Quality Assurance Tester

Role Responsibilities

• Define, develop and implement quality assurance practices and procedures, test plans and other QA assessments.
• Establish standards and best practices for the use of defined use cases.
• Ensure that all items follow the change management process and are entered and tracked through the change management software.
• Work directly with product owners to understand project objectives, scope, and approach for software development initiatives.
• Participate in all aspects of testing, including functional, regression, load and system testing.
• Manage assigned projects from initial QA testing through final User Acceptance Testing, ensuring overall testing success.
• Create effective test plans using a variety of testing toolsets.
• Record and report on testing metrics.
• Obtain final signoff for code releases to production from the appropriate Project Sponsor.
• Track and report defects using appropriate tools.
• Participate in project-related activities and adhere to the defined project methodology throughout all project phases.
• Work with high-velocity Agile software lifecycle methodologies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Information Technology or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• One to three years experience in Quality Assurance testing.
• Ability to work independently.
• Ability to analyze and document complex business processes.
• Ability to make effective decisions under pressure.
• Ability to think analytically and should be a problem solver.
• Proven ability to develop, document, publish, implement and maintain test cases, bug maintenance procedures, including the designing and documenting detailed process flows, and the development of operational performance and quality metric standards and reports.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Exposure to all aspects of the software development lifecycle.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic, team-oriented environment.
• Proven experience working within the full software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Strong organizational and time management skills.

Skills & Competencies

• Advanced skills in Microsoft Office applications, specifically Word, Excel and Outlook.
• Experience with Azure DevOps / TFS for defect and test management.
• Knowledge of automated testing tools.
• Experience with SQL.
• Knowledge of test-driven development (TDD) practices a plus.