QA Engineer at Hays (Cary, NC)

Hays Specialist Recruitment is working in partnership with Railinc to manage the recruitment of this position

Come join a team where the Development team and the QA team are both local to Cary, NC. This company offers a flexible environment and flexible hours while also offering a pension plan for their employees.

*This position is NOT eligible for subcontractors or those that require sponsorship.

QA ENGINEER - CONTRACT - CARY, NC
QA Engineer Requirements:
* Collaborating with the development team and stakeholders to ensure testable user stories are created and estimated
* Identifying test conditions for user stories and testing tasks
* Executing a QA process that fits within our overall agile life-cycle
* Developing, executing and maintaining manual and automated tests to ensure code quality in a continuous integration environment
* Capturing and reporting quality metrics to varied audiences
* Representing quality principles and processes within assigned product teams
* Recommending continuous process improvement ideas to QA Manager and within assigned product team


QA Engineer Responsibilities:
* Participate in all Agile planning activities, such as user story creation, point estimation, expected testing tasks while paying particular attention to testability
* Collaborate and provide feedback on user story details related to clarifying requirements, testability, acceptance criteria
* Recommend test approach, test environment requirements, and data strategies
* Provide regular status to project team on QA progress
* Disseminate QA summary reports as needed (e.g. pre-imp)
* Work closely with product team to identify and resolve issues
* Work independently and with automation engineer(s) to identify product feature automation candidates
* Analyze, design, and maintain test artifacts such as test objectives for manual and automated tests
* Create and/or set up test environments and test data
* Work with development team as needed on unit test coverage
* Ensure application meets documented requirements using defined quality processes and best practices
* Perform applicable testing and verification using appropriate QA practices
* Log defects following appropriate QA practices
* Support user acceptance testing
* Perform data validation using SQL queries
* Develop and execute automated tests for regression



Why Hays?

You will be working with a professional recruiter who has intimate knowledge of the Information Technology industry and market trends . Your Hays recruiter will lead you through a thorough screening process in order to understand your skills, experience, needs, and drivers. You will also get support on resume writing, interview tips, and career planning, so when there's a position you really want, you're fully prepared to get it. Additionally, if the position is a consulting role, Hays offers you the opportunity to enroll in full medical, dental or vision benefits.

* Medical
* Dental
* Vision
* 401K
* Life Insurance ($20,000 benefit)
* ATOP - Accrued time off program
* Consultant lunches and outings
* Care packages/Survival packs
* Dedicated Consulting Services Representative

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Hays is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Drug testing may be required; please contact a recruiter for more information.

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