Quality Analyst

Luxoft; United States; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a skilled Test Analyst to join their testing team, focusing on banking applications. Candidates should have 2-4 years of experience, particularly in Lending, and be familiar with Agile testing methodologies. Responsibilities range from requirement gathering to mentoring junior staff and managing test execution. This role offers a great opportunity to be part of a dynamic banking environment in the United States.

Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of experience as a Test Analyst or Engineer.
• Banking experience in Lending is mandatory.
• Strong experience in testing of Core Banking System.

Responsibilities

• Manage and create testing requirements.
• Participate in test execution and mentor junior resources.
• Review traceability metrics and organize test artifacts.

Skills

Experience as a Test Analyst or Engineer

Exposure to SDLC and STLC

Banking Experience in Lending

Testing expertise in Core Banking System

Test methodology (Waterfall, Agile, DevOps)

Requirement gathering

Defect management

Layer Testing experience (Web, APIs, Database)

API testing tools (Postman, Soup UI)

Exposure to collaboration tools (Jira, Confluence)

Tools

Postman

Soup UI

Jira

Confluence

Teams

SharePoint

ALM

Job description

Project description

Join this exciting team of testing professionals who serve a bank in Australia. To secure this position, you need to have a proven track record in testing banking applications as well as experience, preferably in Lending. You will be required to work with various stakeholders and have a level of familiarization with Agile testing methodologies. The work involves managing and creating testing requirements for various internal teams.

Responsibilities

• Test Initiation
• Support QA manager in test initiation phase on the requirement analysis and test effort estimationTest Plan
• Review and understand the project-specific business requirement
• Document the question and get the answer using clarification trackers
• Identify the testable requirements, impacted application, and process
• Identify the test environment and test data requirements
• Provide data point to QA manager to consolidate in the strategy documents
• Map the requirement in the traceability metrics
• Raise the test environment and test data requests
• Prepare the test cases and peer review
• Participate in the test review walkthroughs and capture the review comments
• Incorporate the review comments and baseline the test plan artefactsTest Execution
• Participate in the daily stand-up and raise the concerns and recommendations (if any)
• Work on test allocation based on the entry criteria
• Execute and mentor the junior resources
• Capture the test results and log the defects as per the defined template
• Participate in the defect triage and identify the resolutions with the help build team
• Retest and close the defects
• Support QA manager on the daily reports
• Periodically review the test results and traceability metrics and work with QA manager on any deviation (if any)Test Closure
• Review the traceability metrics and organise the test artifacts in the designated folders
• Review the exit criteria and update the checklist
• End state the defects with appropriate remarks
• Support the QA manager on the test summary report data points
• Participate in the retro / lesson learnt session and contribute
• Encourage the junior resources on their outstanding contributions

SKILLS

Must have

• 2 to 4 years of experience as a Test Analyst or Engineer
• Exposure to SDLC and STLC
• Banking Experience in Lending is mandatory, and good understanding of loan lifecycle
• Strong Experience in the testing of Core Banking System
• Test methodology - Waterfall, Agile, and DevOps
• Testing expertise - Requirement gathering, Test planning techniques, Defect management
• Layer Testing experience - Presentation layer (Web GUI & Mobile application), Logical layer (APIs), and Data layer (Database & Reporting tools)
• Exposure to API testing tools, e.g., Postman, Soup UI
• Exposure to collaboration tools - ex, Jira, Confluence, Teams SharePoint
• Exposure to test & defect management tools - ex, ALM and Jira
• Clear understanding on test governance

Nice to have

NA