QA Analyst II - Hybrid

Verisk Analytics - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Jersey City, NJ

5,001-10,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Automation Test Lead will play a crucial role in the special project team responsible for redesigning and enhancing ISO ClaimSearch®, the insurance industry's premier all claims database. This position involves leading the software quality assurance process, developing automated testing strategies, and ensuring the functionality and performance of applications through both manual and automated testing. The candidate will work closely with agile teams and will be responsible for driving test automation efforts, collaborating with developers, and ensuring high-quality software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Own the Software QA process, including developing, implementing, and maintaining test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Analyze requirements and design specifications for test case development.
• Recommend test automation approach, tools, and frameworks.
• Develop test infrastructure and custom automation tools as needed to expand test coverage and enable non-functional testing.
• Perform manual and automated tests for our website and applications.
• Prioritize test execution and find/report defects with detailed, accurate, and concise steps to reproduce.
• Assist developers in discovering and researching defects, and recommend system enhancements.
• Complete ownership for all testing across multiple applications built with a varied set of tools/technologies.
• Hands-on testing that includes analyzing requirements, preparing test plans, and building appropriate test cases to validate the functionality being built.
• Support and execution of the application testing phase (functional & non-functional) to ensure all software meets requirements before changes are placed in production.
• Liaison/co-ordination with other technology groups (across sites) to coordinate/execute end-end testing.
• Drive all efforts on test automation, including planning, hands-on scripting, and oversight of other resources working on automation.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience in software testing and quality assurance.
• Experience breaking complex software systems.
• Experience evaluating software architectures and designs to identify potential quality, performance, and scalability weaknesses.
• Experience leading QA process development, execution, and documentation.
• Strong command of manual and automated testing methodologies and general quality concepts.
• Experience with Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with scripting software automation testing products, including Selenium and Cucumber.
• Experience with Automation Framework Development using Selenium and Java.
• Experience in TDD, BDD, and ATDD.
• Experience in designing automation testing tools to test databases and APIs.
• Experience in Mobile Automation Testing tools.
• Experience with LoadRunner/JMeter load testing.
• Extensive knowledge of web technologies and experience testing web APIs/REST services.
• Experience in automating complex systems integration (End-To-End).
• Experience integrating the execution of Selenium regression scripts with Continuous Integration build servers like Jenkins.
• Experience testing hosted/cloud SaaS web applications is highly desirable.
• Experience testing native mobile applications is desirable.
• Bachelor's in Computer Science, or related field or equivalent experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in Mobile Automation testing and tools.
• Experience testing native mobile applications.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Support, coaching, and training for career development
• Recognition as a Great Place to Work®
• Opportunities for innovation and creativity
• Diversity and inclusion initiatives