Software Quality Assurance Engineer - UNRWA
- Posting Title: Consultant – Software Quality Assurance Engineer, (Local);(UNICC Partnership)
- Department/Office: United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA)
- Duty Station: HQ Gaza
- Posting Period: 13 September 2023 - 26 September 2023
- Job Opening Number: 23-UNRWA - Information Management - Headquarters Gaza-218096-Consultant
- Staffing Exercise N/A
Duties and Responsibilities
- Design and create manual and automated test framework for web and mobile applications
- Address concerns regarding software quality
- Review and analyze system specifications
- Execute manual and automated test scripts
- Improve testing process by assessing test needs and adopting new methods
- Report defects, bugs, and errors to developers as an integral member of the software development team
- Conduct Exploratory Testing, Usability and Accessibility testing.
- Prepare test plans that covers functional, and non-functional requirements
- Report and Document test results in a defect report
- Preparation of process documents, technical documentation, and SoPs.
- Test all changes by using the appropriate complex test scenarios to ensure all delivered solutions work as expected and errors are handling in a meaningful way.
- Author and maintain documentation by writing audience-appropriate materials to serve as technical and/or end-user references.
- Provide support by investigating and resolving issues, including complex issues to ensure prompt, effective service.
- Perform any other related tasks as may be assigned.
Qualifications:
- A university degree or master’s degree from an accredited educational institution in information technology, information management, Information systems, computer science, computer engineering, Software engineering, Business Administration, Management, or other related disciplines;
Experience:
• A minimum of 5 years of experience for a bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 3 years for a master’s degree in software development, Software Quality Assurance or any related field.
The resource MUST have the following skills and experience:
- Excellent knowledge of application test planning
- Automation, and the related technical architecture
- Experience with relevant testing tools such as Selenium, Katalon, Appium, Relic, JMeter. etc...
- Good experience and sound understanding of Application testing lifecycle, processes and tools.
- Good understanding of quality assurance fundamentals and technologies pertinent to creating business solutions (software testing, support, applications, databases, integration)
- Technologically savvy, demonstrating the ability to easily adapt to new and unfamiliar technologies, software, and systems
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management, organization, and attention to detail.
- Exemplary customer service skills
- Demonstrable critical thinking and problem solving
- Ability to thrive in an unstructured, fast-moving, and constantly evolving high growth environment
- Ability to prioritize conflicting demands
- Ability to execute assigned project tasks within established schedule.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment
- Ability to maintain confidentiality
The resource SHOULD have the following skills and experience:
- Experience developing integrations
- Experience working with various CI/CD tools
- Agile or SCRUM Project participation experience
- Experience with Appium, Jira, Bitbucket
- At least 4+ years of experience in Information Technology and Business Applications
- Knowledge of Agile, DevOps and familiarity with ITIL processes
Languages
Excellent command of spoken and written English and Arabic.
Contract Conditions:
- • The duration of the consultancy is 6 to 11 months, extendable according to performance and availability of funds.
- • Remuneration for this consultancy will be 1600.00 USD, depending on the fund availability, qualifications, and relevant experience.
- • The incumbent can be in any UNRWA field of operations (Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon, Syria, or West Bank).