Tester II (Remote from anywhere in CO).

Department Information

Together, we innovate for a stronger Colorado

The work of employees at the Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) is challenging and diverse because the needs of agencies, customers and Coloradans constantly evolve. But our focus never changes: improve the lives of all Coloradans through innovation and collaboration. We're building one of the nation's leading government IT organizations by reimagining how we support agencies, building first-of-their-kind applications, and creating an inclusive, collaborative culture, together. Join us in the important work of providing equitable access to services.

We believe equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. We know it's important to support each other, and that means having a healthy balance of work and personal time, and benefits that allow us all to have fulfilling lives.

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Description Of Job

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Do you want to make our beautiful state even better? At OIT, we provide secure digital services that put Coloradans first. The Tester II supports that mission by contributing to the day-to-day operations of an applications testing team. If using your creativity and innovation in the testing, development and delivery of software solutions is what you love, apply today for the chance to also put your passion into the state you love.

In This Role, You Will

• Identify and document test data requirements.
• Create and maintain requirements traceability matrices.
• Coordinate with Project Managers and Business Analysts throughout the testing process to ensure correct test and defect status is relayed.
• Assist the team with the creation and execution of test plans, test cases, and test scenarios.
• Know and understand what types of automation are useful for different stages of development.
  
  

Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions Of Employment & Appeal Rights

A wide salary range is posted for this position and any job offer is based upon a salary analysis to comply with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act. The salary analysis considers relevant experience, education, certifications, and state seniority as compared to others doing substantially similar work. While all offers are compliant with the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act, there is no guarantee an offer will be at the top of the posted range based on the salary analysis.

Minimum Qualifications

This is a skills-based job announcement. The required minimum qualifications and/or education (if substituting for the proven experience, knowledge, and skills), are as follows:

• 1 year of relevant experience with functional system test cases, data, or test suites, standard defect management tools and processes, application development, or regular client-side use of relevant applications with demonstrated understanding of program functionality.
• Experience applying digital accessibility regulations and standards (e.g., WCAG 2.1) to business processes, content, tools, and/or documents, with the ability to provide specific examples of accessibility improvements made.
  
  

Substitutions

Additional appropriate education will substitute for the required experience on a year-for-year basis, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

Training or Certification related to the work assigned to the position will be assigned credit towards substitution for experience and/or education, but cannot completely substitute for these qualifications.

If the minimum qualifications include a degree requirement, additional appropriate paid or unpaid experience will substitute for the required education on a year-for-year basis.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven ability to work with users and business analysts to understand and construct complex workflow automation that may encompass many pathways and modules through the application required.
• 3 years experience in QA methodologies and practices with an emphasis on Agile and DevOps
• Ability to explain and demonstrate the differences between black box, white box and gray box testing.
• Ability to explain and demonstrate key concepts of continuous software improvement (examples: can explain what continuous integration is and why it is important in an Agile environment; has prior working experience developing tests as part of a CI process, has used Jenkins, or other CI build tools).
• Ability to explain and demonstrate test planning and strategizing for an Agile project vs. a Waterfall project.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting and problem-solving skills with an interest in solving challenging problems.
• Desire to continue growing your skills and knowledge of software development and testing.
• Strong understanding of SQL, HTML, CSS and XML.
• Experience as automation test engineer.
• Experience using debugging proxy tools such as Postman.
• Experience testing applications utilizing Mulesoft, Salesforce, or G-Suite.
• Proficiency with standard office software (Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint or Google Docs/Sheets/Slides).
• Proficiency with Selenium
• Have a solid understanding of WCAG and Section 508 requirements.
• Demonstrate experience using accessibility validation tools such as SiteImprove, WAVE, or others.
• Demonstrate experience using screen reader technology such as JAWS, NVDA, or others.
• ISTQB, ASTQB or other certifications.
  
  

Conditions Of Employment

OIT employees must comply with any screening procedures in place at state entity locations where they might be required to perform work.

A pre-employment background check will be conducted as part of the selection process.

Positions supporting some agencies such as the Department of Corrections and the Department of Public Safety will also require a pre-employment drug test.

This position may require travel within the specified geographic area, and to locations across the state as needed.

Supplemental Information

If this posting indicates “remote from anywhere in CO” in the title, periodic reporting to the primary state work location designated for the position is required. All remote work must be performed in Colorado.

While candidates from out of state will be considered for this role, the candidate selected for the position must relocate and reside in Colorado on the first day of their new position. A reasonable timeframe for relocation will be established on an individual basis, while considering business needs, and determining a start date.

Our application process and what to expect after you apply are described in the videos found here .

The State of Colorado believes that equity, diversity, and inclusion drive our success, and we encourage candidates from all identities, backgrounds, and abilities to apply. The State of Colorado is an equal opportunity employer committed to building inclusive, innovative work environments with employees who reflect our communities and enthusiastically serve them. Therefore, in all aspects of the employment process, we provide employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, medical condition related to pregnancy, creed, ancestry, national origin, marital status, genetic information, or military status (with preference given to military veterans), or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, our agency will assist individuals who have a disability with any reasonable accommodation requests related to employment, including completing the application process, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you have a disability and require reasonable accommodation to ensure you have a positive experience applying or interviewing for this position, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at [email protected] or call (303) 764-7900.

This posting may be used to fill multiple vacancies based upon business need.

The Governor's Office of Information Technology does NOT offer sponsored Visas for employment purposes.