DirectClient: Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts(CPA)
Solicitation#304135781
Title: Lead Software Automation Tester
Location: 111 E 17th Street Austin, Texas 78711
Duration: Until 8/31/2023 with possible extension to /8/31/2024
Last date for submission: June 26, 2022 (2.00 PM-CST)
Onsite Requirement: More in office attendance is being required but most work will be performed remotely
Note: The selected contractor(s) will be required to come in person to the LBJ Building to obtain CPA equipment, badge and initial assignments.
DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES:
CPA will require the Candidate to work on the following initiatives and will perform testing tasks such as:
• Participating in all phases of Agile, including design, software development and testing.
• Performing as a technical lead for test planning, test estimation, test strategy, workload design, test cases design, defect management and configuration/test data management.
• Making sure test cases and automated test scripts are written and tested on time.
• Performing functional, regression, ad-hoc, exploratory, smoke testing, integration testing and any other kind of software testing needed for the application in a timely manner.
• Generate performance graphs, session reports and other related documentation required for validation and analysis.
• Execute benchmark, load, stress, and other non-functional tests.
CANDIDATE SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS
Minimum Requirements:
Years Required/Preferred Experience
8 Required Technical Lead experience in documenting test strategy and creating detailed test plans, cases and scripts, verification/validation documents and quality test data to ensure software developed meet the defined requirements prior to the production release
8 Required Experience in writing automation scripts and executing them
8 Required Experience of software development methodologies and frameworks, Agile and Scrum
8 Required Experience in analyzing bug reports and highlight solutions to help identify fixes for them
8 Required Experience using database query: SQL
8 Required Experience in utilizing test automation frameworks e.g. JUnit, TestNG
8 Required Experience in developing, enhancing, updating, and maintaining suite of automated test scripts for regression testing of applications.
8 Required Experience in identifying test coverage gaps and improvements.
6 Required Experience using the following Tools: Jira, Confluence, GIT, Bitbucket
5 Required Experience in the use of automation tools such as (such as: Selenium Webdriver, Katalon, UFT and/or API -microservices level test automation expertise Postman)
5 Required Experience with Build/Platform tools and continuous integration environments using Jenkins
5 Required Experience with Test Driven development
5 Required Experience in programming languages such as Java, JavaScript, C#, Python, .NET
5 Required Experience with highly complex application security requirements
5 Preferred Experience with T-SQL and Stored procedures
5 Preferred Experience with microservice architecture: Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, AppD and application monitoring tools
2 Preferred Public sector experience (Federal, State or Local Government)
2 Preferred Proficient with the Microsoft Office products, including Outlook, TEAMS, Microsoft Project, Word, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint