Minimum experience and education: Candidates with a BS degree must have the minimum of 11 years or 132 monthsof work experience specific to the job description.
If a candidate has a Master’s degree, they still need a minimum of 11 years or 132 months of work experience but onlynine years or 108 months of experience specific to the job. The other work experience to meet the 132 months does not have to be IT related.
Work experience while in college can be counted toward the overall years.
If no degree, work experience may be substituted.
Background clearance: All candidates selected will have to go through a Federal government background check prior to being able to start. Generally, the background process takes between 3,4 or 5 weeks. The time is dependent on how quickly the candidate is able to complete the paperwork.
Candidates will obtain a Public Trust clearance upon approval.
Position Description:
The Sr. Test Engineer will perform validation and testing activities for SSA's web-based Internet applications. The candidate will work independently and provide technical direction to team members. The candidate will use superior oral and written communications skills to effectively convey progress, issues, reports, and other customer deliverables with clarity and value. The candidate will write and execute test cases and build test scenarios using SDLC artifacts.
Skills Requirements:
Manual and Automation Testing experience.
Experience with HP QTP (ALM) tool.
Extensive experience in writing test cases and test scenarios.
Database experience - DB2, SQL.
Experience using MS products, such as Word and Excel.
Working knowledge of Java-based applications and framework.