QA Analyst - Manual & Automated Testing (SDLC)

ADP; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

ADP is hiring a QA Analyst in Austin, TX to create, analyze and execute test activities throughout the Software Development Life Cycle to ensure our systems meet business requirements and IT quality standards. Responsibilities include designing test plans and cases, performing manual and automated testing, identifying defects, and coordinating with developers and business users.

Requires a four-year degree and at least 3 years of hands-on QA experience, plus backend testing with MS SQL and

Qualifications

• Four-year college degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Technology, Computer Engineering or related IT discipline or equivalent work experience.
• Minimum 3 years of hands on experience as a software Quality Assurance Analyst
• Intermediate working experience in backend testing (MS SQL)
• Experience in software development projects using Agile or Waterfall methodologies
• Solid experience with defect tracking software, including understanding how to properly document a defect and provide defect reports

Responsibilities

• Participate in design level discussions to understand the applications functional and non-functional requirements
• Analyze user stories/requirements for validity, identifying gaps and developing test scenarios
• Identify and thoroughly analyze issues, risks and action items along with identifying business and system requirement as part of the project team
• Create and manage test plans, test cases and test estimates
• Conduct manual and/or automated test activities including creating, executing and maintaining test scripts for various testing phases (system, end to end, regression. etc.)
• Validate test output and identify/investigate discrepancies and clearly document, report and track defects to resolution
• Assists in test environment management activities including running builds, troubleshooting, communicating and coordinating with team members
• Provide status and/or QA reports to QA project leads, project team and manager as required
• Collaborate with project managers, developers and business end-users to understand the goal of the project/work assignments, the test efforts and/or to resolve any issues identified
• Manage small to medium project independently as required
• Mentor and train associate and specialist QA team members
• Research and recommend QA process improvements
• Perform other duties and projects as assigned

Skills

Analytical skills

Communication

Problem solving

Data organization

Initiative

Learning agility

QA practices

Teamwork

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

MS SQL

TestNG

Selenium

Jenkins

Rally

Guidewire

Job description

ADP is hiring a QA Analyst in Austin, TX to create, analyze and execute test activities throughout the Software Development Life Cycle to ensure our systems meet business requirements and IT quality standards. Responsibilities include designing test plans and cases, performing manual and automated testing, identifying defects, and coordinating with developers and business users.

Requires a four-year degree and at least 3 years of hands-on QA experience, plus backend testing with MS SQL and