Lead Tester
GXM CONSULTING
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Arlington • Virginia • United States
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About the role
- GXM Technologies is seeking a Lead Tester to provide both hands-on testing and leadership within a cross-functional Agile Scrum team.
- The Lead Tester will plan, coordinate, and execute test activities using a variety of functional, usability, and accessibility testing methods.
- This individual will help drive quality across the full development lifecycle and collaborate closely with developers, designers, and product staff to ensure intuitive, performant, and compliant software delivery.
- Manage and conduct test execution tasks for the team, including integration, system, regression, smoke, accessibility and performance (load/stress) testing in an Agile-Scrum development environment that utilizes user stories and acceptance criteria.
- Ensure functional testing includes test types such as negative, edge case, and error condition testing.
- Support program usability and acceptance testing events.
- Manage test plans, test processes, test reporting, and test tools.
- Manage adherence to daily Scrum activities, including the documentation of test cases for individual user stories.
- Manage test team adherence to defect reporting and tracking processes, including root-cause, escalation, and resolution.
- Lead and develop automated testing using a variety of tools such as Selenium WebDriver with TestNG, (user interface), SoapUI and Postman (API), and tools such as JMeter or K6 Grafana Open Source (performance).
- Develop the test automation framework ensuring that the framework follows client standards, format, and best practices guidance.
- Interact with separate IV&V team to ensure responsiveness and application of lessons learned with the integrated development team quickly to avoid future risk and issues.
- Perform code reviews of test automation to ensure test team abides by standards, framework, and guidance.
- Advise program leadership on the progress of the testing activities.
- Work closely with the technical lead and product owner to develop plans, schedules, and estimations as necessary.
- Maintain test specifications, test plans/cases, and test automation code via source control software.
- Configure, administer and troubleshoot software test environment.
Requirements
- U.S. Citizenship.
- Candidates will go through a background check prior to onboarding.
- Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution or equivalent years of experience 3 years for 1 year education.
- Minimum 10 years of professional experience in software testing, usability evaluation including Frontend and API testing.
- Ability to lead and conduct testing in an integrated and matrixed test team.
- Strong foundation in test planning, test automation, test execution, and defect documentation.
- Experience creating testing artifacts such as usability test plans, testing scripts, and testing reports.
- Ability to conduct demonstrations and speak in front of groups.
Benefits
- Equal Employment Opportunity / Legal Disclaimer
- GXM Technologies LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-Verify to confirm employment eligibility.
- GXM Technologies LLC provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable law.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software testingusability evaluationtest planningtest automationtest executiondefect documentationfunctional testingaccessibility testingperformance testingAPI testing
Soft Skills
leadershipcommunicationcollaborationorganizationpresentation skills