Quality Assurance Analyst

Daily Duties / Responsibilities:

All within project schedules and other defined deadlines .

Key Responsibilities:

- Partner with the Test CoE, functional and technical teams, and management in executing a comprehensive testing strategy, protocol, and procedures.

- Support test planning efforts for projects and normal changes to document business processes end to end and produce comprehensive test scripts for QA integration and regression testing.

- Test Strategy and Planning: Participate in test strategy discussions and provide input on the feasibility and effectiveness of automated testing approaches.

- Maintain the enterprise business process hierarchy and alignment of procedures/test cases.

- Work with the Test Delivery Lead and Test Automation CoE team to configure and execute test automation tools, leveraging the Test Automation CoE framework.

- Test Automation Development: Create, enhance, and maintain automated test scripts using Tricentis Tosca for various software applications and systems.

- Test Case Design: Collaborate with Quality Assurance (QA) and development teams to design test cases based on the business process, functional requirements/user stories.

- Design, build, and maintain formal test plans and scripts, document testing outcomes, results, defects and resolutions. Assist with root cause analysis when necessary for testing results.

- Test Execution: Execute automated test cases and report defects, ensuring comprehensive coverage and accuracy of testing results.

- Test Data Management: Manage test data and ensure its availability and relevance for automated test execution.

- Continuous Improvement: Identify opportunities for test process improvement and implement best practices to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of testing efforts.

- Test Framework Enhancement: Contribute to the development and maintenance of automation frameworks, libraries, and utilities to support test automation scalability and maintainability.

- Defect Management: Analyze and document test results and defects in a clear and concise manner, assisting in the defect resolution process.

- Test Environment Setup: Collaborate with infrastructure and operations teams to set up and maintain test environments necessary for automated testing activities.

- Test Reporting: Generate and present test automation reports to stakeholders, highlighting test execution progress, coverage, and potential risks.

- Maintain quality test results and artifacts, maintain the framework for metrics and dashboard reporting on Test Execution and Defect resolution to resolution / closure.

- Training and Knowledge Sharing: Assist in training and mentoring team members on Tricentis Tosca automation best practices and testing techniques.

- Stay Current with Industry Trends: Stay up-to-date with the latest testing tools, methodologies, and trends in the automation testing space.

Required Skills (rank in order of Importance):

- 5+ years of demonstrated progressive experience as a Quality Assurance Test Engineer/Analyst.

- 5+ years of solid understanding of software testing concepts, methodologies, and best practices.

- Moderate knowledge of Finance, HCM, Logistics and Treasury processes.

- Ability to interpret requirements, functional and technical designs and produce testing artifacts.

Addiitonal skills:

- Self-motivated and proactive, with the ability to prioritize and manage workload effectively.

- Skilled in business process analysis, modeling and documenting end to end business processes for quality assurance testing and scripts.

- Strong problem-solving and analytical skills with keen attention to detail.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively with cross-functional teams.

- Ability to multi-task and deliver results in a fast-paced IT environment.

Preferred Skills (rank in order of Importance):

-Proven experience in test automation using Tricentis Tosca, with a strong understanding of Tosca Commander and Tosca TBox.

-Knowledge of SAP as well as SaaS Enterprise Systems.

-Knowledge of S4 Hana and using test automation during migration to S4, experience with change impact analysis.

-Familiarity with process management, and project management, both waterfall and Agile/Scrum development methodologies.

-Previous experience in testing web applications, APIs, and mobile applications.

-A passion for learning and staying updated on the latest testing tools and technologies.

-Tricentis Tosca certification (e.g., Tricentis Certified Professional - Tosca Testsuite).

-Experience with other testing tools, such as Selenium, JUnit, TestNG, etc.

-Proficiency in test scripting languages (e.g., VBScript, JavaScript, Python) and automation frameworks.

-Knowledge of SQL and database concepts for data validation in test automation.

-Experience working with development teams and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.

Required Education/Certifications:

A bachelor's degree in business administration, information systems/technology, computer science or a related field

Preferred Education/Certifications:

-Tricentis/Tosca certification