QA Automation Analyst (Locals Only)

QA Automation Analyst

Location: Saint Paul, MN (Hybrid)

Job Description:

Client is seeking one full-time Quality Assurance Automation Analyst to work in the Justice Information Services section. The position will be responsible for working with a team to develop test automation and deliver quality software products developed by JIS Focus teams. The Quality Assurance Analyst will cover Quality Assurance work on multiple initiatives including the Predatory Offender Registry (POR), MyBCA, or other products as needed.

Responsibilities:

• Participate in formal review of business/functional requirements and application design
• Prepare a Test Plan
• Determine the types of testing that will be implemented
• Design and document test cases
• Identify and communicate test requirements
• Identify and prepare test data
• Execute test cases
• Analyze, report, help troubleshoot and resolve test failures
• Report overall test status and results
• Report and log defects found as a result of the test execution
• Perform other testing tasks as may be required by the project
• Communicate clearly, present complex information to users in a comprehensive style, translate technical, and system information for non-technical stakeholders.
• Provide knowledge transfer

Required Skills:

• 5 years' Quality Assurance Analyst role with advanced level experience creating and executing manual and automated test cases/test scripts from scratch, execute, and maintain them.
• Experience with automation frameworks and tools such as Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber, and SoapUI and proficiency with source control and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD) tools.
• Software development lifecycle methodologies including agile and the Scrum framework.
• Experience in collaborative teamwork, establishing/maintaining working relationships with business customers and technology staff, while concurrently providing technical leadership in planning, designing, executing tests, mentoring, and developing procedures for product quality on complex projects utilizing industry-standard software development methodologies.
• Experience in multiple programming languages, software development technologies, and diverse database platforms, with hands-on experience in working with web-based forms, web-based content, interactive solutions, and conducting testing on web-based applications, web services (SOAP/REST), and database systems.
• Extensive experience in utilizing DevOps tools such as, Jira/Xray, Selenium, GitLab, and Octopus Deploy for streamlined software development, continuous integration, and deployment processes.
• Experience with security, accessibility, performance, and stress testing.
• Experience working with Law Enforcement or Criminal Justice Systems.
• Experience as a member of an Agile Scrum development team.