deviations
  • Confirm that software specifications support the business requirements
  • Document areas of the system that fail to meet business requirements
  • Verify development’s implementation of code changes and fixes
  • Create and modify test cases, review validity of the cases, and confirm expected results
  • Provide feedback regarding software design, workflow, usability, and problem resolution
  • Perform multiple types of tests on web-based and client/server applications
  • Participate in maintenance of SQA test environment
  • Take initiative to contribute to the SQA Team

Qualifications / Experience:

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, preferably in a computer-related discipline with at least a 3.0 GPA
  • Two years of increasingly complex and progressive experience in performing application system testing
  • Extensive hands-on full lifecycle testing of client/server and web-based systems
  • Experience working with a team of testers, developers, and project managers
  • Problem solver with a positive attitude and ability to interact with the team
  • Excellent communication skills
  • Strong self-starter balanced with desire to achieve team goals
  • Experience using Mercury’s QuickTest Pro and script writing is desirable
  • Proficient with MS Word
  • Knowledge of ODBC databases such as Oracle, UDB and SQL Server is a big plus
  • Must be focused, dependable and able to handle multiple tasks
  • Ability to travel occasionally to customer sites by car, train, and airplane

Apply for this position:

Email: recruiter-tester@topdownsystems.com
Fax: (301) 869-7409

Submit your resume in MS Word format. No telephone calls, please.

 
 
 
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