Sr Quality Assurance Engineer

Job Responsibilities

• Involved in the design of product and project requirements.
• Identify test approaches, coverage, requirement gaps and risks.
• Ensures quality measures are included in the initial project design.
• Writes detailed test strategies and plans, making full use of different test estimation techniques in assessing best balance of coverage and efficiency for a project.
• Contributes directly to project estimation efforts.
• Writes detailed test scripts to test the functionality of the proposed system.
• Performs risk analysis on the various components of the system to determine how to use testing resources most effectively.
• Ensures requirements traceability in the team and identifies areas for improvement.
• Preparation and management of complex test environments and test data conditions.
• Focuses on solution oriented approach and identifies complete end to end testing needs involving multiple parts of a product and system.
• Manages the validation test phase including executing scripts, monitoring testers, logging and tracking problems found, and regression testing any changes made to the system.
• Able to design and manage automated test approach for projects and ensure that manual tests are automated using suitable tools and framework for the product.
• Reviews and approves the Integration Test Plan and Procedures produced by the product Quality Solution Expert/QE Lead.
• Validates the completion of Integrated Testing.
• Consults with development engineers in resolution of problems and suggests functional solutions.
• Develops technical training for ACI staff and customers.
• Develops, executes and analyzes the output from scripts that capture application and platform quality metrics.
• Provides Performance and Architecture support and guidance to product teams.
• Provides the Sales organization sizing support for potential customers requesting ACI products on ACI supported hardware platforms.
• Troubleshoots errors found in the test environment with minimal help from Development teams.
• Configures complex software solutions by following user guides and manuals instead of waiting to get helped by experts.
• Analyzes defects functionally and technically before assigning them to Development teams
• Supports project managers and other stakeholders to complete projects within schedule, without compromising quality.
• Raises quality issues to right levels of management using established channels of escalation.
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Understand and adhere to all corporate policies to include but not limited to the ACI Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience required for the job

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent experience in software testing.
• 5+ years Quality Assurance and/or systems testing experience is required.
• Experience in working with Test Management and Defect Management Tools.
• 3+ years Test automation experience.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Experience needed for the job

• Understanding and experience with platform and operating system architecture.
• Relevant software quality certification preferred.