Sr QA Analyst

About the position

Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology is focused on reimagining ways to create magical viewing experiences while transforming Disney's media business. The Media Engineering team is dedicated to providing the best video playback experience and managing complex media workflows for various Disney-owned assets. This role is part of the Broadcast & Content Services team, responsible for supporting media supply chains for US domestic networks and studios owned by TWDC. The senior engineer will develop and execute test plans, manage QA resources, and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Plan the QA teamwork and assignments.
• Test scripting and execution based on functional specifications.
• Hands-On participation in the functional and regression testing for applications such as Mediator, MediaHub, BPM, SDVI.
• Coordination with engineering on testing requirements and issues solving.
• Working with the vendor development team to report and verify bugs.
• Define test scope for each testing cycle.
• Working with QA team members offshore.
• Using Jira for defect tracking and test execution.
• End to End testing for workflows that span across multiple applications.
• Documenting test cases for new functionalities.
• Demo and train offshore QA members when new functionalities are implemented.

Requirements

• 5+ years of relevant experience in a similar role
• Bachelor's degree, and/or equivalent work experience
• Deep expertise of Media Workflows and Media Supply Chain, including broadcast/VOD playout systems.
• Highly proficient with Media Asset Management systems and workflow orchestrators such as Evertz Mediator and Signiant's Reach Engine.
• Experience with 3rd party vendor solutions from Telestream, Imagine, SDVI, Evertz, Signiant, and Aspera.
• Deep knowledge of broadcast and VOD standards.
• Excellent verbal and written communicator, able to interact with leadership and business partners daily.

Nice-to-haves

• Preferred expertise with internal Disney tools such as Media Hub.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and/or other benefits
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package