Senior Software Quality Assurance Aanlyst and Tester

AMERICAN SYSTEMS is an employee-owned federal government contractor supporting national priority programs through our strategic solutions in the areas of Information Technology, Test & Evaluation, Program Mission Support, Engineering & Analysis, and Training.

Leads quality assurance and test strategy for Bifrost, software maintenance, interface changes, CDS-related modifications, and customer additions. Develops and manages test approaches, requirements-to-test traceability, regression and mission-thread testing, defect adjudication, assessment evidence, release readiness, and final test reporting before operational implementation.
• Independently develops and executes test scripts to ensure that quality software is provided forrelease to production and to certify system changes.
• Produces expert level test plan documents and requirements.
• Develops test control databases.
• Performs solution testing confirming business requirements.
• Maintains test databases and ensures their integrity and currency.
• Distributes test data from control database to development staff to satisfy adequate unit testing.
• Develops, compiles, documents and runs automated test scripts and test procedures.
• Runs regression tests. Tracks status of defects.
• Provides quality assurance testing for all systems to ensure the development and distribution of quality products.
• Assists with roll-out of systems documentation.
• Produces lists of defects that are to be resolved and incorporated into future releases of the application as required.
• Communicates with analysts and programmers about formal testing plans, problems, and results.
• Develops technical documentation and reports.
• Manages the Release Management process for all changes to the baseline IT infrastructure.
• Ensures all processes are adhered to appropriately throughout project lifecycles.
• Ensures all existing processes are fully documented, suggesting improvements, updating documentation, and communicating all process changes to relevant stakeholders.

• Bachelor's degree
• 8-10 years of related work experience
• Active TS/SCI Clearance
• US Citizenship