AASHTOWare Tester

Title: AASHTOWare Tester

Location: Remote

Length: Long term

Restriction: W2 or C2C

Description:

The Test Engineer/Jr. Systems Engineer position will support AASHTOWare Project software used by NCDOT via creating, executing & managing test cases for letting and compliance software, use Azure DevOps, & backup the lead systems engineer.

Job Description:

Preference will be given to candidates living in North Carolina. If the selected candidate is not located in North Carolina, the candidate will need to use their own equipment from home to remote into the worksite (PC set up in the organization).

Its expected that the Test Engineer/Jr. Systems Engineer will be available 8 hours during standard business hours, 8AM - 6PM M-F local time. This is technical and analytical work in designing, developing, implementing and supporting AASHTOWare Project (AWP) software for bidding, letting, certified payroll compliance, and market analysis data analytics, reports and dashboards for the NCDOT. This role works with business analysts and other technical staff to deliver required functionality for AWP Preconstruction and CRL modules to the NCDOT business customers in an agile environment. It is expected that this position will be needed for the next year or two. This is technical work with AWP and supports participating in a wide range of activities related to implementation and support including system administration, reporting, automated testing, configuration and interface development. This individual will work directly for the NCDIT-Transportation Letting and Compliance Systems (LCS) manager.

Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and experience clearly communicating with developers, product analyst, customers and managers

Strong experience with automated testing tools and methods

Ability to review and translate business user specifications/User Stories into Test Cases

Ability to clearly explain technical issues and processes to team members, software vendors and potentially other DOTs, and manage testing support needed until issues are resolved or work-arounds are identified.

Ability to work independently, managing own work task and deadlines, and coordinating team participation with others to complete testing assignments

Ability to organize and manage a central repository of Test Cases, and ability to migrate existing MS Excel test documentation to a centralized tool

experience working in a SCRUM software development and support team

General knowledge of IT and software development best practices

Familiarity with data models and ability to read them and research data relationships

Knowledge of any of the following: MS Power Automate, SQL,C#, .NET, python, PowerShell, command line or similar, to automate task and make work more efficient.

Strong experience using MS Azure DevOps, MS Teams, O365 applications, MS Office Suite applications, Visio, SharePoint, OneDrive

General familiarity with change management processes in an enterprise, multi-stage environment (ServiceNow exp preferred or similar)

Experience with Windows Server/Desktop maintenance including installing applications,analyzing application logs

CloudServices experience like AWS or Azure

Ability to work well in a virtual team

Required Skills

Strong communication skills, both verbal and written, and experience clearly communicating with developers, product analyst, customers and managers 2 Years

Strong experience with automated testing tools and methods 2 Years

Ability to review and translate business user specifications/User Stories into Test Cases 2 Years

Ability to clearly explain technical issues and processes to team members, software vendors and potentially other DOTs, and manage testing support ne 2 Years

Ability to work independently, managing own work task and deadlines, and coordinating team participation with others to complete testing assignments 2 Years

Ability to organize and manage a central repository of Test Cases, and ability to migrate existing MS Excel test documentation to a centralized tool 2 Years

Strong experience working in a SCRUM software development and support team 2 Years

Familiarity with data models and ability to read them and research data relationships 2 Years

Knowledge of any of the following: MS Power Automate, SQL,C#, .NET, python, PowerShell, command line or similar, to automate task 2 Years

Strong experience using MS Azure DevOps, MS Teams, O365 applications, MS Office Suite applications, Visio, SharePoint, OneDrive 2 Years

Ability to work well in a virtual team 2 Years

General knowledge of IT and software development best practices 2 Years

Experience with AASHTOWare Project software, Department of Transportation experience or similar. 2 Years

Experience with Windows Server/Desktop maintenance including installing applications, analyzing application logs 2 Years

Experience with Cloud Services experience like AWS or Azure 2 Years

Highly Desired Skills:

General familiarity with change management processes in an enterprise, multi-stage environment (ServiceNow or similar) 2 Years