Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst

Treasure's Academy LLC; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A global leader in the power and energy industry seeks a skilled Software Developer to enhance engineering processes. The role focuses on QA testing responsibilities, particularly in User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and automation. Ideal candidates should have 3+ years in software QA, a solid grasp of Agile methodologies, and proficiency in SQL and test management tools like Jira. This position offers a hybrid work schedule, fostering collaboration in a dynamic team environment.

Benefits

Collaboration in innovative projects

Exposure to cutting-edge technology

Flexible work schedule

Qualifications

• 3+ years proven experience in software QA.
• Hands-on experience developing and executing UAT cycles.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies and test management tools.

Responsibilities

• Develop, review, and implement detailed test plans and strategies.
• Coordinate with business users to define UAT cycles.
• Execute functional, integration, regression, and exploratory testing.

Skills

User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

Agile methodologies

SQL

Automation tools

Test Management tools

Defect Management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

HP Quality Center

Selenium

JMeter

Job description

As a global leader in ever expanding power and energy industry, we are looking for a skilled and motivated Software Developer to join our growing team. This role is focused on creating solutions that drive efficiency and innovation in our engineering and design processes.

Role Overview

The QA Analyst will play a critical role in ensuring software quality and business alignment by developing, implementing, and executing comprehensive test strategies—with an emphasis on User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and a variety of test platforms. The ideal candidate will thrive in Agile environments, collaborate across teams, and support the entire software development lifecycle through to production release.

Responsibilities

• Test Planning & Strategy - Develop, review, and implement detailed test plans and strategies mapped to business requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria. - Design UAT processes in close collaboration with business stakeholders, ensuring user needs and business goals are fully validated before software release.
• UAT Management - Coordinate with business users and product owners to define, organize, and execute UAT cycles. - Drive creation and maintenance of UAT test cases, identifying necessary test data, and ensuring alignment with acceptance criteria. - Facilitate UAT sign-off, capture user feedback, and ensure all defects or issues are logged, tracked, and resolved before production deployment.
• Test Execution & Automation - Execute functional, integration, regression, Performance, and exploratory testing across multiple test environments (Dev, QA, Stage, UAT). - Utilize relevant test platforms, such as Jira, Azure DevOps, and HP Quality Center, for managing test cases, defect tracking, and traceability. - Prioritize and automate high-value test cases, working with CI/CD pipelines where appropriate.
• Database Testing: Perform backend testing using SQL and Oracle to validate data accuracy, integrity, and consistency across systems. Write and execute complex queries to verify business logic, data transformations, and stored procedures. Validate data migration and ensure referential integrity across environments.
• Defect Management - Identify, log, track, and retest defects found during all phases of testing. - Prepare and distribute test summary reports, including defect logs and closure status.
• Collaboration & Continuous Improvement - Partner with product owners, business analysts, developers, and release managers, ensuring clear user story and acceptance criteria definition. - Participate in Agile ceremonies— sprint planning, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives—offering feedback and suggesting quality improvements. - Support root cause analysis and postmortem for defects found in production environments.

This position offers the flexibility of a hybrid schedule

Qualifications

• 3+ years proven experience in software QA, including hands-on experience developing and executing UAT cycles and working with various test platforms.
• Solid understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and test management tools (e.g., Jira, Azure DevOps, HP Quality Center).
• Proficiency in SQL for validating data
• Experience in Automation tools –Selenium, Test Sigma, Test Rigor, TestIM, QTP, Postman, SOAPUI, JMeter, Load Runner
• Comfortable writing clear, traceable test cases, mapping them to user stories, and updating them throughout the project lifecycle.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate and facilitate UAT with internal users and business stakeholders, ensuring thorough documentation and sign-off.
• Familiarity with test automation principles and CI/CD processes. Ability to write/Develop scripts to automate test cases and build test frameworks.
• Experience with defect lifecycle management, from logging through resolution, using modern test and project management platforms.
• Strong communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills—capable of working effectively in cross-functional Agile teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience with both manual and automated testing approaches across web and cloud-based applications.
• Exposure to multiple test environments (Dev, QA, Stage, UAT, Prod) and their configuration requirements.
• Certifications such as ISTQB, CSTE, or Agile certifications are a plus.

Why Join Us?

• Work in an established company that values innovation and growth.
• Engage with a collaborative team that is dedicated to making a meaningful impact in the energy sector.
• Gain exposure to cutting-edge projects and contribute to data-driven decision-making processes.