QA Engineer (1099 Contractor)

Summary

Fearless is a digital integration consultancy committed to building a better tomorrow. They are seeking a QA Engineer (1099 Contractor) to ensure the quality and security of a federal health care platform, collaborating with cross-functional teams to develop and execute test plans.

Responsibilities

• Review project requirements, user stories, and design mockups to understand the scope of testing
• Create detailed test plans for functional, performance, accessibility, usability, and security testing
• Develop and maintain clear test documentation for the team
• Perform manual and automated testing to validate website functionality, including responsive design across devices and browsers
• Execute regression tests to ensure recent code changes have not introduced new issues, and conduct exploratory testing to surface unexpected defects
• Identify and implement Section 508 accessibility standards in testing
• Log and track defects in Jira with detailed, reproducible reports, screenshots, and clear steps to reproduce
• Collaborate with developers to troubleshoot, conduct root cause analysis, and validate fixes
• Collaborate with security teams to conduct basic security tests and identify vulnerabilities
• Participate in Agile ceremonies and risk management assessments, and recommend testing-process improvements

Skills

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Ability to identify and write explicit test scenarios, test plans, and test cases from requirements documents
• Experience identifying and implementing Section 508 accessibility standards
• Experience with JavaScript-based testing (Cypress)
• Experience logging and tracking defects using Jira
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter, highly motivated, able to work with little or no supervision
• Comfortable working on a highly collaborative, cross-functional team
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance
• Develop and maintain automated tests in Cypress or PHPUnit
• Perform load and stress testing to identify performance bottlenecks using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Strong knowledge of QA methodologies, tools, and processes
• Ability to identify and write explicit test scenarios, test plans, and test cases from requirements documents
• Experience identifying and implementing Section 508 accessibility standards
• Experience with JavaScript-based testing (Cypress)
• Experience logging and tracking defects using Jira
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Self-starter, highly motivated, able to work with little or no supervision
• Comfortable working on a highly collaborative, cross-functional team
• Ability to obtain and maintain Public Trust clearance

Nice to Haves

• Develop and maintain automated tests in Cypress or PHPUnit
• Perform load and stress testing to identify performance bottlenecks using tools such as JMeter or LoadRunner

Benefits

• Remote