Quality Assurance Engineer

ROLE OBJECTIVES

• Determine test objectives and standards by studying software requirements, creating, writing and maintaining test cycle plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Review requirement specifications and technical design documents to provide timely feedback as per defined quality standards.
• Meet test objectives by determining testing methods, cycles, phases, and conditions; set up testing environment and equipment.
• Identify software capability and reliability by conducting functional system and performance tests.
• Perform root cause analysis on discrepancies or defects by reviewing the development code, determine and/or categorize the root cause issues and make recommendations on present options for how to handle the issue or discrepancy.
• Interact with Developers and end users to develop and execute test strategies for testing of highly complex, high volume web testing initiatives.
• Participate in requirements and design review meetings, actively representing SQA.
• Create, edit and update test plans and test cases ensuring complete test coverage, full test documentation and appropriate use of test methodology.
• Create trace matrices and/or flow graphs to support test plans and test cases.
• Validate test data and results by developing application utilities.
• Test software releases against requirements or stories utilizing appropriate testing techniques.
• Identify, record, document thoroughly and track bugs thorough regression testing.
• Document, escalate and follow up on defects per standard processes utilizing ClearQuest, VersionOne or Quality
• Center as appropriate.
• Perform SQA tasks as part of an agile development by communicating frequently and clearly with team members on product issues, and testing products with high quality.
• Develop, write and execute test plans and scripts for identifying and tracking defects and fix in product development, software application development, information systems, and operations systems; designing information system; enter test outcomes; secure data.
• Prepare documentations for software / system testing deliverables and for the SDLC.