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PHOENIX Arizona - Up to $80k annually
Permanent Posted: Friday, 4 October 2013
 
 
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Arizona State Retirement System 

QUALITY ASSURANCE ENGINEER

Location: Phoenix

Salary:  Up to $80,000

Grade: C4 

JOB SUMMARY: 

The Arizona State Retirement System (ASRS) is responsible for managing a $30 billion dollar investment fund and providing retirement, long-term disability, and other benefits to its members.  The Technology Services Division of the ASRS is seeking an enthusiastic and self-directed Quality Assurance Engineer to:

  • Function as leader for Quality Assurance Automation Team providing technical guidance and support
  • Perform functional, system, security and performance testing
  • Review requirements/user stories for testability to ensure applications can be tested as designed
  • Calculate testing effort requirement estimates; Creating and executing test plans and cases including automated scripts, recording defects, and communicating test results to various teams

This position will report to the Quality Assurance Manager. 

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, & ABILITIES: 

  • Proven ability to lead the Automation testing efforts using tools like Selenium, QTP, TestPartner
  • Analyzing business unit requirements/user stories and developing appropriate test cases
  • Reviewing requirements for testability to ensure applications can be tested as designed
  • Calculating testing effort requirement estimates
  • Creating and executing test plans and cases including automated scripts, recording defects, and communicating test results to various teams
  • Functioning as team leader for Quality Assurance Team providing technical guidance and support, and performs duties of Quality Assurance Manager as needed
  • Working with users and developers to resolve issues to make the application production ready
  • Coordinating and conducting user acceptance testing
  • Providing accurate resource planning estimates in terms of testing effort required to support agency release plan
  • Performing functional, system, security and performance testing
  • Ability to think outside the box and work with minimal supervision/direction. 

IDEAL CANDIDATE: 

Ideal candidates will have 5 years of experience in software development and/or testing environments and will have a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or related fields. Software testing certifications, working in a Scrum/Agile environment, proven experience leading/testing projects, working knowledge of Atlassian JIRA, and Java/Groovy knowledge are also desirable. 

BENEFITS: 

The State of Arizona offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision, wellness, life insurance for employees and dependents, short and long-term disability, and flexible spending accounts.  Another benefit to working for the ASRS is the excellent retirement program provided to our employees.  

HOW TO APPLY:  

Apply online at www.azstatejobs.gov. 

Direct link:  https://azstatejobs.azdoa.gov/ltmprod/xmlhttp/shorturl.do?key=1LO

Position is open until filled.

 

Arizona State Government is an EOE/ADA Reasonable Accommodation Employer.

All newly hired employees are subject to the E-Verify Employment Eligibility Verification Program.

The Arizona State Retirement System does not provide visa sponsorship for this position.

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PHOENIX Arizona, United States of America
Government
Up to $80k annually
Neal Park 
CJ
10/4/2013 8:03:59 AM

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