
Quality Assurance Analyst
- Bangalore, Karnataka
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans and cases, covering both manual and automated testing to validate application functionality, integration, and performance across all use cases.
- Perform detailed functional, scenario-based, and regression testing to identify and document bugs, ensuring thorough coverage of application workflows.
- Develop and maintain automated test scripts using tools like Selenium and Postman to streamline testing and ensure continuous integration.
- Track, document, and manage defects using JIRA, working closely with development teams to ensure rapid issue resolution and effective communication throughout the defect lifecycle.
- Execute SQL queries to validate data integrity and accuracy, ensuring that the application processes and stores data correctly.
- Collaborate with product owners, software developers, and stakeholders to ensure that products meet functional and user requirements as well as quality standards.
- Conduct thorough regression testing following new feature releases or updates to ensure existing functionality remains unaffected.
- Maintain a strong focus on the end-user experience, ensuring that the application is intuitive, functional, and meets customer satisfaction and quality benchmarks.
- Retrieving, Reviewing and analyzing QA data.
- Identifying barriers and root causes of QA issues and performance gaps.
- Writes, revises, and verifies quality standards and test procedures for program design and product evaluation to attain quality of software economically and efficiently.
- Reviews new or modified program, documentation, diagram or flow chart, to determine if program will perform according to user request and conform to guideline.
- Collecting and producing written documentation for reporting findings.
- Enters instructions into ZEPHYR SCALE/JIRA to test functionality for validity of results, accuracy, reliability, and conformance to establishment standards.
- Understands the change/enhancement to detect errors or interruption of program
- Identifies differences between establishment standards and user applications and suggests modifications to conform to standards.
- Identifies quality improvement opportunities.
- Sets up tests to locate errors following installation of program
- Researches best practices to impact quality improvement initiatives and utilization standards.
- Monitoring the application of improvement initiatives.
- Identifying and recommending procedures and workflow improvements.
- Working with others to develop and streamline work flows.
- Collecting, assisting with developing and analyzing quality measurement data.
- Maintain quality assurance database (ZEPHYR SCALE/JIRA) to record test results, document and track, defects.
- Train software program users on using ZEPHYR SCALE/JIRA to perform User Acceptance Testing
- Monitors performance after implementation to prevent reoccurrence of program operating problems and ensure efficiency of operation.
- Writes documentation to describe program evaluation, testing, and correction.
- Providing feedback to both and employees on the quality of work.
- Participating and/or leads appropriate project work.
- Make recommendations for improvement of applications to programmers and software developers or engineers
- Provide functional knowledge for automation script creation and maintenance
- 3 – 5 years direct experience in overseeing the design, development, and implementation of quality assurance standards for software testing.
- 3 – 5 years hands-on functional experience with SAP ERP, SAP BW, and QA testing tools (e.g., Zephyr Scale, Gatling, Cucumber, Worksoft)
- 3 – 5 years experience utilizing various types of testing concepts
- 3 – 5 years direct experience as a tester for major application integration and/or major application product release
- Intermediate knowledge of system testing best practices and methodologies
- Extensive practical knowledge in importing data for use in report software, spreadsheets, graphs, and flow charts. Experience with statistical reporting and analysis
- Proven data analysis, data verification, and problem-solving abilities..
- Excellent understanding of the organization’s goals and objectives.
- Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
- Experience with global software development landscapes is desirable.
- Experience hands on functional in testing Siebel, Salesforce, SAP ERP, JDA/Manugistics applications, Web and Mobile Applications, EDI, Atlassian (Confluence, Zephyr for Jira) and interfaces is highly desirable.
- Previous experience in a high volume transaction based environment preferred.
- Familiarity with customer audits.
- Well developed problem solving and communication skills
- Good analytical skills and experience with implementation of Software Quality Assurance methodologies.
- Familiar with quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent listening, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
- Able to prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
- Keen attention to detail.
- Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.