QA Analyst

Iris Consulting Corporation - Minneapolis, MN

Full-time

Minneapolis, MN

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Quality Assurance Analyst is responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive testing strategy within the retail technology and DevOps environment. This role focuses on ensuring the functionality, security, performance, compatibility, and usability of various software and hardware components. The analyst will collaborate with internal teams and external vendors to enhance QA processes and communicate findings effectively.

Responsibilities

• Develop test strategy plans, scenarios, and cases.
• Support, maintain, and enhance all test case automation activities during iterative development, system testing, and regression testing.
• Run test scripts against various POS software and hardware components, custom-built applications, COTS, and SaaS applications.
• Create reports that communicate test status and findings.
• Make recommendations to enhance QA processes.
• Utilize SQL database and SSRS for data analysis.
• Communicate test strategies and activities to team members bi-weekly.
• Work directly with third-party vendors to test new releases within the POS and mobile technology stack.
• Partner with internal teams and vendors to assess and identify solutions for bugs/defects.
• Review release management notes and provide feedback regarding new or modified user features.

Requirements

• Strong communication skills to work with multiple external vendors and internal teams.
• Experience in developing test strategies and executing test cases.
• Proficiency in SQL database and SSRS for data analysis.
• Ability to work autonomously and collaboratively within teams.
• Experience with various testing tools and methodologies.

Nice-to-haves

• Familiarity with Microsoft products, JIRA, Asana, and Teams.
• Experience in retail technology and DevOps environments.

Benefits

• Equal opportunity employer including disability/veterans.