QA Testing Analyst: III (Senior)

$114,400 - $124,800/Yr

The Judge Group

Full-time - Senior

Administrative and Support Services

About the position

Our client is currently seeking a QA Testing Analyst: III (Senior) to join their team in a hybrid onsite capacity in Columbus, OH. This role is critical for ensuring the quality and integrity of software products through comprehensive testing strategies. The selected candidate will be responsible for planning, integration, test casing, scripting, and execution of all testing activities to ensure proper coverage across multiple projects and systems. As a subject matter expert for a specific project or system, the QA Testing Analyst will work on projects of moderate to high complexity within one or more development environments. The QA Testing Analyst will engage in various responsibilities, including scheduling and leading test deliverables review sessions, collaborating with Business Systems Analysts (BSA) and Development teams to analyze and review business objectives and requirements, and ensuring they are testable. The role also involves actively participating in the review of architectural and technical design specifications, developing and maintaining test data, and conducting end-to-end testing flows. The analyst will utilize both manual and automated testing processes, report results, and run database queries to validate data within test scripts. In addition, the QA Testing Analyst will be responsible for updating test cases based on approved change requests, working with BSAs and Development teams on defect analysis and triage, and managing defects throughout the project lifecycle. The role requires creating test results and summary deliverables to ensure production implementation readiness, facilitating the review of the Test Strategy with the project team, and identifying potential quality issues to escalate to management. The analyst will also collect testing sign-offs from all participants, ensuring that all aspects of testing, including manual execution, regression, automation, and performance testing, are completed. Collaboration with the Project Test Lead on estimating test efforts and supporting User Acceptance Testing (UAT) efforts as needed is also a key part of this role.

Responsibilities

• Plan, integrate, create test cases, script, and execute all testing to ensure proper coverage.
• Schedule and lead test deliverables review sessions as necessary.
• Collaborate with BSA and Development teams to analyze and review business objectives and requirements to ensure they are testable.
• Actively participate in the review of architectural and technical design specifications.
• Develop, document, and maintain test data, data validation, and end-to-end testing flows.
• Conduct testing using manual and/or automated test processes and report results.
• Run database queries to supply data validation within test scripts.
• Update test cases based on approved change requests.
• Work with BSAs and Development teams on defect analysis and triage.
• Assign defect severity and manage defects throughout the project.
• Create test results and test summary deliverables to ensure production implementation readiness.
• Create and facilitate review of the Test Strategy with the project team.
• Identify potential quality issues per defined processes and escalate them immediately to management.
• Collect testing sign-offs from all participants, including cross-impacted application teams.
• Ensure all aspects of testing, including manual execution, regression, automation, and performance testing, are completed.
• Collaborate with Project Test Lead on estimating test efforts.
• Collaborate with the project team to support UAT efforts as needed.

Requirements

• Heavy experience with SQL.
• Proficient in manual testing and data migration.
• Experience in planning and executing testing strategies for multiple projects.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.