Software Tester (.NET)

Software Tester (.NET Applications)

Duties/Responsibilities

Designs and performs system analysis, recommends application solutions, tests and corrects programs and assists IT staff with documentation;

Assists in supporting user acceptance testing;

Performs software implementation tasks, including source control and deployment activities;

Assists with development, implementation and monitoring IT quality assurance standards and testing;

Assists in the development and documentation of appropriate standards and criteria for acceptable programming and systems development lifecycle activities;

Develops software testing and automation procedures and performs analysis and design;

Reads, writes, extracts and/or reports from compounded files;

Works with business personnel to identify and document system software requirements;

Defines problems and develops potential solutions;

Performs post-production support for business applications which may include routine maintenance, enhancements and the need to perform research to aid in troubleshooting software production errors;

Assists IT staff in identifying alternate courses of action, the review and evaluation of software development methodologies and completing software security scans and reporting on vulnerabilities;

Assist IT staff in performance testing and benchmarking of software application response times, analysis and reporting on performance measures.

Communicates with peers and others. Collaborates proactively.

Guides performance of software development tasks per verbal instructions;

Answers questions on technical topics to assist other technical staff in software development;

Obtains or imparts information from/to other technical staff and business personnel through discussion(s) involving database, infrastructure and/or application information;

Leads discussion(s) or formal meetings with technical and/or nontechnical personnel on simple to moderate technical topics in support of software development;

Summarizes, in writing, information on one or more related topics involving database, infrastructure and/or application information in support of software development;

Conveys, in writing, recommendations or conclusions to another for decision making purposes in support of software development.

Gathers, interprets and applies information from a variety of sources to aid in software development duties, activities and events;

Answers questions and presents informal mentorship opportunities to peers and/or lower-level staff via conversation, observation or technical documentation.

Understanding and experience in the use of Azure Dev Ops for documentation and iterative development collaboration, task management and other functions related to system testing and reporting.

Basic understanding of Agile, Iterative and Traditional Software development (SDLC) practices, standards as it relates to testing activities.

General Knowledge and Skills Requirements:

Computer and electronics

Oral and written communication tools and techniques

Customer support and personal service

State and agency policy, procedures, and applicable laws

vision, mission, and goals of agency

software development principles and methods for design, development, testing, and implementation of new or modified software

commonly used query language

mathematic principles related to assigned area in IT

Electronic Data Processing (e.g., C# .Net, VB .Net, JMeter, JavaScript, HTML, Visual Studio., Oracle database, MS-SQL databases, Microsoft Azure Cloud based technologies, Salesforce, Azure DevOps, JAMS stored procedures, triggers, web development)

Reading comprehension

Speaking

Service orientation

Troubleshooting

Stay abreast of current technologies in area of IT assigned

Deal with problems involving several variables in familiar context

Understand practical field of study(e.g., computer science)

Define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusions

Deal with many variables & determine specific action

Understand manuals & verbal instructions, technical in nature

Gather, collate & classify information about data, people or things

Cooperate with co-workers on group projects

Establish friendly atmosphere as supervisor of work unit

Job duty, knowledge, skill, and ability statements at a lower level are understood to be able to be performed at any higher level.

Qualifications

3+years of experience as a Software Tester specifically for .NET and Cloud-Native Applications

Demonstrated ability and experience independently developing testing strategy, test plans, test cases and proper system testing documentation for a new .NET application.

Requirements

Experience as a Software Tester specifically for .NET and Cloud-Native Applications - Required 3 Years

Demonstrated ability and experience independently developing .net testing strategy, test plans, test cases and proper system testing documentation - Required

Basic understanding of Agile, Iterative and Traditional Software development (SDLC) practices, standards as it relates to testing activities. - Required

Understanding and experience in the use of Azure Dev Ops for documentation and iterative development collaboration, task management and other function - Required