QUALITY ASSURANCE ANALYST

Company: NIC Inc
Location: Denver
Posted on: February 24, 2021

Job Description:

NIC Colorado, a subsidiary of NIC Inc., the nation's leading provider of eGovernment services (NASDAQ: EGOV), is looking to add Quality Assurance Specialist to work with Developers and Project Managers in producing web-based projects and service implementations for the state of Colorado's web portal ( ).Responsibilities:

• Evaluates and tests software applications for usability and functionality
• Help determine if stories and their acceptance criteria are well defined and if they satisfy customer requirements
• Provide developers with high level test scenarios (Acceptance Tests)
• Create/maintain QA portal plan and internal work instructions
• Evaluate application quality through testing of builds including but not limited to manual functional testing, automated testing and manual regression testing.
• Document bugs and issues found in the QA and UAT environment using JIRA and Confluence
• Assist with the organization of usability testing
• Construct audit documentation to clearly demonstrate the controls NIC has put in place regarding software changes
• Demonstrate ability to perform root cause analysis and corrective action
• Ability to understand business functionality and translate it into system and application requirements.
• Ability to partner with project managers, software engineers and business analysts to identify course of action and resolutions
• Document test steps and automate test cases in Selenium or similar tools
• Excellent understanding of business complexity and project interdependencies.
• Work with all disciplines to provide assessment of overall quality of products prior to deployment
• Contributes to account management initiatives, including partner relationship development and cultivating new opportunities for deployed services
• Effectively communicate with partners and facilitate User Acceptance Testing when necessary
• Support deployment activities as required
• Other responsibilities assigned by managerPreferred Qualifications & Personal Attributes:
  • 5 + years of experience in Functional and System testing
  • Working knowledge of QA methodologies and standards
  • Coding experience is highly desirable
  • Positive Attitude - Displays enthusiasm for the industry.
  • Self-aware - Understanding of personal abilities and honest assessment of areas requiring growth. Solicits feedback and listens to others- acknowledges opportunity to improve.
  • Reliability - Committed, punctual, accountable.
  • Initiative - Must be self-motivated and work independently
  • Respect - Sets clear expectations for self and others. Exhibits active listening skills and solicits/considers views of others when making decisions.
  • Integrity - Honesty, trustworthiness, forthrightness, accountability.Requirements:
    • Requires a bachelor's degree, or equivalent, in area of specialty
    • High level of experience in forming acceptance test criteria based on requirements
    • Experience in developing User Stories/Use Cases and detailed test cases
    • Proven ability in prioritizing and assessing criticality of bugs
    • In-depth understanding of the various software development life cycles (i.e. Agile, Waterfall, etc.)
    • Ability to work well independently and in a team environment.
    • Ability to handle multiple tasks, prioritize and meet deadlines.
    • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.Benefits:
      • Competitive compensation program
      • No-cost group medical insurance for you and your family
      • Matching 401(k) contributions with 100% vesting
      • Disability insurance
      • Life insurance
      • Company wellness program
      • Casual and fun office environment
      • Paid state holidays/vacation
      • Tuition reimbursementSalary Range: $60,000 - $70,000 - provided by Dice

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