QA Tester/ Analyst

Learn Beyond Consulting LLC - Atlanta, GA

Full-time - Mid Level

Atlanta, GA

About the position

The QA Tester/Analyst role involves testing custom applications and GIS components, ensuring software quality through the creation and execution of test plans and cases. The position requires collaboration with various teams to understand business requirements and support testing needs in an Agile environment. The tester will document results, report issues, and assist in user acceptance testing (UAT) scenarios, ensuring timely delivery of quality software.

Responsibilities

• Experience in testing Custom applications.
• Experience in testing GIS components.
• Actively interact with various teams.
• Create and document test plans, test scenarios, test cases, execute tests, analyze results, and report problems and anomalies.
• Operate in Agile approach to support testing needs.
• Ensure test cases are properly formulated and follow QA standards.
• Work closely with business partners, PMO, and vendor technical delivery teams to understand business requirements.
• Ensure software testing is done on-time and notify management about bottlenecks and other issues and risks.
• Assist business subject matter experts and business analysts in the development of UAT test scenarios.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and demos.
• Report weekly status to Quality Assurance Testing Lead.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Business, or similar.
• At least three (3) years of experience with testing in software development projects.
• Experience in mid-scale or large-scale system development projects.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Able to review and analyze system specifications.
• Able to perform manual testing and/or automated testing using supported tools.
• Identify missing test cases, create new test cases, and modify existing test cases for better coverage.
• Experience in documenting Requirement Traceability Matrices (RTM).
• Experience in documenting Test Cases and Test Results.
• Ability to prepare sample data for testing.
• Skills in system testing, parallel/comparative testing, QA testing, performance and load testing, regression testing, security testing, business continuity/disaster recovery testing, post-go-live testing/validation.
• Experience with mobile device testing is a plus.
• Analytical mind and skills in troubleshooting, problem-solving, and issue isolation.
• Experience with GitHub, ServiceNow, TFS, JIRA.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in STLC concepts and best practices.
• Experience in running tests for application functions.
• Familiarity with defect management tools (TFS / JIRA).
• Preferred experience with public sector.
• Preferred training or software testing certifications such as ISTQB, CSTE, CAST.