ID - DHW - Software Quality Assurance Analyst (Idaho)
Sharp Decisions · Boise, ID · 5 days ago
Information TechnologyContract
Summary of Responsibilities
This role combines traditional QA disciplines with modern AI/ML testing strategies, including validating AI models, automating test flows with AI-assisted tooling, and improving product quality using intelligent test frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop, update, and maintain testing standards, processes, and procedures.
- Use AI-driven tools to improve test coverage, defect detection, and regression reliability.
- Create and maintain test plans, test scripts, test cases, and requirement traceability documentation.
- Manage test case repositories and ensure test assets remain current.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define test plans, acceptance criteria, and quality goals.
- Design and maintain automation frameworks using Selenium WebDriver, Java, and Jenkins.
- Maintain automated regression test suites and continuously improve test automation capabilities.
- Plan and manage test environments required for successful validation activities.
- Analyze automated test assets and recommend improvements to testing frameworks, tools, databases, and infrastructure.
- Troubleshoot automated test failures and provide solutions for efficient test execution.
- Develop reporting solutions for automated test results across QA, business, and technical teams.
- Identify, document, and track defects while performing root cause analysis and collaborating with development teams on resolutions.
- Partner with QA engineers, developers, architects, and stakeholders to establish quality standards and best practices.
- Perform system verification and validation testing using various testing tools and technologies.
- Ensure applications, products, and releases meet established quality standards.
Experience
- Experience integrating automated testing processes, solving complex quality assurance challenges, and designing and implementing test automation frameworks.
- Web service test automation using SoapUI.
- Cloud and containerization experience with Docker and Kubernetes, including containerized test frameworks and Selenium Grid-based testing.
- Performance and load testing experience using tools such as JMeter, Gatling, or K6, including performance scripting, throughput analysis, latency analysis, error monitoring, and recommendations.
- API testing and automation experience using tools such as Postman and Rest Assured, including REST and GraphQL testing, OAuth2/JWT authorization, contract testing, Swagger, Pact, and API pipeline integration.
- CI/CD integration experience using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI, including pipeline workflows, test reporting, and artifact management.
- Understanding of Agile software development, continuous integration, and automated testing practices.
- Experience testing batch processing, flat-file interfaces, and web service integrations.
- Experience developing automated regression testing strategies and implementing test automation solutions.
Soft Skills
- Strong communication and collaboration skills.
- Ability to work independently and effectively within a team environment.
- Strong attention to detail and commitment to delivering high-quality software solutions.