Sr. QA Test Engineer at Vaco, LLC
Alexandria, VA 22314
About the Job
Duties & Responsibilities:
- Create testing and automation plan, estimates, and project plan for software QA
- Work with product owners to plan and create test cases and scenarios
- Guide, coach, and mentor junior QA engineers
- Provide project management and technical leadership for relevant part of the software development lifecycle
- Setup QA/Test processes, release criteria, and ensure adherence
- Automate test cases, improve code coverage, and help us choose the right tools
- Write tools to automate processes
- Work with product owners, dev ops, and software engineers to create a continuous delivery process
- Create relevant documentation to help capture decisions, like why a specific solution was used and what alternatives were rejected
- Establish and stimulate software development standards and processes along with best practices for delivery of scalable and high-quality software
- Work closely with engineers, testers, and product management throughout organization to influence product development assisting or improving products
- Learn and display knowledge of how projects and products would add value to the business
- Conduct top quality design and code QA attaining business quality goals
- Collaborate with technical operations to update and deploy projects
- Evaluate projects, develop, and update schedules plus supervise project status
- Collaborate effectively with all team members as well as hold regular team meetings
- Minimum of ten years’ experience in software testing and QA
- Demonstrated success building and launching excellent products
- Competency in Scrum or other agile and iterative processes
- Competency in Microsoft applications including Word, Excel, Project, and Outlook
- Excellent teamwork skills
- Proven analytical skills to solve complex problems by manipulating and utilizing business data
- Able to deliver effective documentation
- Ability to perform comfortably in a fast-paced, high-intensity, deadline-oriented work environment
- Exceptional oral and written communication skills required to document and communicate with internal and external resources
- Strong organizational skills with exceptional attention to detail required to ensure accuracy and effective execution of all projects and tasks undertaken
- Ability to work independently as a self-starter
- Strong interpersonal skills, ability to collaborate with multiple departments
Vaco values a diverse workplace and strongly encourages women, people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign-born residents, and veterans to apply.
EEO Notice
Vaco is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race (including but not limited to traits historically associated with race such as hair texture and hair style), color, sex (includes pregnancy or related conditions), religion or creed, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, status as a veteran, union membership, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, political affiliation, or any other protected characteristics as required by federal, state or local law.
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries are committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact HR@vaco.com .
Vaco also wants all applicants to know their rights that workplace discrimination is illegal.
By submitting to this position, you agree that you will be giving Vaco the exclusive right to present your as a candidate for the foregoing employment opportunity. You further agree that you have represented information about yourself accurately and have not affirmatively misrepresented your qualifications. You also agree to maintain as confidential, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any information you learn from Vaco about the position and you will limit disclosure of information about the position only to the extent necessary to perform any obligations in furtherance of your application. In exchange, Vaco agrees to exercise reasonable efforts to represent you through all solicitation, job screening and resume dispersal.
Privacy Notice
Vaco LLC and its parents, affiliates, and subsidiaries (“we,” “our,” or “Vaco”) respects your privacy and are committed to providing transparent notice of our policies.
- California residents may access Vaco’s HR Notice at Collection for California Applicants and Employees here.
- Virginia residents may access our state specific policies here.
- Residents of all other states may access our policies here.
- Canadian residents may access our policies in English here and in French here.
- Residents of countries governed by GDPR may access our policies here.
Pay Transparency Notice
Determining compensation for this role (and others) at Vaco depends upon a wide array of factors including but not limited to:
- the individual’s skill sets, experience and training;
- licensure and certification requirements;
- office location and other geographic considerations;
- other business and organizational needs.
With that said, as required by local law, Vaco believes that the following salary range referenced above reasonably estimates the base compensation for an individual hired into this position in geographies that require salary range disclosure. The individual may also be eligible for discretionary bonuses.
