QA Analyst

Genius Business Solutions - Denver, CO

Full-time - Entry Level

Denver, CO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

As a QA Analyst at GBSI, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that both software and hardware implementations function as specified in the Business and Functional Requirements. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that the products delivered to customers are of the highest quality and cannot be broken once they are in the hands of the customer. This position requires a proactive approach, as you will be involved from the beginning of the design cycle, creating use cases that will drive product development. You will review requirements for tax accuracy, draft and review workflows, and UI designs for product features and enhancements. Your contributions will be vital in delivering a high-quality end-to-end customer experience that complies with both business and technical requirements. In this role, you will be expected to write comprehensive test plans, test cases, use cases, and test strategy documents that adhere to relevant organizational and industry standards. You will create detailed defect reports that allow for easy recreation of problems, along with suitable workarounds. Your ability to construct thorough manual test cases based on your knowledge of the product and its environment will be essential. You will also leverage test automation where appropriate to enhance the thoroughness of testing. Your responsibilities will include executing end-to-end functional tests and utilizing automated tests developed by others. You will provide direct input into requirements documents, offering feedback based on your understanding of customer issues and business needs. Additionally, you will create work plans for your deliverables, document personal goals, and communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences. Your contributions will help shape the end-to-end product testing strategy, with a strong focus on the customer experience. A thorough understanding of software development life cycle principles and software testing processes is essential for success in this role.

Responsibilities

• Write test plans, test cases, use cases, and test strategy documents in compliance with relevant organizational and industry standards.
• Create clearly documented defect reports that enable problems to be recreated along with suitable workarounds.
• Construct complete/thorough manual test cases based on test design and thorough knowledge of the product and its environment.
• Consistently ensure high-quality, thorough manual test cases that fully exercise product functionality, but consume minimal resources.
• Effectively use test automation where appropriate and available to increase the thoroughness of testing.
• Execute end-to-end functional tests and utilize automated tests developed by others to exercise the system.
• Offer direct input into the requirements documents, review and give feedback based on product knowledge and understanding of customer issues.
• Create work plans for own deliverables and clearly documented personal goals, plans, designs, and results and communicate to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Contribute to end-to-end product testing strategy, focusing on the customer experience.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
• Hands-on experience with representative technologies.
• Thorough understanding of software development life cycle principles and techniques, as well as the software testing processes.
• Software/hardware testing fundamentals including the concepts of both positive and negative testing.

Nice-to-haves

• Technical knowledge at the code reading/debugging level.
• Experience with writing and executing automated tests.
• Experience using test case or defect tracking tools.
• Strong analytical and written communication skills.

Benefits

• Opportunity to work with a vibrant and innovative team.
• Career growth and development opportunities.
• Remote work flexibility.