Software Tester (Analyst/Senior Analyst)

Accenture; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A multinational professional services company in Malaysia is seeking a Software Quality Engineer to drive quality assurance on complex software development projects. The role involves extensive testing and documentation, alongside strong communication skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia. Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree in IT Engineering and have in-depth knowledge of QA methodologies and relevant tools. A hands-on background in software development environments is highly desired, with opportunities for career growth in a dynamic industry.

Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to express technical concepts in business terms.
• Experience in handheld application development for various platforms.
• In-depth knowledge of QA strategy and tools.

Responsibilities

• Communicate work plans, status, and issues to management.
• Perform unit testing, system integration testing, and regression testing.
• Create and maintain documentation for QA procedures.
• Evaluate processes and provide recommendations for standards.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Detail-oriented

Proficiency in Mandarin

Education

Bachelor's degree or post graduate qualification in IT Engineering

Tools

DB2

Microsoft SQL Server

C#.Net

AJAX

JavaScript

C language

Job description

Software Quality Engineer

(Office Location: Puchong)

Accenture’s Services workforce is a dedicated team of people who work on outsourcing engagements. These are long‑term partnerships with clients for whom we manage and provide increasingly specialised business operations, such as finance and accounting, IT, applications development and maintenance, helpdesk services, and HR. We not only maintain key business functions for clients, we constantly seek to improve them to help our clients move ahead of the competition.

Most of our people in Services are based long‑term at a client location, an Accenture Delivery Centre or, in some cases, an Accenture office.

Job Description

The Software Quality Engineer provides analysis and consulting on highly complex software development projects related to quality assurance, work processes, and compliance with standards and methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Communicate work plans, status and issues to the management.
• Work with project teams and/or management in prioritising project requirements.
• Play a major role in QA efforts on multiple and simultaneous projects which includes performing unit testing, system integration testing, user testing and regression testing.
• Effectively integrate the QA engineering and analysis functions on all software development projects.
• Conduct reviews to assess the degree to which application development projects achieve quality.
• Test new programs, tools and techniques for acceptability, usability, and works as documents and make recommendations as necessary.
• Create and maintain documentation for QA procedures.
• Evaluate processes and coordinate with others to provide recommendations for standards, guidelines and procedures.

Requirements

Candidate must possess at least a Bachelor’s degree or post graduate qualification, preferably in IT Engineering. Strong and effective interpersonal and communication skills and the ability to express technical concepts in business terms to the clients. Good communication, written and presentation skills in English and Bahasa Malaysia. Proficiency in Mandarin would be an added advantage. Well organised, independent, detailed and able to meet committed deadlines. Possess conceptual knowledge of information technologies and methodologies in client server and/or mobile computing environments is desirable. Have in-depth IT knowledge of QA strategy, process and tools and able to drive and execute software QA projects. Possess strong technical knowledge, with hands‑on experience in new and legacy computing architectures and environments e.g. client server, Web, mobile application. Have in-depth knowledge of relational databases and database applications DB2 and/or Microsoft SQL Server. Familiar with application design knowledge in C#.Net and AJAX, JavaScript and C language. Have experience in handheld application development for various platforms Android, iOS and Windows mobile. Experienced in management and development in MS SQL Server database T‑SQL, stored procedures, triggers, etc.