Senior Quality Assurance Specialist

Job Description

SUMMARY: The Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Test Lead directs a team of engineers and testers to provide test execution and quality assurance services. This position must oversee various types and levels of resources while regularly interfacing with development management, project management, and other project participants.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Develop and maintain test scenarios, functional test cases and automated scripts for a complex system.
• Execute manual and automated test cases and report test results.
• Identify critical business functions and regression test cases for potential automation and future re-use.
• Creates and reviews QA testing plans and updates when required.
• Participate in requirements and specification reviews with business teams and actively participate in design reviews, use case reviews, and defect reviews with Development and Project Management teams.
• Translate software functional needs into effective test cases.
• Adapt in an agile environment with rapidly changing requirements.
• Technically strong, innovative and providing solutions/guidance to test automation engineers and manual test engineers.
• Enjoy a challenge and thrive on learning and working in a fast-paced, performance-oriented culture.
• Monitor and communicate progress of test activities associated with assigned projects and report to management on project: status, risks and critical success factors.
• Mentoring junior QAs and providing guidance on testing best practices.
• Verifies quality standards in tasks carried out (correct loading of bugs, test case execution)
• Detail-oriented with a strong focus on actively finding and reporting bugs.
• Ability to converse with non-relational and relational databases to query data, create test data, and execute them.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no formal supervisory responsibilities.

MINIMUM REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:   

• Five (5) years’ experience in software testing with specific emphasis in the web applications environment and multiple database platforms
• Two (2) years of progressive test automation experience

Certificates and Licenses: None required.

OTHER REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: 

• Experience working remotely as part of a decentralized Agile team
• Hands-on experience working with Zephyr and JIRA.
• Experience with API testing using Postman, SoapUI etc.
• Self-motivated, able to work independently and assume full responsibility for delivering projects on time.
• Flexibility to handle multiple projects simultaneously.
• Possess excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• A strong understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), software testing concepts, and test methodologies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work effectively as part of a team, maintaining strong relationships with peers.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Strong knowledge in relational …