Manual QA Tester

Join a high-impact team as a Senior Manual QA Tester, driving quality for large-scale integration projects in a collaborative, hybrid environment. You’ll play a critical part in ensuring seamless end-to-end functionality between web portals and backend billing systems across multiple applications. This is a long-term contract opportunity (12+ months) ideal for QA professionals seeking hands-on ownership, career growth, and exposure to best-in-class test management and automation tools., Gather and analyze requirements (primarily using JIRA) to design comprehensive test plans and detailed test cases.

• Perform end-to-end manual testing across multiple applications, including web portal and backend system integrations.
• Execute test cases, meticulously document results, and report defects using established test management and defect reporting tools (Octane/JIRA).
• Triage, investigate, and help pinpoint the root cause of defects across integrated systems.
• Conduct web services (API) and database (SQL) testing to validate data flows and system interactions.
• Collaborate with automation teams to identify automation candidates and flag stable functionality for automated test coverage.
• Participate in continuous process improvement with peers and leadership.

Proven expertise with test management tools and writing robust test cases.

• Demonstrated full testing life cycle experience: from requirements gathering and test planning to execution, defect triage, and reporting.
• Strong background in testing integration points between multiple applications.
• Experience with web services (API) testing and basic SQL querying.
• Solid understanding of database concepts relevant to QA.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Octane for test management planning.
• Proficient in JIRA for defect reporting and requirement tracking.
• Familiarity with automated testing frameworks (Java/Selenium) and willingness to interface with automation teams., 1 Test management tool and test case writing experience 2 Full testing life cycle experience a Get requirements (typically JIRA) write test plan Test Cases execute test cases manually and report on that b Triage for defects 3 Testing interaction of multiple applications a Web services (API) testing 4 SQL (basic querying capability)DB experience

Opportunity for long-term engagement on high-visibility projects.

• Hybrid work flexibility: 4 days onsite in Charlotte, 1 day remote.
• Exposure to advanced test management and automation systems.
• Collaborative, innovative team environment with opportunities for skill development and career advancement.