Quality Assurance Analyst (QA)

Quality Assurance Analyst (QA)
Hybrid Location: 3771 Eastwood Dr Jackson, MS 39211 United States Position Description

This position requires a qualified Quality Assurance Analyst with at least 7 years of experience performing QA activities across simple and complex system implementations.

Key Responsibilities

• Support planning, design, and execution of system testing
• Translate business requirements into test plans and detailed test cases
• Collaborate with IT teams and business units to validate test cases
• Test software and applications to ensure functionality, performance, and efficiency
• Perform:
  • User Acceptance Testing (UAT)
  • Functional Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • Performance Testing
  • End-to-End System Testing
• Develop and distribute testing reports
• Review user requirements to ensure testability
• Create and manage QA documentation, including:
  • Formal Test Plans
  • Test Case Documents
  • Technical Use Cases
  • User Stories
• Create diagrams, flowcharts, and workflows illustrating system data flow
• Document new development:
  • User Guides
  • System Guides
  • Supporting documentation
• Actively participate in process improvements
• Work closely with:
  • Project Manager
  • Architect
  • Business Analyst
  • Developers

Required Skills & Experience (Mandatory)

Candidates must demonstrate the following on their resume:

• 7+ years experience as a Quality Assurance Analyst on software development teams
• Strong verbal and written communication skills for:
  • Test cases
  • Stakeholder communication
• Ability to:
  • Write test plans, test cases, and test scripts from scratch
  • Map business processes into test case documentation
• Strong experience in:
  • QA management
  • Test strategy and planning
  • Test execution and deployment
  • Test data management
  • Defect tracking
• Experience reviewing requirements to ensure testability
• Experience creating and managing QA artifacts listed above
• Familiarity with:
  • Software development concepts
  • Database development concepts
• Strong experience with:
  • Acceptance testing
  • Agile / Scrum environments
• Ability to analyze business functions

Preferred / Not Required Skills

The following are nice-to-have skills:

• Database Entity Design
• C#
• .NET
• PL/SQL
• DevOps
• SQL Server
• Oracle
• Visio
• MVC
• SDLC
• Scrum / Agile
• Samples of previously created QA documents (strongly preferred)

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