Senior Associate, Quality Assurance and Testing Analyst

Develops testing plan scenarios for complex unit, process, function, integration, regression and acceptance testing

Assists in identifying and establishing goals for appropriate testing cycles and defines and manages software test environments, test standards and quality assurance tasks

May manage a small team of Test Analysts to ensure quality goals/schedules are met for the given project

Analyzes system requirements and design documents

Estimates hours and resources needed for projects under test

Develops detailed test cases, scenarios and scripts to ensure application quality

Writes test plans, collaborating with other QA and business teams

Designs and develops usability testing scenarios, and administers portions of the testing process, to include the use of testers from other teams

Uses testing tools to plan, execute and track quality assurance artifacts

Meets with PMO, Development and Business to remediate defects

Attends product definition and design meetings, functional and technical walkthroughs in order to provide input in the selection of testing tools and approaches

Identifies test data, test environment setup and test environment configurations needed to prepare for testing

Works with Development, DBAs and business to seed and setup the test environments

Recommends program improvements or corrections

Presents findings to management and project teams Defines criteria for testing, analyzes results of testing sessions and makes recommendations and offers solutions to Quality Assurance leadership and other stakeholders on the project based on the findings

Identifies and documents software and systems defects across products, platforms, and releases

Analyzes complex systems requirements and design documents in order to verify that programs function according to actual requirements and established guidelines

Helps resolve moderately complex problems detected in testing

Provides Triage support to Development, Business and Test teams on internal and external issues

Informs management on resource requirements needed to complete software testing

To include but not limited to the number of testers, test tools, test data test environments and time needed to complete testing

Contributes to the achievement of related teams objectivesBachelors degree in computer science or a related discipline, or equivalent work experience required4-6 years of experience in a systems quality environment required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus