Job Title: Software Testing Lead

Location: 100% REMOTE

1099 Payrate: $30/HR to $80/HR

W2 Pay Rate: $74K to $134K plus Benefits & PTO

Work Environment: 100% Remote

Term: Contract with possible opportunity of conversion

Bachelor’s degree required:  No

Referral Fee: AMS will pay $500 should the person you refer gets hired

JOB DESCRIPTION

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Our federal client is looking to hire a Software Testing Lead for a 100% REMOTE role. Please send your resume in WORD format should you be interested in exploring this role. The position is on a contract to hire basis and will pay an hourly rate of $30/HR to $80/HR 1099, dependent on experience. We also offer the option of a W2 annual salary of $74K to $134K, with full benefits and PTO.

***Due to the required clearance with our government client, only US Citizens, Green Card and Green Card EAD holders may be considered. Clearance requires that the candidates have resided in the US for the past five years. The selected candidate cannot have left the country for longer than 90 consecutive days and no more than 180 cumulative days***

Role / Duties:

The Testing Lead will be responsible for overseeing the testing strategy, resource allocation, and team management for various testing roles including automation testers, functional testers, and CAT testers. The Testing Lead will work closely with the Environment Management Team and SCRUM teams to identify appropriate test environments per release.

Key Responsibilities:

- Develop and oversee the testing strategy

- Allocate resources effectively for testing activities

- Manage automation testers, functional testers, and CAT testers

- Assist in identifying appropriate test environments for each release

- Collaborate with the Environment Management Team and SCRUM teams

- Act as the Testing Lead, with strong communication and problem-solving skills. 

- Collaborate and report to the application team leaders, business partners, and ELT on a routine basis

- Ability to cross train and mentor the testing team, including other vendors and USPS resources                      

- Responsible for Chaos and HA testing



Skills and Experience Required:

- Experience in creating clear test plans and scenarios using HP ALM or similar tools

- Proficiency in manual testing with knowledge of when to incorporate automated testing

- Ability to build and utilize Test Automation scripts and frameworks (e.g., Selenium, UFT)

- Understanding of DevOps and Agile methodologies

- Knowledge of Version One or other work management tools

- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with stakeholders

- Minimum 5+ years of experience in testing environment

- Experience testing in cloud environments, GCP or Azure preferred

- Knowledge of SQL for querying databases

- Familiarity with postman for Web services testing

- Understanding of SDLC and application lifecycle