Quality Analyst

QA should have a working knowledge of software and test design, the capability to run through tests, and the ability to analyse the results. Ultimately, the QA should be result-driven, have good communication skills, and up-to-date knowledge of software programming and software test design.

Software QA work with Software Development Engineers to understand features and technical implementation. Software QA also work with groups such as Product Management, User Experience Design, and Customer Support to understand customer usage models and develop test plans and test suites that approximate real-world environments and regression tests. Software QA are also responsible for driving the software development process toward quality-centric methodologies.

Responsibilities :

• work with software developers and project support teams.

• identify business requirements.

• monitor applications and software systems.

• carry out stress testing, performance testing, functional testing and scalability testing.

• write and execute test scripts.

• run manual and automated tests.

• test in different environments including web and mobile.

• write bug reports.

• review documentation.

• provide quality assurance.

• provide objective feedback to software development project teams.

• design tests to mitigate risk.

• present findings to software development and business user teams.

• document analysis

Technical Requirements:

• 2-3 years experience in a testing and/or development role as part of a product development organisation which has delivered consumer oriented products

• Knowledge of Agile Software Development cycle

• Knowledge of QA methodology and tools

• Experience in Java/Perl/Python/JavaScript and user-level automation

Soft Skills Requirements:

• Good communication skills

• Comfortable working in a fast paced, highly collaborative, dynamic work environment

• Communicating cross-functionally and across management levels in formal and informal settings.

• Shows creativity and initiative to improve product test coverage and effectiveness