Analyst, IT Quality Assurance

HSA Bank, a division of Santander Bank, N.A.; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive compensation

Job summary

HSA Bank, a division of Santander Bank, N.A. is seeking an Analyst, IT Quality Assurance to perform manual testing on a micro-services banking platform built in AWS.

You will be embedded in a scrum team of 4-5 contributors and help plan sprints, refine requirements, and define acceptance criteria. The role involves writing test plans and cases, executing functional, performance, and regression tests, and reporting defects with clear reproduction steps.

Qualifications

• 1–2 years software testing experience, including writing test documents and reporting results.
• 1–2 years QA metrics experience (test coverage, defect density) preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with scrum team to plan sprint work and define acceptance criteria.
• Create test plans and test cases from user stories and design specs.
• Perform manual testing across web, mobile, and desktop platforms.
• Identify defects and report them with steps, screenshots and expected behavior.
• Collaborate with developers to prioritize and retest fixes.
• Update test artifacts with requirements changes.
• Communicate testing progress and risks to stakeholders.

Skills

Test planning

Test case writing

Test execution

Attention to detail

Education

HS Diploma or GED

BS in Computer Science / Electrical Engineering or related

Job description

At HSA Bank, a division of Santander Bank N.A., we’re working toward a world where everyone is empowered to save for a healthy future. Our offerings in the healthcare savings space drive down healthcare costs, increase access, and assist with decision-making for consumers, health plans, partners, and advisors.

Are you ready to join us?

The Analyst, IT Quality Assurance is an entry-level role tasked with manual software testing of a micro-services banking platform built in AWS. This individual will be embedded in a scrum team of 4-5 other contributors and will collaborate with the team to plan sprint work, refine requirements, and define acceptance criteria. The Quality Assurance Engineer Analyst will write test plans and test cases under guidance of senior QA engineers, and will manage those test artifacts in a test management system. The individual will verify software meets requirements by conducting functional, performance, and regression testing, identifying and reporting defects, and retesting fixes. A successful candidate will demonstrate engagement with the scrum team and colleagues, ambition for continuous improvement, and concern for overall software quality. An exceptional candidate will be familiar with QA metrics like test coverage, defect distribution/density, etc., and how to use them to measure overall software quality.

What You Will Do

• Collaborate with scrum team members to plan sprint work, refine requirements, and define acceptance criteria.
• Create test plan and test cases based on user stories, requirements documents, and design specifications.
• Perform manual testing against various platforms like web, mobile, and desktop applications.
• Identify software defects and quality issues and report them as detailed defect reports in a bug tracking system, including clear descriptions, steps to reproduce, screenshots, and expected behavior.
• Collaborate with developers to understand and prioritize reported defects, track fixes, and retest to ensure issues are resolved.
• Update test plans, test cases, and test executions with changes in requirements or application functionality.
• Communicate testing progress, findings, and potential risks effectively to all stakeholders.

Skills And Abilities

• Test planning; including how to identify test strategies, types of tests, and test data necessary to cover new feature development.
• Test case writing; including clear and concise preconditions, test steps, parameters, and expected outcomes.
• Test execution; with attention paid to proper set up, use of verifiable test data, correct steps, clean up, and repeatability.
• Attention to detail, problem-solving, and continuous skills improvement.

Education Qualifications

• H.S. Diploma or General Education Degree (GED) required
• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) BS Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or similar technical degree preferred

Experience Qualifications

• 1-2 years Software testing, including writing test documents, performing different types of testing, and reporting results required
• 1-2 years Calculating QA metrics like test coverage, defect density/distribution, etc. preferred

The estimated salary range for this position is $85,000.00 to $105,000.00. Actual salary may vary up or down depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position is eligible for incentive compensation.

HSA Bank, a division of Santander Bank, N.A. Santander Holdings USA, Inc. and its subsidiaries (“Santander”) are equal opportunity employers committed to sustaining an inclusive environment. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, marital status, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, physical or mental disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.