Jr. QA Analyst

Role: Jr. QA Analyst

Location: Atlanta GA, Hybrid – 2 days at Onsite (Local  Atlanta candidates only)

Job Description: 

Duties/Responsibilities:
•    Experience in testing Custom applications.
•    Experience in testing GIS components.
•    Create and document test plans, execute tests, analyze results, and report problems and anomalies, all via the lens of business end users
•    Operate in Agile approach to support testing needs.
•    Work closely and collaboratively with business partners, PMO and Vendor technical delivery teams to understand business requirements.
•    Ensure software testing is done on-time and as planned and notify management about bottlenecks and other issues and risks.
•    Assist Business subject matter experts and business analysts in the development of UAT test scenarios leveraging test cases.
•    Participate in defect triage meetings and demos.
•    Report weekly status to Quality Assurance Testing Lead.
  
Education:
•    Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Business, or similar.
 
General Experience:
•    3-5 years of experience with testing in software development projects.
•    Experience in mid-scale or large-scale system development projects. (including using test automation, test strategy, developing and executing          test scripts and test plans).
•    Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
•    Strong verbal and written communication skills.
•    Able to review and analyze system specifications (e.g. System Requirements, Business Requirements, Design Documents, etc.)
•    Able to perform manual testing and/or automated testing.
•    Experience in documenting Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM) and confirming applications are ready for UAT.
•    Experience in preparing UAT instructions for end users and facilitating/overseeing UAT activities.
•    Experience in documenting Test Cases.
•    Experience in evaluating and documenting Test Results.
•    Ability to prepare sample data for testing.
•    Skills in System testing, parallel/comparative testing, QA testing, performance and load testing, regression testing, security testing, business continuity/disaster recovery testing, post-go-live testing/validation.
•    Experience with mobile device testing is a plus.
•    Analytical mind and skills in troubleshooting, problem-solving, and issue isolation.
•    Detail oriented.
•    Excellent communication/collaboration skills with software developers/architects, business analysts, etc.
•    Able to work with cross-functional teams to validate product quality throughout the development life cycle.
•    Experience with GitHub, ServiceNow.
 
Specialized Experience:
•    Experience in quality assurance concepts and best practices.
•    Experience creating test cases and writing manual test scripts.
•    Experience in running tests for application functions.
•    Experience with SDLC and agile methodologies.
•    Familiarity with defect management tools.
•    Preferred to have experience with public sector.
  
Preferred training or software testing certifications such as:
•    Certified Associate in Software Testing (CAST)
•    Certified Test Engineer (CSTE)
•    Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA)
•    Certified Manager of Software Quality (CMSQ