Job Description
**All Candidates must currently live in the Dallas / Fort Worth Metropolitan areas**
**US Citizen, Green Card or H1b**
**No VISA Sponsorship or Transfers available**
**No Relocation available**
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Manual Software Quality Assurance (QA) Tester for our key client.
You will participate in testing efforts and ensure the delivery of high-quality software products. The ideal candidate will have deep experience in manual and automated testing, a strong understanding of software QA methodologies and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams. This role focuses on ensuring seamless deployment and validation of system enhancements.
**Key Responsibilities:**
Design, develop, and execute test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on functional and technical requirements
Execute end-to-end test strategies, ensuring alignment with system upgrade objectives and timelines
Perform functional, regression and integration test
Ensure traceability from business requirements to test coverage
Conduct root cause analysis and provide recommendations for improvements
Identify, document and track defects
Collaborate with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to ensure requirements are met
Participate in Agile/Scrum development cycles and contribute to sprint planning and retrospectives
Participate in walkthroughs, reviews, and working sessions to understand upgrade impact and communicate quality assurance findings effectively
Support user acceptance testing (UAT) and production release validation
**Required Qualifications:**
**Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field**
**5+ years of experience in software functional, regression and integration**
**testing**
**Testing applications or software in cloud environments (AWS, Azure, or GCP)**
**Database testing and writing SQL queries**
**Test Data management/creation**
**Strong understanding of SDLC, STLC, and QA methodologies**
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail and accuracy, ensuring the highest quality standards
Deep understanding of manual testing methodologies
**Preferred Qualifications:**
Experience in Financial Services
**Calypso knowledge/working experience**