IT Quality Assurance Analyst

Overview

The quality assurance (QA) analyst is primarily responsible for testing all software products that are either built in-house or purchased externally. The analyst partners with internal stakeholders to plan, test, and implement all software changes to ensure that products conform to the desired quality standard. The (QA) analyst is accountable to design a testing strategy and an end-to-end test plan; managing and executing all activities in the plan to ensure that all the objectives are met, systems are operational, client ready and solutions work as expected.  May be called upon to; Review, analyze, and evaluate business systems and user needs, document requirements, define scope and objectives to determine overall business strategies. May serve as the primary liaison between IT and business teams for all testing activities.

• Review and analyze business requirements/system specifications/user stories
• Work collaboratively with the development team, business analysts to ensure the early identification of issues from planning stage
• Design and create test strategy and test plan based the project requirements and timeline
• Build and execute test scripts, record, and review test results
• Document, report and manage defects
• Attend project meetings and daily standups
• Report testing status, create reporting dashboards for test execution and defect management
• Ensure timely and successful delivery of the products

Job Qualifications

Expertise in full systems development lifecycle for software maintenance, development, and/or implementation projects.

Strong problem solving and analytical skills, has an eye for detail

Knowledgeable of project management methodologies

Strong organizational skills

Strong verbal and written communication skills

Ability to anticipate user behavior or risks to systems

In-depth understanding of the various testing concepts (e.g. functional, usability, performance)

·         A minimum of five years’ experience testing applications in accordance to required functionality and non-functional quality attributes (e.g. availability, performance)

·         Experience writing test plans and test cases

·         Proficiency in test management tools, functional and load testing automation tools is a plus

·         Effectively manages personal time and work. Identifies own strengths and weaknesses, making the best of those strengths and seeking improvement on any weakness, through peer and management mentoring.

·         Experience testing applications in accordance to required functionality and non-functional quality attributes (e.g. availability, performance)