Sr. Web (Drupal) QA/Testing Consultant (Contract Role)
Sr. Web (Drupal) QA/Testing Consultant (Contract Role) Kalpada is a full-service consulting firm focused exclusively on Marketing, Customer Experience, and Digital Transformation challenges. We bring the experienced practitioners clients need to develop their customer experience strategies, technology/platform roadmaps, data and analytics requirements, and empower your team members to manage and... evolve these strategies and capabilities. Our team works with some of the worlds most recognizable brands, helping to lead and implement innovative, forward-thinking, and impactful customer experience programs. Our team is looking for a high-energy, senior-level web quality assurance/testing consultant with deep expertise in Drupal to join our team on a short-term contract basis (with opportunities for longer term roles) for one or more of the firm's clients. This resource will be able to play a key role in testing and deploying engaging and effective websites that achieve the client's business goals. Key Activities and Responsibilities Provide quality assurance and testing support for development and maintenance activities within the Drupal content management system (CMS) that powers the clients public website Provide testing support for environment migrations and releases, as well as assist with scheduling of activities Collaborate closely with project team members using an agile workflow, communicate constantly, and attend key client or deliverable review meetings, as needed Submit regular status updates and escalations on any major decisions, issues, and risks to the appropriate team member Coordinate automated and regression testing activities with offshore testing and QA function Perform manual, automated, performance, and usability testing activities on published code, components, themes, etc. within and external to the Acquia Drupal environment Document comprehensive testing script results and maintain up-to-date testing and quality assurance documentation for future use/reference Develop and review process improvement opportunities for both manual and automated testing approaches Leverage industry best practice tools, components, and frameworks to effectively provide QA and testing support for mission-critical capabilities being deployed to the clients public website Requisite Skills / Background Minimum of 7 years developing and testing consumer-oriented websites; with at least 3-5 years of testing/quality assurance hands-on roles Deep expertise in testing and deployment of websites or business applications leveraging Drupal v8/9/10 (preferably Acquia-hosted environments or similar) Working experience with WCAG accessibility tools for screen readers, color contrast, etc. and implementation of code testing based upon WCAG accessibility guidelines Working experience with CI/CD pipelines and GitLab, BitBucket, Jenkins, or similar Full-stack quality assurance experience including functional, regression, load/performance, and stress testing Experience developing and executing testing scenarios and test scripts Comprehensive understanding of the Drupal software development lifecycle, including how to optimize and validate deployments Experience working with remote developers and offshore testing resources Experience with version control and release management systems Demonstrable knowledge and experience of troubleshooting live websites and business applications Bachelor's degree or equivalent professional experience in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical discipline Demonstrated success in an innovative and agile high-growth environment Job Location & Other Details Opportunity is remote/work from home (must be authorized to work in the US, all work must be physically performed in the US) Role will be short-term contract-based assignment (4-6 months to start) with opportunities for longer-term roles Professional references and comprehensive background check required NO AGENCIES OR THIRD-PARTIES NEED APPLY Apply Job!