FROM THE MANAGER: Don't get caught up in any one detail. This person in this position will perform two roles: 1) Tester 2) Test Strategist: Someone that can make sure that the testing strategy is right for individual products and services. How does Balance focus their Time and Energy on the components of their sw that get used the most? Need to be able to identify risks. Work with cross-functional teams. Identify Micro and Macro Strategies. Experience with AGILE Testing / UNIT Testing / Integrated Testing.
Quality Analysts ensure that Balance Innovations’ products and services meet organization standards and end-user requirements of the software for proper operation and freedom from defects; documentation and metrics tracking; and working across multiple teams to resolve issues. The use of automation and manual methodologies are used, you will act as an information resource to Test Analysts and other QA Analysts about assigned areas of Quality Assurance. As a senior member of our technical staff, you bring significant technical expertise to our team. You will build automated test and performance environments, define our test strategy and plans, and execute regression, integration, security, stress and performance testing. You will not be administratively responsible for staff; however may participate in the interview process and provide input into hiring decisions, as well as input for performance reviews.
Job Tasks and Responsibilities
- Participate in and facilitate daily meetings to communicate progress and barriers to completing application development and testing goals as a subject matter expert (SME) to influence decisions.
- Create automation test scripts for current projects.
- Execute manual test cases and perform exploratory testing.
- Conducts test process improvement assessments.
- Maintain Automation scripting standards and insure adherence to automation frameworks.
- Mentor QA Members on the development of an automation framework and on basic and advanced concepts. Monitor/review automated script creation.
- Analyze specifications and requirements to create test cases.
- Develop test plans and strategies for project assignments.
- Build a detailed understanding of all BI products; may be assigned to and identified as a subject matter expert in an area of specialization related to the BI product suite.
- Lead QA sub-projects to identify and implement improvements to current QA practices.
- Create training materials and conduct QA training.
- Write and maintain test automation plans and tools.
- Prepare QA reports (oral and written) as applicable.
- Analyze applications to identify test automation candidates.
Key competencies
- Has expert knowledge and experience in designing and implementing test automation frameworks.
- Proven programming experience with scripting languages (VBScript or JavaScript) and testing frameworks.
- Proven test automation experience that includes both browser-based and application automation tools.
- Ability to quickly learn and practically apply new concepts, principles, products, technical and business knowledge.
- Excellent analytical skills with proven strong problem-solving skills, troubleshooting, and root cause analysis.
- A challenging and enquiring personality. Self-motivated, action oriented, and actively pursues opportunities.
- Ability to excel in a collaborative and cross-functional team environment.
- Understanding of common software failures and faults.
- Active team player who demonstrates sound judgment and interpersonal skills.
- Adaptable in a dynamic, iterative, development and quality environment.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with experience facilitating team meetings and work sessions with technical and non-technical participants at all levels of the organization.
- Highly committed to the team's success.
Education and Experience
- 10+ years of relevant QA technical experience.
- 5+ years experience with an automated testing tool (Test Complete, UFT (QTP) , Selenium or others,) where descriptive programming skills were strongly utilized; more emphasis on Windows applications versus web applications.
- 5+ years experience with a test management/test case repository tool.
- Relational database experience with MS SQL with advanced experience in developing and executing SQL statements for testing and validation.
- Experience in development and implementation of test harness tools.
- Experience testing and validating ETL processes involving large volumes of data a plus.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Software Engineering or Information Systems.
- Familiarity or working knowledge of Point of Sale systems in a retail environment. (desirable)