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As a UW employee, you have a unique opportunity to change lives on our campuses, in our state and around the world. UW employees offer their boundless energy, creative problem solving skills and dedication to build stronger minds and a healthier world.
UW faculty and staff also enjoy outstanding benefits, professional growth opportunities and unique resources in an environment noted for diversity, intellectual excitement, artistic pursuits and natural beauty. The University of Washingtons Finance Readiness Program has an outstanding opportunity for a QA Engineer to provide a key role in the planning and implementation of an enterprise-wide financial system and modernization of related business processes. The Finance Readiness Program is a collaborative partner to the broader UW Finance Transformation program. UWFT is a multi-year effort to transform the UWs existing financial processes through business process redesign and the replacement of legacy systems with modern technology. This position will be part of the FRP collaborative business partner team responsible for ensuring that UWs central finance division is operationally ready to execute new processes, policies and procedures with excellence post go live. The purpose of this position is assure end-to-end quality for software and data related to Finance Transformation. To be successful, the applicant will need experience with end-to-end QA and testing efforts in a complex environment and with automated testing processes and tools. The applicant will need to have experience working closely with development teams and deployment managers throughout the testing lifecycle, to ensure that the overall quality of the delivered solution is aligned with business expectations. This position requires working with many different stakeholders to coordinate the testing efforts of a variety of software and data solutions. It requires thorough knowledge of automated and manual testing and the ability to learn business knowledge relevant to finance at the university. As a QA Engineer for the Finance Readiness Program, the applicant will need to: Assess and develop best-practices for testing within a large scale, complex enterprise environment Closely collaborate within a self-organized cross-functional Agile team and with technology staff across a matrix organization Design flexible test systems to adapt to rapidly changing specifications The constituency of UW Finance and the UW Finance Transformation Program, and therefore that of this position, is the entire University, including all campuses. This position will directly affect the success of the UW Finance Transformation program. This position will also directly affect the ability of UW Finance to deliver and operate financial data and software services beyond UWFT. The best practices and processes provided by this position will directly influence the success of multiple other positions in UWFT. Duties & Responsibilities PROGRAM-SPECIFIC QA & TESTING PROCESSES Define the appropriate quality and testing plan (technical and functional) for releases Review requirements and develop appropriate test cases Lead QA/Testing throughout an Agile project Work with project team to validate quality and test plans and coordinate testing at key development milestones IMPLEMENT AND MAINTAIN TESTING TOOLS AND PROCESSES Design, implement, and maintain regression suites Design processes for implementing automated testing procedures for production systems Develop standards for testing changes to software and databases PROVIDE PROGRAM SUPPORT Triage customer requests and support inquiries Requirements include: Bachelor's degree, preferably in computer science, information management or related technical experience, or equivalent experience. Minimum 4 years experience with end-to-end testing Experience writing unit tests in C#.Net Experience designing and implementing end-to-end quality assurance and testing methodology for enterprise solutions Experience with reviewing requirements and developing test cases based on those requirements Experience working with automated software testing applications as well as producing automated test scripts and tools Excellent written/oral communication skills, technical documentation skills, user liaison skills, and personal interaction abilities Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively on an Agile team Equivalent education/experience will substitute for all minimum qualifications except when there are legal requirements, such as a license/certification/registration.
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Applicants considered for this position will be required to disclose if they are the subject of any substantiated findings or current investigations related to sexual misconduct at their current employment and past employment. Disclosure is required under Washington state law. | ||||||||||||||||||
Committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, the University of Washington will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.
The University of Washington is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, age, protected veteran or disabled status, or genetic information. To request disability accommodation in the application process, contact the Disability Services Office at 206-543-6450 or dso@uw.edu. COVID-19 VACCINATION REQUIREMENTGovernor Inslee's Proclamation 21-14.2 requires employees of higher education and healthcare institutions to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 unless a medical or religious exemption is approved. Being fully vaccinated means that an individual is at least two weeks past their final dose of an authorized COVID-19 vaccine regimen. As a condition of employment, newly hired employees will be required to provide proof of their COVID-19 vaccination. View the Final candidate guide to COVID-19 vaccination requirement webpage for information about the medical or religious exemption process for final candidates. |
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