Remote QA Application Analyst – Enterprise App Testing

The Mississippi Bar; Washington, Northern (District of Columbia, KY); Hybrid; USD 89,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Arnold & Porter seeks a Quality Assurance Application Analyst to plan and execute testing and release-readiness for enterprise applications across desktop environments.

You will validate installations, upgrades, and integrations, collaborating with Desktop Engineering, stakeholders, and vendors to ensure functionality and minimal user disruption.

The role supports remote work within a firm-approved U.S. state and reports to the Senior Manager of Desktop Engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Information Systems, Software Engineering, or a related field, plus two years of progressively responsible experience in application analysis, software quality assurance, application testing, application packaging validation, deployment testing, or application support.
• Minimum of three years of application QA/testing or application analyst experience.
• Proficiency with defect-tracking and application lifecycle-management tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, or equivalent platforms.
• Working knowledge of relational databases and SQL for data validation, reconciliation, and troubleshooting.
• Experience with Windows desktop operating systems and endpoint deployment tools such as Microsoft Configuration Manager (MECM/SCCM) and Microsoft Intune.

Responsibilities

• Analyze requirements and translate them into testing strategies, test plans, and acceptance criteria for deployments, upgrades, and integrations.
• Perform installation, upgrade, compatibility, functional, regression, and integration testing for enterprise applications and system integrations.
• Validate application packages (MSI, MSIX, EXE, IntuneWin32) and verify silent installation/uninstallation and default settings.
• Test across OS images, hardware models, and VDI environments for compatibility and consistent end-user experience.
• Validate compatibility with Windows updates, browser updates, and Microsoft 365 updates; participate in pilot deployments.

Skills

Testing methodologies

SDLC knowledge

Agile/Scrum

Problem-solving

Documentation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Jira

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

MECM/SCCM

Intune

Job description

Arnold & Porter seeks a Quality Assurance Application Analyst to plan and execute testing and release-readiness for enterprise applications across desktop environments.

You will validate installations, upgrades, and integrations, collaborating with Desktop Engineering, stakeholders, and vendors to ensure functionality and minimal user disruption.

The role supports remote work within a firm-approved U.S. state and reports to the Senior Manager of Desktop Engineering.