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JOB OVERVIEW

The Software Quality Assurance Analyst maintains responsibility for writing and executing the test plan, translating business requirements into executable tests and generating test results to determine the production readiness of new software and software patches. He/she should effectively communicate with development, management, and the test teams to ensure business requirements have been met and all QA software release documents have been generated.

ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Review requirements with project teams for testability.
• Conduct test case reviews to ensure business requirement coverage.
• Create and maintain requirement and test case traceability using HP ALM. Author test scenarios and test cases utilizing use cases, wireframes and business requirements.
• functional, integration and regression test.
• Identify, confirm and report defects in an understandable and reproducible way.
• Analyze test results looking for defect trends.
• Integrate new functional test into the regression test set.
• Identify repeatable test steps and flag for test component creation.
• Create repeatable test components using HP ALM.
• Proactively escalates issues, problems, and status to management.
• Track and monitor assigned projects.
• Proactively offer testing and QA process improvement recommendations.
• Provide accurate and complete test documentation and reports in a timely manner.
• Effectively prioritize and tasks in a high pressure environment.
• Research tools, methods and technology trends to support testing objectives.