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With over 1,000 staff at United Nations Headquarters in New York and almost 2,000 worldwide, including conference management staff at the United Nations Offices at Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi, the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management (DGACM) is the largest in the United Nations Secretariat. The workforce includes committee secretaries and research staff, meeting planners and protocol officers, translators, revisers and verbatim reporters, interpreters and editors, proofreaders, graphic designers and printers, conference officers and administration staff spanned across four duty stations.

DGACM is looking for a Quality Assurance Engineer to provide reliable testing services for its documentation, meetings and translation management systems. The incumbents will report to and work under the direct supervision of the Team Leader of QA and DevOps Team.

Under delegated authority, the Quality Assurance Engineer will perform the following duties:

• Support software development process and implementation of new software releases by testing computer application systems and programs, using team established standards for IT technologies and tools;
• Participate in the planning, specification, design, development, implementation and support of computer application systems from a quality assurance perspective;
• Participate in the creation and maintenance of automated tests and test automation frameworks;
• Draft technical documentation for deployed computer application systems;
• Maintain test and functional specifications for computer application systems, programs and procedures developed and/or modified;
• Draft correspondence, communications and prepare team contributions for a variety of periodic reports;
• Keep abreast of developments in the field of quality assurance and propose new acquisitions as appropriate;
• Perform other work-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications/special skills

Academic Qualifications: High school diploma or equivalent is required. International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) certification is required.
Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experience in software quality assurance is required.
Out of the aforementioned experience, 3 years of experience in developing Test Automation Framework or designing automated testing suites is required. 3 years of experience with Agile development approaches such as SCRUM is required. Practical experience with Software Configuration Management and build tools such as Team Foundation Server or Azure DevOps Services is desired. Practical experience and knowledge of Microsoft Test Manager or Selenium is desirable.
Language: English and French are the working languages of the United Nations Secretariat. For the position advertised, fluency in English is required. Knowledge of another official United Nations language is an advantage.

QA / Test Engineer

Join our growing team using cutting-edge technology to transform antiquated industry practices. With our team, you can build your skills and push yourself to learn new things. Your ideas and experience will help build all aspects of the business. We enjoy discovering and implementing technology solutions that improve our business in exciting ways, and we think you will too. 

We are seeking a self-directed engineer who also functions well in a team environment. You will need a passion for solving challenges facing a solid, growing business. The focus of this role would include helping to architect our automated software QA process. Aiding in the design of solid clean products. 

This position can be 100% remote from day one, but you must be in the United States.  You can also work in our Kennesaw, GA, office if you prefer.

Required Experience

• C# and ASP.NET MVC
• Experience with relational databases, preferably SQL Server
• Knowledge of RESTful services
• Exposure to web development using HTML5, CSS, JavaScript, and JQuery

Candidates must be able to pass a comprehensive background check.

Your responsibilities and requirements:

• Test current products and identify deficiencies (including mobile native apps, web apps and back-end applications)
• The ability to create testing automation scripts (strong SQL and scripting knowledge, ideally JavaScript)
• Create detailed, comprehensive and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Suggest solutions to identified product problems
• Investigate product quality in order to make improvements to achieve better customer satisfaction
• Plan, create and manage the overall Quality Planning strategy
• Collaborate with the Product Development team to ensure consistent project execution
• Identify quality assurance process bottleneck and suggest actions for improvement
• Oversee continuous improvement projects
• Collect quality data
• Identify key KPIs for product quality
• Prepare and present reports and metrics to Senior Management
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Ideally: knowledge of the blockchain technologies, crypto terminology, and processes
• Nice to have: understanding of blockchain and its related concepts

What we offer:

• You can work remotely from anywhere in the world as long as you work in the time zone close to CET/Europe
• Startup environment
• Working on the cutting edge blockchain and fintech technology project
• Interesting challenges to work on together with other bright minds
• The friendly teamwork atmosphere