Entry Level Microsoft Software Tester Jobs Near Me

• Designs and performs system analysis, recommends application solutions, tests and corrects programs and assists IT staff with documentation.


• Assists in supporting user acceptance testing.


• Performs software implementation tasks, including source control and deployment activities.


• Assists with development, implementation and monitoring IT quality assurance standards and testing.

• Assists in the development and documentation of appropriate standards and criteria for acceptable programming and systems development lifecycle activities.


• Develops software testing and automation procedures and performs analysis and design.


• Reads, writes, extracts and\/or reports from compounded files.


• Works with business personnel to identify and document system software requirements.


• Defines problems and develops potential solutions.


• Performs post-production support for business applications which may include routine maintenance, enhancements and the need to perform research to aid in troubleshooting software production errors.


• Assists IT staff in identifying alternate courses of action, the review and evaluation of software development methodologies and completing software security scans and reporting on vulnerabilities.


• Assist IT staff in performance testing and benchmarking of software application response times, analysis and reporting on performance measures.


• Communicates with peers and others. Collaborates proactively.


• Guides performance of software development tasks per verbal instructions.


• Answers questions on technical topics to assist other technical staff in software development.


• Obtains or imparts information from\/to other technical staff and business personnel through discussion(s) involving database, infrastructure and\/or application information.

• Leads discussion(s) or formal meetings with technical and\/or nontechnical personnel on simple to moderate technical topics in support of software development.


• Summarizes, in writing, information on one or more related topics involving database, infrastructure and\/or application information in support of software development.


• Conveys, in writing, recommendations or conclusions to another for decision making purposes in support of software development.


• Gathers, interprets and applies information from a variety of sources to aid in software development duties, activities and events.


• Answers questions and presents informal mentorship opportunities to peers and\/or lower-level staff via conversation, observation or technical documentation.


• Understanding and experience in the use of Azure Dev Ops for documentation and iterative development collaboration, task management and other functions related to system testing and reporting.


• Basic understanding of Agile, Iterative and Traditional Software development (SDLC) practices, standards as it relates to testing activities.

• Computer and electronics.


• Oral and written communication tools and techniques.


• Customer support and personal service.


• State and agency policy, procedures, and applicable laws


• Vision, mission, and goals of agency.


• Software development principles and methods for design, development, testing, and implementation of new or modified software.


• Commonly used query language.


• Mathematic principles relative to assigned area in IT.


• Electronic Data Processing (e.g., C# .Net, VB .Net, JMeter, JavaScript, HTML, Visual Studio., Oracle database, MS-SQL databases, Microsoft Azure Cloud based technologies, Salesforce, Azure DevOps, JAMS stored procedures, triggers, web development).


• Reading comprehension.


• Speaking.


• Service orientation.


• Troubleshooting.


• Stay abreast of current technologies in area of IT assigned.


• Deal with problems involving several variables in familiar context.


• Understand practical field of study(e.g., computer science).


• Define problems, collect data, establish facts & draw valid conclusions.


• Deal with many variables & determine specific action.


• Understand manuals & verbal instructions, technical in nature.


• Gather, collate & classify information about data, people or things.


• Cooperate with co-workers on group projects.


• Establish friendly atmosphere as supervisor of work unit.

Job duty, knowledge, skill, and ability statements at a lower level are understood to be able to be performed at any higher level.

• 3+years of experience as a Software Tester specifically for .NET and Cloud-Native Applications.


• Demonstrated ability and experience independently developing testing strategy, test plans, test cases and proper system testing documentation for a new .NET application.

• Experience as a Software Tester specifically for .NET and Cloud-Native Applications - Required 3 Years.


• Demonstrated ability and experience independently developing .net testing strategy, test plans, test cases and proper system testing documentation - Required.


• Basic understanding of Agile, Iterative and Traditional Software development (SDLC) practices, standards as it relates to testing activities. - Required.


• Understanding and experience in the use of Azure Dev Ops for documentation and iterative development collaboration, task management and other function - Required.