Job Detail
The Senior IT Quality Assurance Analyst upholds and continually improves quality assurance standards and processes, validates developed applications and systems in support of business operations and ensures QA project activities and deliverables are completed on-time and on-budget.
Responsibilities:• Collaborating with the IT Business Analyst (IT BA) in reviewing and clarifying the scope of delivery and business requirements for the application being tested or customer deliverables
• Defining a test approach/strategy for the application or customer deliverables
• Authoring the Test Suite - test scenarios and test cases traceable to requirements in order to validate the application or customer deliverables
• Coordinating test case reviews with the Program Manager, IT BA and IT Developer
• Preparing the test data for approved test cases
• Test execution of business applications, online applications, document processing capability, and reporting deliverables
• Validating data and reports using SQL and other tools
• Reporting QA metrics and testing status to the IT BA
• Identifying, documenting and tracking issues found during testing
• Coordinating with developers and project team members to triage and resolve issues
• Escalating risks that will directly impact project timelines and deliverables to the IT BA
• Assisting in deployment verification of applications or customer deliverables
• Participating in weekly project team meetings
• Updating status of assigned project tasks and time reporting duties
• Participating in functional area meetings
• Working closely with IT Management on prioritization of projects and initiatives
• Training and mentoring of other QA Analysts in QA standards, applications, and business processes
• Ensuring quality and on-time delivery in all assigned work
Qualifications• Bachelor’s Degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or technical area, or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• At least 5 years of QA and Testing work experience
• Strong experience and applied knowledge of Quality Assurance and Testing best practices
• Thorough understanding and working knowledge of different types of testing
• Aptitude in reconciling testing requirements with business requirements
• Strong experience on Waterfall, Agile/Scrum and other software development methodologies
• Proficient in Database concepts and testing using SQL with Microsoft SQL Server or other database platforms
• Concise and effective written and verbal skills to communicate with other professionals, including IT BAs, IT Developers, and other project stakeholders
• A positive and flexible individual with a successful history of working in a fast-paced, client-focused, and dynamic environment
• Passion for quality and great attention to detail
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