IT Quality Assurance Supervisor

What this job is about:
As the IT quality assurance (QA) supervisor, you develop and oversee the organization’s new QA testing team. The team QA tests and supports custom and SaaS or PaaS development applications that have multiple dependency and function points, span different platforms and are deployed in the cloud or a distributed environment.  In addition, provides SDET automation testing. These applications have high visibility as they support a fundamental business of Office of Financial Management (OFM) and the executive branch, and they impact the availability and correctness of the state's budget, legislative, financial, HR, and executive applications.
 
Our division supports the state’s enterprise applications which are used by state agencies, higher education institutions, OFM and the Office of the Governor.

Who we are:  
Our work at the Office of Financial Management serves as a crucial part of the decision-making that the governor, Legislature and state agencies do each year. As an employee of OFM, you will be part of a team of dedicated professionals who work every day to provide vital information, fiscal services, policy support and technology services to the governor, Legislature and state agencies.
 
What we offer our employees:
We support the following values in the workplace:
Foster an environment of diversity, equity and inclusion. We strive to hire, cultivate and retain a competitive workforce that reflects the communities we serve. 

• Encourage a healthy life/work balance by offering flexible/alternative work schedules, wellness activities, mobile arrangements and telework opportunities.
• Modernize our work environment by thinking outside the cubicle and providing workspaces that promote creative collaboration, drive efficiency, and best suit the important work we do.
• Offer an Infants at Work Program to promote parent and infant bonding, parental well-being and healthy infant development. Depending on your job duties, work location and supervisor approval, eligible employees who are new mothers, fathers or legal guardians can bring their infant (six weeks to six months) when they return to work.

  What you’ll be doing:

• Supervise, lead, coach and mentor quality assurance Testers and SDETS that support and test for a collection of applications. Document staffing needs to achieve objectives, set expectations, and evaluate performance, and conduct performance appraisal.  
• Adjust assignments and schedules to maintain adequate staffing levels and respond to fluctuating workloads.
• Determine the scope of testing, organize efforts into units of work then assign or delegate to SDETS, QA testers or analysts.
• Review test plans for correctness and adherence to standards. 
• Test emergent issues of an unknown nature that may exist in the application or underlying server or network environment. 
• Independently engineer and architect test automation solutions for previously unidentified business problems in a greenfield environment.
• Code and maintain automated tests to validate integration, performance, security, functionality, interface features; write tests to validate each unit of software for correctness.
• Develop and code test plans, test cases, test data, and test scripts to ensure that system functions meet acceptance criteria.
• Document characteristics of issues found during testing; evaluate complex issues to resolve in a timely and effective manner.
• Analyze and document performance and security problems.
• Work with stakeholders and developers to understand business goals and objectives, and to ensure that requirements and scope are thoroughly tested before deployment.

 
Who we’re looking for:
A strong supervisor/mentor who embodies and demonstrates teamwork. An adaptable and analytical problem solver who can make complex, data driven decisions.  An adaptable leader who understands and shares our vision of public service and is committed to an inclusive culture that fosters and inspires excellence in promoting diversity, equity and inclusivity practices. Required Qualifications:

• A Bachelor’s degree or higher related to computer programming or computer science.*
• Seven years of current professional experience in QA methodology and tools.
• Experience working with source control (e.g. Git, Team Foundation Server, Azure DevOps).
• One years’ experience as a lead or supervisor.

 *Current Information Technology experience may substitute for education on a year for year basis. 
 
Desired Qualifications

• Working knowledge of testing applications using modern technologies such as:
  • Angular
  • NGRX
  • RXJS
  • SCSS
  • Dotnet core
  • Web API
  • Node
• Senior level experience in enterprise systems and current testing technologies and methods
• Experience in developing Automation frameworks design and development, test automation, deployment automation, integration, and build automation. 
• Current professional experience developing scripts, designing test scenarios, test execution, unit, integration, performance and security test monitoring, and analyzing and reporting results. 

 
 
Condition of Employment:

• On Aug. 9, 2021, Gov. Jay Inslee issued Proclamation 21-14 that requires all employees of executive cabinet agencies to be fully vaccinated with the COVID-19 vaccine before their employment. Pursuant to this mandate, you will be required to provide proof of vaccination as a part of the hiring process. Your vaccination status will be verified during the New Employee Onboarding process. Exemptions may be granted for religious or medical purposes.
• You must be eligible to work in the United States without sponsorship from this agency.

How to Apply:
Interested? We would love to hear from you. Click “Apply” at the top of this page to start your application (you can save the application and come back to it, if needed).
 
Please include the following along with your application:

1. Letter of interest that describes your specific qualifications.
2. Current resume that details your applicable experience and education.
3. A list of at least three professional references with current telephone numbers.

 
We will directly contact the top candidates to interview for this position. Because we base our selection on the information you provide, it is in your best interest to identify the knowledge, skills and abilities that address the required and desirable qualifications we described above.
 
 
Questions:
For questions about this recruitment or to request reasonable accommodation in the application process, please email Janet at TalentAcquisition@ofm.wa.gov. For TTY service, please call the Washington Relay Service at 7-1-1 or 1-800-833-6388.
 
The Office of Financial Management is an equal opportunity employer. We strive to create a working environment that includes and respects cultural, racial, ethnic, sexual orientation and gender identity diversity. Women, racial and ethnic minorities, persons of disability, persons over 40 years of age, and disabled and Vietnam-era veterans are encouraged to apply.