Software Tester I - Tapestry Solutions - San Diego, CA

We have over 650 employees worldwide supporting our customers with high-quality, innovative, and cost-effective information technology and business intelligent solutions. LIMS supports 85 defense, commercial and government customers from over 50 US locations and nine countries including, multiple forward operating bases in Afghanistan.

Title: Software Tester I – Part Time

Req: 16-031

Position Summary

Responsible for maintaining and executing existing test frameworks and scripts. This position will assist with the maintenance of test plans and test cases and troubleshoot test problems.

Primary Job Functions

• Execute and maintain test suites and test cases for new and existing products
  


• Report and manage defects
  


• Regression test software fixes for new and existing products
  


• Participate in Requirements and Functional Specifications reviews of new features and verify these requirements are reflected in the test specifications
  


• Document, troubleshoot and follow up on issues found during testing
  


• Actively work with other members of the QA team to constantly improve the process, tools and effectiveness of the team
  


• Assist Development with replicating and debugging problems
  


• Other duties as assigned
  

Preferred Job Functions

(if applicant possesses software development skills, may also):

• Create and maintain test automated testing scripts (and the configuration of the jobs that run them) for new and existing products
  


• Collaborate with manual testers to translate test cases they write into scripts that correctly test the desired functionality
  


• Document automation best practices and techniques
  


• Maintain and adhere to software quality and coding standards
  

Qualifications

• May be required to obtain and maintain a DOD clearance.
  


• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written
  


• Aptitude for cross group collaboration
  


• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills and ability to work efficiently with minimal supervision
  


• Good investigation skills
  


• Preferred Experience in object-oriented or scripting language(s) is required to participate in automation work: (e.g. Java, C++, C, C#, ActionScript, Flex, JavaScript, ASP.Net, XML, Web APIs such as REST and SOAP).
  

Education and/or Experience

Enrolled in higher education or 1 year of equivalent experience.

Preferred: automation work is available to those who have completed or are enrolled in entry-level computer science courses or equivalent coursework/experience