Tester/Jr Project Manager at Citizant

Citizant is a leading provider of professional IT services to the U.S. government. We seek to address some of our country's most pressing challenges in the areas of Agile application development, Enterprise Data Management, Enterprise Architecture, and Program Management support services - focusing on the U.S. Departments of Homeland Security and Treasury. We strive to hire only ethical, talented, passionate, and committed "A Players" who already align with the company's core values: Drive, Excellence, Reputation, Responsibility, and a Better Future. No matter how large we grow, Citizant will retain its collaborative, supportive, small-company culture, where successful team effort to address external and internal customer challenges is valued above all individual contributions.

*Responsible for establishing and maintaining liaison relationships with government and contractor personnel to ensure effective coordination of all project efforts.

*Ability to access, interpret and apply Government and industry standards, specifications, and SDLC.

* Creates test plans, test cases and automated test scripts

* Develops and executes regression test suites to evaluate functionality, performance, scalability, security and reliability of the application

* Shares test scripts as needed with other testing entities

* May perform business analysis dutiesto determineacceptance criteria

* Participates in requirements reviews, design reviews, and change control activities

* Documents and reports issues discovered during testing and follows through to resolution

* Performs as a member of an Agile Scrum Team, conducting and effectively participating in sprint planning, task estimates, task sequencing, task assignments, sprint reviews and retrospectives

* Utilizes automated testing tools

* Writes automation code for functional testing

* Supports testing and management of database schemas

* Executes validation/regression/smoke tests within environments

* Participates in the Change Control and Release Management process

* Performs Ad-Hoc/Exploratory, Session Based, Vulnerability/Security, and Negative Testing. Actively communicates issues with the rest of the team to resolve them in timely fashion

*This position is 90% work from home with minimal travel to Austin 2-4 times a year. Candidates MUST live within 3 hours of Austin/Dallas Texas.*

* 2-3 Years overall experience in manual software testing

*Experience in Water Fall and/or Agile development environments

*Experience with automated testing tools

* Understanding ofthe software development life cycle and the flexibility to execute it using a Waterfall, Agile or Hybrid methodology

* Scripting or coding experience

* Professional experience with relational database products; Oracle experience is preferred

* Experience with section 508 testing

* Thorough understanding of entire development process, including specification, documentation and quality assurance

* Experience in all phases of functional, regression, acceptance & performance testing.

* Experience executing test cases and analyzing results

* Experience in identifying, isolating and documenting system deficiencies in a clear, concise manner

*3 years of demonstrated testing experience in Continuous Integration (CI) , Automated Testing (AT) and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

* SQL experience

* Strong written and verbal communication skills

* Ability to present information to both client management and technical resources

Desired Skills:

*Self motivated with the ability to thrive in a dynamic team environment, work across organizational departments and instill confidence with the client through work quality, time management & organizational skills and responsiveness

*PMP Certification

*Prior experience leading project teams as a deputy to the project manager

* Scripting background to be able to automate plugin integration with various automated test tools.

Citizant strives to be an employer of choice in the Washington metropolitan area. Citizant associates accept challenging and rewarding work and in return receive excellent compensation and benefits, as well as the opportunity for personal and professional development.

Citizant is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.

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