Quality Assurance Analyst - BC - Canada

Vensure Employer Services; British Columbia; On-site; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a fast-paced, innovative startup at the forefront of cyber security as a Quality Assurance Analyst. In this role, you will be instrumental in building, testing, and delivering cutting-edge Protective DNS solutions that protect our clients and enhance our brand reputation. You will collaborate closely with engineering teams and product management to ensure the highest quality of our products while driving process improvements and automation. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a high-growth environment where your contributions will help shape the future of cyber security.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in testing roles, preferably in cyber security.
• Strong understanding of test methodologies and test management.

Responsibilities

• Create test cases and plans, execute tests at all levels.
• Write bug reports and advocate for quality improvements.

Skills

Test Methodologies

Problem-Solving Skills

Attention to Detail

Communication Skills

Agile Development Principles

Test Automation

Education

2+ years of experience in testing roles

Tools

Postman

Swagger

JIRA

Zephyr

Jenkins

Azure DevOps

Job description

About Us
We are at the forefront of a paradigm shift in cyber security as we not only focus on a unique understanding of adversary infrastructure and malicious actors use of it, but we utilize our unique data and approach to lead the charge in modern, advanced Protective DNS solutions. As our company is recognized as the only startup rapidly growing in the Protective DNS space by CISA and the US Government, you will have the rare opportunity to drive full forward as we change the world. We are a fast-paced, fun organization going through rapid growth and solving technical challenges at an exponential scale.

Position Summary
Our company is looking for an experienced and highly skilled Quality Assurance Analyst to help build, test, and deliver our cyber security solutions. You will join a team that is responsible for the overall quality of our product solutions and, in turn, protect our company's brand reputation. In this role you will help maintain the company ́s culture while impacting the trajectory of an ambitious tech startup. This is a rare opportunity to join a high-growth startup that is looking to give you a career-changing impact on the business.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Understand our product requirements and create well-defined test cases and test plans.
2. Organize and maintain our test case repository.
3. Execute tests at all levels (API, UI, E2E) on new developments, and for product releases.
4. Write clear and concise bug reports and advocate for quality improvements.
5. Work closely with engineering teams, product management and security services to improve overall product quality.
6. Identify opportunities to improve processes and automate workflows.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

1. A proven team player who's eager to learn and grow, and has exceptional attention to detail.
2. Strong understanding of test methodologies, test types, and test management.
3. Excellent creative problem-solving skills and communication ability.
4. Keen interest in test automation, supporting the development and execution of automated tests.

Education & Experience

1. 2+ years of experience as a Test Engineer, Software Tester or in related roles, preferably in the cyber-related field.
2. Experience with Software Development Life Cycle, agile development principles and practices.
3. Experience executing and debugging API tests with software tools (Postman, Swagger, curl, etc.).
4. Experience writing SQL to query databases.
5. Experience with test management tools (JIRA, Zephyr).
6. Experience with DNS, computer networking and cyber security knowledge.
7. Experience with security testing and load testing.
8. Experience with micro-services architectures and cloud infrastructure.
9. Experience developing test automation, adding new test cases or extending test libraries.
10. Experience managing virtual machines and CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, Azure, DevOps).