Junior QA Engineer: Automation & Quality Advocate

International Business Machines Corporation; Tucson (AZ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM in Tucson, AZ is seeking a thorough QA professional to design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans across functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and end-to-end domains.

You will develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts, collaborate with software developers and product teams to ensure quality is built into the development process, contribute to CI/CD pipelines and quality gates, and drive defect tracking and process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and execute functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and end-to-end test plans.
• Develop and maintain automated test frameworks, scripts, and test suites to improve test coverage and efficiency.
• Collaborate with software developers and product teams to understand requirements and ensure quality is built into the development process.
• Identify, document, prioritize, and track software defects through resolution.
• Validate new features, enhancements, and bug fixes to ensure they meet functional and non-functional requirements.
• Participate in code reviews, design reviews, sprint planning, and agile development activities.
• Perform root cause analysis of product defects and work with engineering teams to drive corrective actions.
• Contribute to continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) pipelines by integrating automated testing and quality gates.
• Monitor product quality metrics and recommend improvements to testing processes, tools, and methodologies.
• Create and maintain test documentation, validation reports, and quality assurance standards.

Job description

IBM in Tucson, AZ is seeking a thorough QA professional to design, develop, and execute comprehensive test plans across functional, integration, system, regression, performance, and end-to-end domains.

You will develop and maintain automated test frameworks and scripts, collaborate with software developers and product teams to ensure quality is built into the development process, contribute to CI/CD pipelines and quality gates, and drive defect tracking and process improvements.