Lead Qa Engineer
Washington D.C. Metro Area
Major Responsibilities:1. Develop, implement, maintain and enhance test plans, test scripts and test methodologies to ensure compliance with system specifications.2. Working closely with software developers and product owners to develop test specifications and build test cases to rigorously test product functionality and investigate all potential product test failures as part of an Agile Scrum team.3. Review and provide feedback on functional requirements4. Develop, maintain and execute test scripts, both manual and automation, and scenarios for functional, integration, and load testing for responsible areas.5. Verification and validation of defect fixes6. Provides status reporting of test progress in projects he/she is involved in.7. Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT)8. Embrace and exhibit a best practices and continuous improvement approach to development.9. Evaluates and implements new tools and frameworks for QA as needed. 10. External contact is required in development and execution of test plans and cases involving outside vendors and 3rd party consultants.11. Participate in release and maintenance testing of the production and test systems during system down times.