Job Description: Position Description and Job Skill Set:Description of the job functions the contractor will be expected to perform.
The National Strategic Planning & Analysis Research Center (NSPARC) at Mississippi State University invites applications for a Quality Assurance Engineer.
The successful candidate provides testing services for large and complex implementations of existing and new information systems as well as mobile applications.
The selected candidate will be required to utilize the development environment and collaborative tools already in place at MSU.
The candidate will be expected to be part of the overall software development lifecycle and assist with the efforts to release quality products according to an agreed upon delivery schedule.
MSU's development approach is built on a continuous integration environment using an Agile-based methodology. MSU creates web and native mobile applications for the digital government market. These applications allow the end users of our customers to log in, perform registrations, generate reports, and perform case management and other
operations that store and retrieve data from a database.
Required Skills/Experience: - Quality Assurance Mandatory
- Qualifications Ability to perform Functional testing
- Ability to perform Regression
- Testing Ability to perform Integration
- Testing Ability to perform Manual
- Testing Ability to write automated tests
- Ability to write and maintain documentation
- Ability to mentor and train junior team members
Preferred/Not Required- WebLogic experience helpful
- Qualifications Ability to perform API testing
Preferred Education Level:Master's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or related area from an accredited institution.
| Beginner: 1-2 years Intermediate: 3-5 years Advanced: 5-7 years SME: 7+ years |
| Skill Set | Skill Level
(See key code above) | Required/Preferred | Notes |
| Operating Systems |
| Linux | Intermediate | Required | Enter text here |
| Android | Intermediate | Preferred | Enter text here |
| iOS | Intermediate | Preferred | Enter text here |
| Database Systems/Database Tools |
| SQL | Intermediate | Required | Enter text here |
| Framework/SLD/Methodology |
| Scrum/Agile | Intermediate | Required | Enter text here |
| JIRA | Intermediate | Required | Enter text here |
| QA/Testing – Approaches, Application |
| ISTQB Certification | Beginner | Preferred | Enter text here |
| Selenium | Intermediate | Required | Enter text here |