Senior Quality Assurance Analyst (H)

Job Summary:

The Quality Assurance Analyst is responsible for creating an end-to-end test plan, executing the plan, and managing all activities in the plan to ensure that all the objectives are met, and that the solution works as expected.  

Responsibilities: 

• Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of deliverables. 
• Work closely with subject matter experts, product owners and developers to understand project requirements thoroughly.  
• Translate these requirements into clear and detailed test cases ensuring all critical scenarios are covered.  
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Developers and other QA team members as required on acceptance criteria that need to be tested.  
• Identify test requirements from specifications, map test case requirements and design test coverage plan. 
• Develop, document, and maintain manual and automated functional test cases  
• Participate in daily stand-ups, sprint retros, planning meetings, and team meetings 
• Execute automated test suites regularly and analyze the test results.  
• Provide detailed reports on test outcomes highlighting any defects or issues discovered during testing.  

• Work closely with developers and offshore SDETs and consistently meet sprint commitments and improve overall processes.  
• Integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline using AWS/Gitlab pipelines to ensure seamless and automated testing throughout the software development life cycle.  
• Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues immediately to management. 
• Triage bugs or issues reported by staff 
• Ensure that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements 
• Isolate, replicate, and report defects and verify defect fixes. 

Requirements: 

• Bachelor’s degree in computer engineering or similar technical field required  
• 5+ years of technical expertise in implementing industry standard testing methodology and tools  
• At least 5 years of experience with all phases of testing: System, Integration, Automation and User Acceptance Testing 
• Competency in one or more of the following languages: Java, JavaScript, Typescript, VB.NET/VBScript, C#, Python, SQL etc. 
• Solid understanding of web applications: HTML, PHP, CSS, JavaScript, AJAX, HTTP protocol, cookies/sessions, browser differences, web services  
• Understanding of services (example: REST), JSON and XML data formats  
• Experience with manual and automated testing (experience with TestComplete is an asset)
• Excellent client service and communication skills
• Ability to understand and create test plans from specifications or verbal communications
• High work standards-work ethic, task completion, consistency, follow up, accuracy/attention to detail, time management
• Personal management skills-accountability, self-management, adaptability, creativity, initiative, implementation skills, and problem solving
• Continuously improve test processes and suggest improvements to how software is designed and built.  

Skills: 

• Excellent client service and communication skills 
• Ability to understand and create test plans from specifications or verbal communications 
• High work standards-work ethic, task completion, consistency, follow up, accuracy/attention to detail, time management 
• Personal management skills-accountability, self-management, adaptability, creativity, initiative, implementation skills, and problem solving 

Excited about this role but don’t meet every single requirement?  Studies have shown that women and other marginalized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  At Togetherwork we are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.  You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

 The Company offers a comprehensive employee benefits program, including:

• Personal training plans and professional development opportunities 
• Flexible work hours 
• Focus on work/life balance
• A modern, creative and open concept office 
• Social Committee Events
• Innovative culture, including hack weeks for everyone 
• Basic Life Insurance for employees and dependents 
• Standard Group Medical & Dental Benefits 
• AD&D/STD/LTD
• Extended