About the Role
The role involves testing and analyzing business processes within Application Lifecycle Management systems, ensuring requirements are met, identifying gaps, and supporting quality assurance through structured testing methodologies and close collaboration with development and project teams.
Responsibilities
- Conduct testing activities within Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) environments
- Analyze business requirements and translate them into technical specifications
- Identify gaps in business processes and recommend improvements
- Collaborate with development teams to ensure accurate implementation of requirements
- Support quality assurance processes through structured test planning and execution
- Document test cases, scenarios, and expected outcomes
- Execute manual and automated test scripts to validate system functionality
- Report and track defects using issue management tools
- Work closely with project managers to align testing schedules with project timelines
- Validate system changes against business and technical requirements
- Participate in requirement review sessions with stakeholders
- Ensure compliance with established testing standards and procedures
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of ALM tools and testing best practices
- Assist in user acceptance testing coordination
- Provide feedback to developers based on test results
- Support integration testing between systems
- Verify data integrity across application modules
- Assist in the creation of test environments
- Monitor application performance during testing phases
- Contribute to post-implementation reviews and testing retrospectives
- Ensure traceability between requirements, test cases, and results
- Participate in agile ceremonies when applicable
- Assist in the maintenance of ALM documentation
- Validate security controls during testing cycles
- Support change management processes for system updates
Requirements
- Experience with Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools
- Proven background in software testing methodologies
- Strong understanding of business analysis principles
- Ability to write and execute test cases
- Experience in identifying and documenting system defects
- Familiarity with requirement gathering techniques
- Proficiency in analyzing functional specifications
- Knowledge of software development life cycles
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Experience working in cross-functional teams
- Ability to manage multiple tasks under deadlines
- Detail-oriented mindset with focus on accuracy
- Experience with defect tracking systems
- Understanding of version control concepts
- Ability to interpret technical documentation
- Experience in creating test plans
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite
- Background in quality assurance processes
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision
- Experience in both manual and automated testing
- Familiarity with regulatory or compliance standards as they relate to testing
- Ability to perform root cause analysis on system issues
- Experience supporting user acceptance testing
- Knowledge of database queries and data validation techniques
- Ability to adapt to changing project requirements
Nice to Have
- Certification in software testing or business analysis
- Experience with HP ALM or similar platforms
- Background in agile or iterative development environments
- Familiarity with JIRA or similar issue tracking tools
- Knowledge of SQL or database querying
- Experience in federal or government IT projects
- Understanding of cybersecurity
