Legal Technology Quality Assurance Specialist

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About Us

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP (Skadden) has forged a reputation as one of the most prestigious law firms in the world. By relying on innovation, intellect, teamwork and tenacity, our lawyers deliver the highest quality advice and novel solutions to our clients' legal issues. We are recognized as a global powerhouse for complex transactions, litigation/controversy issues, and regulatory matters, as well as for the open, collaborative relationships we build with clients. Our attorneys, who reflect diverse backgrounds and perspectives, collaborate seamlessly across 50-plus practices and 21 offices in the world’s major financial centers.

The Opportunity

The Legal Technology Quality Assurance Specialist assists in the development of test plans for applications supported by the Legal Technology Department. Manually tests applications to ensure they function efficiently, are free of defects, and meets the requirements agreed to in the design specifications.

• Reviews functional and designs specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Executes and evaluates manual test cases and reports test results.
• Holds and facilitates test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members.
• Develops and maintains regression test suites to improve and increase efficiency in test coverage.
• Provides feedback and estimates to the team on testing impacts and test data considerations.
• Proactively identifies any potential quality issues per defined process and escalates potential quality issues immediately to management.
• Ensures that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.
• Isolates, replicates, and reports defects and verifies defect fixes.
• Provides User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support to help coordinate and support end users during the testing phase to ensure solutions meet their needs.
• Performs post-deployment validations to ensure new features and updates are working as expected on the live environment.
• Researches, analyzes, and suggests improvements to existing QA processes and methodologies to enforce quality assurance standards.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills to facilitate effective work relationships with others.
• Manages Firm resources responsibly.
• Complies with and understands Firm operation, policies, and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Reviews functional and designs specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables.
• Executes and evaluates manual test cases and reports test results.
• Holds and facilitates test plan/case reviews with cross-functional team members.
• Develops and maintains regression test suites to improve and increase efficiency in test coverage.
• Provides feedback and estimates to the team on testing impacts and test data considerations.
• Proactively identifies any potential quality issues per defined process and escalates potential quality issues immediately to management.
• Ensures that validated deliverables meet functional and design specifications and requirements.
• Isolates, replicates, and reports defects and verifies defect fixes.
• Provides User Acceptance Testing (UAT) support to help coordinate and support end users during the testing phase to ensure solutions meet their needs.
• Performs post-deployment validations to ensure new features and updates are working as expected on the live environment.
• Researches, analyzes, and suggests improvements to existing QA processes and methodologies to enforce quality assurance standards.
• Demonstrates effective interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills to facilitate effective work relationships with others.
• Manages Firm resources responsibly.
• Complies with and understands Firm operation, policies, and procedures.
• Performs other related duties as assigned.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent.
• Minimum of 4 years of Quality Assurance experience working in an IT Environment.
• Minimum of 4 years Agile/Agile team experience.

Culture & Life at Skadden
What makes Skadden special is our people and the culture, community, and spirit of collaboration we have created. We believe in teamwork and inspiring each other to be our best in an atmosphere that promotes professionalism and excellence in all that we do. We know that inclusion and