RESPONSIBILITIES Kforce has a client in need of a remote Quality Assurance Specialist. Summary The Testing Engineer is focused on Quality engineering and is responsible for the overall quality throughout the application development lifecycle by creating and executing test scripts working in close collaboration with product owners, BAs and developers. Through the leadership provided by the Software Quality Assurance Leads, the Testing Engineer will collaborate with the development team and Business Analysts for overall code quality. Responsibilities Participate in scrum rituals Define testing related tasks and provide estimation for these tasks Create automation scripts for functional, web service and database testing Develop QA test scripts in sprint Execute tests and improve test coverage iteratively as new features become part of regression and other test cycles Analyze test execution results and identify functional defects or scripting defects for improvement Identify Smoke test suite and Regression test suites to ensure each build is healthy and software is functional as expected Ensure that components and features are fully tested in each Sprint so that the feature is complete based on the definition of -done- in Agile environment REQUIREMENTS Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Software Engineering 7+ years of Quality Engineering experience 4+ years of experience with MS SQL and relational database queries 2 + years of Experience testing web applications 2+ years of experience Testing APIs with tools and other testing frameworks Experience in ETL testing using SQL Server to validate complex ETL mappings and troubleshoot data quality issues Experience with complex SQL (inserts, updates, Joins, etc.) Experience in API Testing using PostmanReady API Extensive experience in writing test cases, executing tests, and reporting defects Experience in testing web applications Experience reviewing and analyzing business requirements to determine testing needs Kforce is an Equal OpportunityAffirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status.