Quality Assurance Analyst

Job Summary:

Responsible for developing and executing formal test plans to ensure the delivery of quality software applications. Involved in test planning, writing test cases/scripts, test case automation and test execution. Defines and tracks quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status. Collects and analyzes data for software process evaluation and improvements and integrates them into business processes to address the business needs. Documents all problems and assists in their resolution. Delivers quality process training to technical staff and acts as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners. Performs quality audits across the various IT functions to ensure quality standards, procedures and methodologies are being followed.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or another related field or 2 years of experience can substitute for education

Experience:

• 3-5 years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance or another related field is required.
• 3-5 years of automated testing experience with tools such as selenium webdriver is highly desired.
• Experience in a DevOps environment is highly desired.
• Experience in testing Extract, Transform, and Load jobs (including Informatica) is highly desired.

Primary Job Duties/ Tasks:

• Plan and implement testing (e.g., regression, functional, data validation, system integration, load, or performance tests) for new and existing functionality.
• Develop and execute formal test plans to ensure the delivery of quality software applications.
• Involved in test planning, writing test cases/scripts, test case automation and test execution.
• Define and track quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results, and test status.
• Collect and analyze data for software process evaluation and improvement and integrate them into business processes to address the business needs.
• Document all problems and assist in their resolution.
• Work closely with development teams to design testing strategies and integrate testing into the development process.
• Plan, create, execute, and automate test cases, working with business analysts, customers, developers, and other stakeholders.
• Document and analyze test results and recommend corrective action.
• Isolate, reproduce, manage, and maintain defects and test case databases, and verify fixes.
• Support user acceptance testing conducted by customers.
• Understand and apply automated testing approaches such as model-based testing or record-and-replay.
• Research, recommend, and implement new testing technologies and practices.
• Define and champion quality and testing best practices among development teams.
• Deliver quality process training to technical staff and act as an internal quality consultant to advise or influence business or technical partners.
• Monitor, track, and report on defects.

The Knowledge, skills, and abilities desired for this position include, but are not limited to the following:

• Skill in software testing and quality assurance.
• Ability to develop automated test scripts using .NET or other scripting languages and automated testing frameworks.
• Ability to write SQL to analyze data.
• Ability to lead and motivate others.
• Ability to research, identify, and implement innovative solutions.
• Ability to facilitate and coordinate meetings, workshops, conferences, etc.
• Ability to plan, organize, coordinate, prioritize, and manage complex work assignments and project schedules.
• Knowledge of IT infrastructure and application development technology and architectures, including mainframe systems, relational databases, and data integration.
• Knowledge of Artificial Intelligence and other modern software testing practices.