Associate Software Quality Assurance Engineer

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• Position Purpose
• :•Individuals within the Associate Software Quality Assurance Engineer role deliver automated solutions for software processes.

Plans, organizes, coordinates and tracks testing activities to ensure the successful deployment of projects. Uses technical skills, expertise and application knowledge to support clients, developers and testers. Provides knowledge transfer and training to the test team as needed. Performs or participates in various types of testing and post implementation reviews as determined by the project. Helps to ensure continuous improvement in Quality Assurance processes. A QA engineer is expected to: + Identify opportunities for inserting more quality within software processes. + Design and execute QA tests. + Run tests for databases, systems, networks, applications, hardware and software. + Identify bugs and quality issues in development, service or business processes. + Collaborate with other business units to understand the business and ensure their quality needs are being met. QA Engineers also interact with various development teams, project managers, internal and external customers, senior management, and external vendors. Members of this role understand how to create and execute functional testing so that they can support and enable key business processes. They must have an in-depth understanding of the business environment, and strong analytical and communication skills. Individuals must work well within a team environment. Accountable for complying with all laws and regulations associated with duties and responsibilities.

• Nature & Scope
• :•This position reports to the Manager, Quality Assurance.

• Qualifications
• : Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business Management or specialized training/certification or four years of related work experience can be used in lieu of a degree.

Minimum of 1 year of experience with quality assurance testing or successful completion of a relevant Louisiana Blue internship. Knowledge of MS SQL Server, preferred. Experience with end-to-end QA testing efforts associated with project work, required. Possess a basic understanding of testing for web, client-server, or mobile applications. Some experience in at least one of the following technical competencies preferred: Selenium, .NET (C#, VB, etc.), VB Script, SQL, HTML5, JavaScript, NUnit, C, XML. Ability to develop, document and maintain functional test cases and other test artifacts such as test data, data validation and scripts. Create test cases consisting of all required testing steps needed to conduct data validation. Develop validation/regression test scripts needed to perform quality assurance testing of user stories (requirements). Execute all data validation using tools and scripts, documenting and communication all test results. Review functional and design specifications to ensure full understanding of individual deliverables. Identify any potential quality issues per defined process and escalate potential quality issues immediately to management. Engineer test data from multiple sources to verify and validate test conditions. Report and document defects found during testing and work across functional teams to resolve defects. The ability to comprehend, document, calculate, visualize, and analyze are required.

• Responsibilities:

• Work Complexity:

• Works on low complex or on medium complex projects with more senior QA engineers. Works multiple projects as a team member.

• Business Requirements:

• Works with project team and peers to understand customer needs.

• Develop & Implement:

• + Develops (codes) and tests functional solutions such as databases, queries, views, reports, and dashboards, under supervision.

• Production Support:

• + Helps to troubleshoot automation scripts, systems, and software. + Tracks performance and production issues. + Escalates production issues as appropriate.

• Quality Assurance:

• + Ensures the scripted code and tests are within required quality standards.

• Process, Policies & Standards:

• + Adheres to process, policies, and standards.
• Customer service:
• + Works with senior automation engineers to keep customer informed about quality problems and resolutions. + Tracks and reports out on issues and enhancement request for the business in a timely manner.

• Accountabilities & Essential Functions:

• Analytical Thinking:

• Gathers and links data. Reviews for non-conformity and gathers further information in response to routine problems. Identifies direct cause and effect relationships. Breaks down tasks and problems into manageable components. Solicits guidance as needed to assess importance and urgency. Escalates issues of a non-routine nature as needed.

• Business Function Knowledge:

• Asks questions to determine the needs of a specific business function. Assessed the impact on business functional requirements prior to acting.

• Consulting:

• Shares information in relation to procedures and routine activities. Provides guidance and advice. Suggests caution as appropriate. Asks questions that raise awareness and demonstrate insight.

• Customer Service Orientation:

• Asks questions in response to clients' requests for assistance on day-to-day needs. Responds promptly and courteously. Updates clients on progress. Solicits support and guidance as needed and refers client requests appropriately.

• Information Seeking:

• Asks questions and solicits procedural information that explains how day-to-day tasks are conducted. Collates facts and data. Checks and monitors progress of activities in area of responsibility. Seeks out the appropriate people for guidance when needed to get things done.

• Innovation:

• Participates in problem-solving discussions and suggests ideas as opportunities arise. Accepts that new ways of doing things can improve individual and team results.

• Problem Solving:

• Asks questions to determine the needs of a specific business function. Assessed the impact on business functional requirements prior to acting. Asks questions in response to clients' requests for assistance on day-to-day needs. Responds promptly and courteously. Updates clients on progress. Solicits support and guidance as needed and refers client requests appropriately.

• Quality Assurance:

• Applies the basic concepts and methodologies of the quality assurance and testing process.

Seeks knowledge of quality assurance and testing functions methodologies and standards within the organization. Conducts quality assurance and testing on software units based on predefined test cases. _The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the accountabilities (essential functions) of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions._ + Job duties are performed in a normal and clean office environment with normal noise levels. + Work is predominately done while standing or sitting. + The ability to comprehend, document, calculate, visualize, and analyze are required.

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• JOB CATEGORY

• IT, Telecom & Internet

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