QA Engineer (Remote)

Software Guidance & Assistance, Inc., (SGA), is searching for a QA Engineer for a CONTRACT (or RIGHT TO HIRE) assignment with one of our premier Higher Education clients in Manchester, NH. This is a 100% remote position. If you are interested in the Right to Hire option, then you must reside in one of the following states: AL, AZ, AR, DE, FL, GA, IA, ID, IN, HI, KS, KY, LA, ME, MO, MS, MA, MI, NH, NC, ND, NE, OH, OK, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VT, VA, WV, WY . You will join an Integrations Center of Enablement team within Business Technology Solutions and will focus on testing the integration of data between all university systems. Responsibilities :

• Perform negative and performance testing on bridges being built between systems.
• Test RESTful APIs /Postman API
• Work very closely and early with developers throughout the testing process. It's a very collaborative environment with developers.
• Test vs. user story outcomes making sure all conditions are met.
• Support in-house vendor software integration and implementation projects, providing quality assurance services.
• Support the QA needs of the Systems Integration Development team.
• Provide quality assurance services with a focus on validating application integrations while also validating application functionality and data requirements and conversions.
• Elicit, document, and differentiate testing and validation of business requirements, functional requirements, non-functional requirements, use cases and/or features, epics, and user stories/acceptance criteria.
• Develop test plans, test data, test cases and/or test scripts and execute against functional and non-functional requirements, technical designs, data mappings, and/or user stories/acceptance criteria.
• Make test automation recommendations via user stories, tool development, etc.
• Establish traceability from test cases back through business / functional requirements.
• Perform functional testing in pre-production environments and smoke-testing to validate production installations.
• Support User Acceptance Testing.
• Support both waterfall and agile methodologies.

• Minimum 3 years of quality assurance experience, including test case planning, preparation, execution and defect tracking and reporting.
• Experience in systems integration testing including solutions that utilize APIs and system integration tools (e.g., MuleSoft, Dell Boomi, etc.).
• Postman is required.
• Performance and Negative testing of APIs
• Experience writing, validating and executing test scripts, and scenarios from user stories.
• Proven experience with Automation tools and processes.
• Experience writing SQL test queries for data setup and test execution and validation.
• Experience identifying and administering required test data.
• Experience in quality assurance operating in both waterfall and agile methodologies.
• Must be process and detail-oriented, while also able to grasp the big picture. The ideal candidate would be a creative and innovative person with a demonstrated track record of collaboration.
• Good facility with general MS Office tools and test case and defect management tools.
• Ability to learn quickly, excellent testing, technical, communication, and interpersonal skills are critical.
• A Bachelor's in Information Systems (IS) or a related field is preferred; experience may be considered in lieu of education.

• Membership and/or active participation in quality assurance communities, chapters, or networks.
• Experience with Elucian Banner or Colleague
• Experience with Salesforce
• Any experience in the Higher Education industry is a big plus