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Profile Description
The QA Analyst designs and delivers the analysis, the testing plans as well as the test execution necessary to achieve the desired level of quality for project deliverables. They work with the direct purpose of being creatively destructive in their approach to finding defects in the code and functionality. This position is a part of the Clarity Product Development Group.
Responsibilities:
• Actively participate in SDLC by providing quality related feedback
• Provide feasible work estimates based on all QA activities related to a particular project or individual assignment
• Act as a liaison between the technical and business sides of the project team
• Use business and functional specifications to build QA design and create test strategy, test plans, test cases
• Determine test strategies for integration, functional, regression testing, performance, load and stress testing
• Determine scope of secondary test strategies for security, fraud, performance, load, API, UI
• Lead document review of test plan and test cases
• Conduct blackbox/whitebox, automated and manual testing throughout lifecycle
• Lead bug triage meetings and prioritize issues based on the client and project needs
• Participate in release management meetings, provide testing stats on the test coverage and number of bugs found to determine the release readiness of a project
• Own the lifecycle of issues/bugs being recorded, tracked, resolved and closed
• Effectively communicate regarding QA issues based on acquired knowledge and be persuasive in addressing findings
Education, Skills & Experience
• University degree in Computer Engineering/Science or equivalent education
• 2-3 years of relevant QA experience; demonstrated knowledge of testing and software fundamentals and methodologies
• Experience with automation testing using either commercial test tools or similar
• Ability to proactively plan out quality assurance approach based on business requirements
• Performance testing experience a plus
• Able to plan and develop test cases for full requirement testing coverage
• Proven analytical and problem solving skills and experience
• 1-2 years programming experience or educational exposure
• Experience with OLAP database a plus
General Competencies
• Able to persevere - willing to ask the right questions with the tenacity to ensure an answer is provided
• Must have the enthusiasm for the quality assurance process in a development environment and approach QA from the end-user perspective
• Must be organized, detailed oriented, and have effective time management in order to add value to multiple projects simultaneously
• Must have well developed written and verbal communication skills
• Must have well developed interpersonal skills, and be flexible and tactful in negotiation to quickly resolve issues and ensure fixes and recommendations are acted upon
Since 1995, Clarity Systems has been delivering performance management solutions for budgeting, forecasting, planning, reporting, consolidations, and analytics to large and mid-market companies around the world. Clarity has developed a unified performance management platform which is complemented by dedicated consulting, advisory and training services. Clarity’s rapid growth is due to our success in improving our customer’s business processes to increase efficiency, accountability, performance, and drive business value.
In addition to our superior web-based software solution, Clarity Systems further stands above the competition by virtue of its people. Our employees provide exceptional business process, software implementation and training services. Their knowledge and skills enable our customers to achieve the maximum value from their corporate performance management solution.