Based in Shreveport, Louisiana, we began in 1996 by offering payroll processing and tax compliance services. In 2000, we made the strategic decision to develop our own technology. APS has a mission: to make payroll and HR easier. We design our unified solution to simplify workforce management tasks for mid-market organizations. We provide our clients and partners with personalized service and support to accomplish their goals. Streamline payroll processing, automate HR workflows, and elevate the employee lifecycle with a single-system platform. We are APS, and we are a workforce partner for our clients.
We are on the grow again and searching for a Quality Assurance Specialist I. The Quality Assurance Specialist I is responsible for the manual testing of new software in both the pre- and post-release stage of the software development lifecycle with the focus of finding problems and bugs in the system that end users may encounter and assisting in finding solutions to the issues.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Pre-release review and analyze system specifications to ensure that product meets design specifications and standards.
- Design test plans, scenarios, scripts and procedures based on business requirements.
- Develop use cases for functional testing from product requirements.
- Perform functional testing of individual software changes and updates.
- Develop, execute, and maintain regression tests for critical product components.
- Evaluate product code according to specifications.
- Create logs to document testing phases and defects.
- Report bugs and errors to Engineering Teams.
- Help troubleshoot issues.
- Post-release, receive software defects escalated from Level 2 technical support, isolate cause of issues, and update quality assurance practices and methodology accordingly.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
Supervisory Responsibilities: NA
Education, Qualifications, Skills and Abilities:
- Bachelorās Degree or equivalent education training and work-related experience.
- 0-3 years of years of work-related experience specifically in manual software testing.
- Knowledge with Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) technologies preferred.
- Experience with software and systems preferred.
- Experience with agile teams preferred.
- Experience in development methodologies and types of testing (e.g., Functional, System Integration, Regression, etc.)
- Knowledge of Behavior Driven Development (BDD) and/or Test Driven Development (TDD) preferred.
- Demonstrates the ability to understand and translate user needs into business specifications
- Demonstrates working knowledge of company operating systems and processes including a working knowledge of the payroll administration system
- Demonstrates the ability to conduct investigation and research into system errors and discrepancies
- Demonstrates skills in the development of test plans and test cases through thorough analysis of requirements
- Strong client centric focus.
- Strong ability to manage multiple projects and tasks and meet deadlines.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong planning and organizing skills and attention to details.
- Ability to work with people and work as part of a team.
- Must be able to work in an environment in which constant deadlines exist.
- Must be able to work the hours necessary to successfully perform in this position.
- Must understand all company guidelines, procedures, and workflow.
- Must be willing to embrace the APS culture which includes respect, communication, team work, client focus, continuous change, training and other learning opportunities.
BENEFITS: APS offers a competitive compensation and benefits package which includes:
- Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance (employee only tier of coverage for medical and vision paid at 100% by APS)
- Short Term Disability (short term disability paid at 100% by APS for employee)
- Long Term Disability
- Life Insurance
- 401(k) for Retirement (eligible after 30 days of employment; employer match/no vesting schedule)
- Paid time off (PTO)
- Holiday paid time off
At APS, we strive every day to...
- Do the Right Thing
- Serve Others
- Be Our Best
- Find the Fun
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