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What We Do:
The Governor's Office of Information Technology (OIT) strives to impact the lives of all Coloradans to create a safer, happier and healthier state. We work to empower the State of Colorado with flexible technology that will drive sustainable and intelligent business decisions. We envision a future where the end-user experience shapes design, and data analytics transform how state government serves its residents.
Our Mission: Together we enhance the lives of ALL Coloradans.
Our Vision: Be the best public service technology organization innovating today for tomorrow.
Our Values: At OIT, we recognize that how we deliver is as important as what we deliver.SERVICE: Serving the people of ColoradoINTEGRITY: Demonstrating credibility and sincerity in our workTEAMWORK: Collaboratively working together at OIT and across the stateRESPECT: Appreciating and acknowledging the role, diversity, and contribution of those with whom we workINNOVATION: We foster new ideas. We challenge the status quo and continuously ask, “How can we do this better?” Then we take action and make a difference through novel processes and technology.COURAGE: Pushing boundaries to foster positive changeWhy We Want You:We want your expertise, positive energy, drive to succeed and love of this great state as we work to elevate the expectations Coloradans have of their government.What You'll Get From Us:At OIT you will find an opportunity to contribute meaningful work to support and serve Colorado residents. It's your chance to combine your love of technology with public service. Plus, you'll have great benefits, motivated team members, and opportunities for advancement.Check out this website to see some of the great work that OIT is doing around IT Transformation at the State:https://reimagineit.state.co.us/
Description of Job
This position will provide support to the Colorado Department of Revenue's Drivers License, Record, Identification, and Vehicle Enterprise Solutions (Colorado DRIVES). The primary goal of DRIVES is to provide a flexible, reliable, accurate and integrated solution for driver and vehicle services, as well as business licensing and revenue accounting.The Tester II is responsible for conducting activities during the system test phase of the software development lifecycle, including planning and executing system tests based on adherence to requirements, identifying and managing, test data, and identifying and managing software defects. The Tester II operates at the application level.Plan and Execute System Test Cases:
Create test plans for moderately complex to majorly complex projects.
Execute functional and regression test cases as well as performance and security test cases.
Create and maintain requirements traceability matrices.
Identify and manage test data needed for projects and work with Senior Tester (if needed) to obtain it.
With support of senior testers and test managers, create and update automated scripts for existing and new functionality.
Coordinate with Project Managers and Business Analyst throughout testing process to ensure correct reporting information is relayed.
Identify and Manage Test Defects:
Follow defect management process for system test and user acceptance test.
Establish effective communication with development teams for defect management.
Document defects and their resolution.
Monitor the management of defects.
Determine when a valid defect has occurred, how to communicate it, or if it needs to be escalated for analysis or repair.
Innovation and Automation of Testing
With Support of Senior Tester, create and update complex automated scripts for existing and new functionality.
Create, obtain and manage test data.
Report, Facilitate, and Work on Initiatives for Center of Excellence
Facilitate and participate in workgroups to support the Center of Excellence initiatives.
Participate in project related meetings.
Facilitate defect review meetings.
Facilitate peer review meetings as they relate to test plans and test scripts for other testers.
Additional Duties As Assigned:
Perform all other duties as assigned.
Determines if a defect fix is successful with support from the business requirements team.
Determines what defect metrics to communicate.
Minimum Qualifications, Substitutions, Conditions of Employment & Appeal Rights
Education/Training
2-5 years 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.
Undergraduate degree from an accredited college or university. Preference will be given to those applicants who studied Information Systems, Computer Science or related disciplines.
Relevant work experience may be substituted for education at the discretion of the hiring manager.
Work Experience
Experience developing and executing test plans, including manually testing cases, defect validation and problem reporting.
Experience troubleshooting web applications and diagnosing technical issues.
Preferred Skills
Experience working on a Scrum or Kanban team and familiarity with Agile processes preferred.
Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
Strong sense of teamwork and desire to work in the best interest of the team.
Inquisitive, curious personality; a love of troubleshooting and a desire to understand how the system behaves and interacts with other systems helpful.
Demonstrated experience writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and cases.
Hands-on experience with both white and black box testing.
Hands-on experience with automated tools helpful but not required.
Strong knowledge of SQL helpful.
Scripting experience (Python, Ruby or other scripting languages) helpful but not required.
Supplemental Information
ADA Accommodations: The Governor's Office of Information Technology believes that diversity and inclusion drive our success. OIT is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. In all aspects of the employment process, qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information. OIT is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to the known disability of qualified individuals to enable the applicant or employee to be considered for the position in question, to perform the essential functions of the position in question, or providing access to its services, programs, and activities, where the requested accommodation does not impose an undue hardship. If you require reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, otherwise participating in the employee selection process, and/or to perform essential job functions, please direct your inquiries to our ADA Coordinator at ********** or call (303) 764-7911.
Conditions of employment: A pre-employment criminal background check will be conducted as part of the selection process, and/or other department-specific screens as required. Felony convictions or conviction of crimes of moral turpitude or conviction of misdemeanors related to job duties may disqualify you from being considered for this position. Will require agency-specific background checks to include tax compliance. Standard OIT Criminal; Federal E-Verify screen and/or CBI/FTI, fingerprint-based criminal screens.
Some details to be aware of: Former employees of the State of Colorado who have not left in good standing will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Comparative Analysis Process: is the selection process used to identify the applicant that fits the job the best from a qualified applicant pool. Applications and applicants are compared to others in the pool to identify a top group. Applicants will be notified of their status in the pool via email.
On-call Status: Position may be required to be on-call.
Travel: May require travel to locations throughout the state.
