QA Analyst

SKILL SET

MUST HAVE

• Knowledge of all aspects of software engineering process;

• Experience in a wide variety of testing efforts, techniques and tools;

• People skills especially diplomacy and advocacy skills;

• In-depth knowledge of the software testing domain, system or application-under-test;

• Programming and debugging skills

• BS / BA in Computer Science;

NICE TO HAVE

• Planning and leadership/management skills;

• Relevant experience in quality assurance particularly performance or automated testing experience using OATS;

• Programming skills using Java;

• Ability to interpret log files and identify performance bottlenecks;

• Ability to make recommendations for performance issue fixes;

• Diagnostic skills using tools such as JProfiler;

SERVICES

• Test instance/test environment preparation

• Test data preparation, setting up of user roles and responsibilities

• User admin on test instance/test environment

• JIRA access admin and JIRA project setup

• Issues reporting/analysis using SQL

• Test artifacts review and quality control

• Understanding and documenting the test requirements

• Monitor the quality gates (entry and exit criteria, quality of the deliverables)

• Develop and maintain test scripts, execute test scripts, manage tracking/reporting systems

• Record/report status of problem/issue/bug in issue tracing database

• Drive the testing process by through development and execution of test scenarios

• Document diagnostic steps for troubleshooting reported problem/issue/bug resolution

• Follow-up with users to ensure that their needs have been met

• Quality and test advocacy and resolution of issues that impede the test effort. This includes:
a. Assessing the progress and effectiveness of the test effort;
b. Advocating the appropriate level of quality by the resolution of important defects;

• Conducting the necessary tests and logging the outcomes of that testing covering:
a. Identifying the most appropriate implementation approach for a given test;
b. Implementing individual tests;
c. Setting up and executing the tests;
d. Logging outcomes and verifying test execution;
e. Analyzing and recovering from execution errors

OTHER SERVICES

• Plan performance/ automation testing activities by providing estimates, preparing end to end scenario and data identification as needed

• Execute automated scripts, identify & resolve issues during execution, defect logging, retesting

• Prepare and execute performance testing scripts, identify & resolve issues during execution, identify performance issues and provide resolutions.

• Define the test approach and ensuring its successful implementation. Identifying the appropriate techniques, tools and guidelines to implement the required tests, and to give guidance on the corresponding resources requirements for the test effort:
o Identifying and describing the appropriate test techniques;
o Identifying the appropriate supporting tools;
o Defining and maintaining a Test Automation Architecture;
o Specifying and verifying the required Test Environment Configurations;
o Verifying and assessing the Test Approach