IT QA Analyst (Automation Testing + Functional Testing + SQL + Data Migration + Data Quality + ETL + WCF and REST services + web technologies)
- Hyderabad, Telangana
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Active participation in elaborations
- Design and develop test approach/strategy for user stories and bugs
- Design and develop test scenarios and test cases
- Write SQL queries for test data set up
- Write SQL queries to validate test results
- Collaborate with POs and BAs to understand feature and story conditions of acceptance and gain sign-off of written test cases
- Perform test execution and lead the defect management process
- Re-test resolved defects by re-testing the original test case and related functionality
- Conduct demos
- Participate and conduct non functional testing (security, performance, load, stress, multitenancy, DR etc)
- Clearly document system defects with repeatable steps to reproduce
- Work with automation team members identify automation scope
- Contribute to automated script development and increased automation
- Identify, coordinate and perform end to end test execution with upstream and downstream domains
- Coordinate with off-shore QA team members to hand-off work as needed, may require off-hours calls
- Demo completed features and stories to POs and business
- Assist in Regression, integration, smoke, platform testing.
- Write automated test cases.
- Execute Automated test cases.
- Assist QA Lead in testing experience throughout the software lifecycle including managing test cases, defects, metrics, and status reporting
- Assist QA lead by providing timely feedback of QA team members for performance issues.
- Coordinate on-shore and off-shore QA activities, which may require off-hours calls
- Assist Track defect status and priority to ensure re-testing occurs in a timely manner
- Assist QA lead and team in Design and develop test approach/strategy for non-functional testing.
- Understand how test automation can be leveraged to improve overall quality and speed of regression testing and to reduce risk
- Work with release management tools to understand when expected code will be delivered to a test environment
- Contribute to QA process improvement initiatives
- Work closely with other domain QA taems to ensure proper integration testing is exercised
- Report on progress in daily scrum stand-ups, raising issues, risks and blocks quickly
- Actively participate in sprint retrospectives to improve team, agile and QA processes
- Ensure traceability throughout the QA process
- Collaborate with agile team in planning, estimating and committing to sprint QA activities
- Plan and review strategies to test features and stories with team
- Create, estimate and update QA tasks during the sprint
- 5+ years of technical and quality leadership testing enterprise level software
- 5+ years of experience developing test plans and test strategies for enterprise level software
- Experience in Automation Testing + Functional Testing.
- Experience with Agile development methodologies
- Ability to work in a large, matrix environment
- Strong attention to detail and focus on root-cause analysis
- Strong analytical, problem solving and conflict resolution skills
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills demonstrated through past experience and results
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing
- Skilled at leading meetings and making presentations
- A great attitude
- Experience writing SQL queries
- Experience testing Data Migration, Data Quality, and ETL
- Experience testing web technologies
- Experience testing WCF and REST services within a Service Oriented Architecture
- Familiarity with Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager
- Familiarity with the insurance industry
- Familiar with JMeter and LoadRunner.