Information Technology Quality Engineer I (Full time Remote, North Carolina Based)

The IT Quality Engineer I assists in managing the quality control function of organization software applications. The Quality Engineer I develops, coordinates and conducts technical reliability studies and evaluations of software quality engineering design concepts and recommends design or test methods and statistical process control procedures for achieving required levels of product reliability. 

Incumbents may serve as a specialist in the areas of design, product evaluation and reliability, and research and development as they applied to quality engineering or may oversee configuration management processes for assigned programs and support Build Readiness Reviews, Build Process or similar processes.

This is a full-time remote position. The successful candidate must reside in North Carolina and be willing to come onsite for meetings at the Home office (Morrisville, NC) as needed.

Responsibilities & Duties

Design and Execute Testing of Applications

• Translate business and systems requirements into technical test requirements
• Review and analyze client-specific system requirements and scope of services
• Define system test scenarios, create system test plans, design and author test cases and participate in the definition and execution of manual and/or automated system test script
• Analyze and manipulate data to create system test data and system test cases for multiple or complex projects and to uncover issues within the application being tested
• Execute Systems Integration Test Plan including the comparison of actual results vs. expected results
• Communicate project/work status and issues to QE lead/Manager.
• Evaluate, design, and develop test cases and automation scripts as appropriate using C#/Java/SQL.
• Participate in measuring and driving product quality from inception to release
• Monitor, measure, and improve software development and test processes
• Suggest and execute application design improvements and diagnose product problems and assist Development and Technical Support teams as needed
• Run manual and automated tests as part of a software release
• Lead User Acceptance Test efforts; coordinate with business users to secure resources, outline testing plan, and manage test effort thru deployment to production environment
• Develop and provide testing metrics and reports for the QE dashboard to effectively communicate test status to the test team and management.
• Troubleshoot and resolve or recommend solutions to a diverse range of complex software testing problems. Use judgment within defined policies and practices (includes software and technical documentation solutions).
• Assist with the Release Management process. Coordinate Sprint task updates and software …