Senior Testing Consultant

Tasks:

• Contractors Key Person shall:
• Review and analyze project requirements user stories process flows and acceptance criteria for clarity completeness and testability.
• Maintain and update the requirements traceability matrix (RTM).
• Create update and maintain comprehensive test cases test scenarios and test suites.
• Develop and update test plans that outline scope approach schedule resources and risks.
• Execute manual UAT test cases log test results and ensure proper validation of functional and non-functional requirements.
• Participate in test case review sessions; identify candidates for automated testing as needed.
• Conduct regression testing to validate system stability and verify fixes.
• Support and sometimes lead bug hunts exploratory testing and ad hoc validation activities.
• Log defects with clear reproduction steps evidence and expected behavior; retest defects and confirm resolution.
• Conduct integration testing across systems services and interfaces.
• Perform or support load performance security integration and accessibility testing activities.
• Prepare request or curate test data required for UAT.
• Validate UAT readiness (requirements data environments tools).
• Participate in defect triage discussions; assist in determining priority severity and business impact.
• Provide UAT guidance and support to business SMEs/testers during testing cycles and contribute to training documentation and testing best practices.
• Develop and maintain testing best practices training materials templates and documentation.
• Provide daily/weekly test metrics summaries and status reports to stakeholders.
• Participate fully in Scrum ceremonies (if applicable) including planning refinement standups demos and retrospectives.
• Contribute to release readiness assessments and go/no go recommendations.
• Apply knowledge of test automation concepts to identify automation candidates support automation coverage planning and collaborate with automation engineers on automated regression and smoke testing as needed.
• Continuously identify opportunities for improving testing processes tools documentation and collaboration.
• Define testing approach entry/exit criteria quality gates and release-level test strategy.
• Escalate quality risks blockers and unresolved defects with clear recommendations.
• Assess test coverage and identify gaps across requirements integrations workflows data roles and edge cases.
  Recommend testing scope adjustments based on project risk timeline and release objectives.
• Monitor defect trends aging defects recurring issues and root causes to support quality improvement.
• Identify and escalate environment issues that may impact test execution or release timelines.
  Define test data needs validate data quality and coordinate data refreshes masking or setup as needed.
• Support sprint release and project planning by providing QA/UAT estimates and testing assumptions.
• Participate in/lead release readiness discussions.

Required Skills & Experience:

• Strong understanding of UAT processes SDLC and agile methodologies.
• Experience designing and executing complex test scenarios.
• Skill in using test management and defect tracking tools (Azure DevOps Jira etc.).
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Strong communication skills for working with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and work independently with minimal direction.
• Understanding of accessibility standards (e.g. WCAG) security testing fundamentals and performance considerations.
• Ability to identify risks and propose mitigation strategies.
• Collaborative mindset and strong interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated experience leading QA/UAT activities for complex cross-functional projects.
• Experience creating test strategies test plans RTMs test cases defect reports test summaries and release readiness documentation.
• Ability to influence stakeholders challenge unclear requirements and advocate for quality
• Strong understanding of defect lifecycle test coverage analysis risk-based testing and release quality criteria.
• Ability to work across business technical product vendor and project management teams.

In addition the ideal candidate will have skills and experience in:

• Experience in a government or regulated environment.
• Familiarity with test automation concepts (Selenium Playwright Robot Framework etc.).
• Experience preparing or managing test data.
• Background in business analysis or QA beyond UAT.