Senior QA Analyst - Financial Systems & Automation

Empower; United States; Remote; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Empower is seeking a QA Analyst to conduct moderately complex quality control tests and analyses to ensure applications meet end-user requirements. You will support implementation, modification and ongoing maintenance for financial services applications in a global environment.

The role involves creating and refining test plans, executing complex system tests, and collaborating with stakeholders on acceptance testing. Experience with HP ALM/UFT and Selenium automation is preferred.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or Information Systems or equivalent experience.
• Minimum four (4) years relevant experience testing and/or supporting systems/applications.
• Demonstrated experience building and reviewing Test Plans and Test Cases, and converting the cases into automated scripts
• Goal-oriented team worker with good communication skills
• Project management skills and understanding of systems development lifecycle
• Knowledge of Financial Services and/or Insurance industry products preferred
• Testing (BPT) and Unified Functional Testing (UFT) in HP ALM. Must have experience testing both front-end web based and back-end software
• Salesforce testing experience
• Mobile device testing experience
• Voice response testing experience
• Experience developing and implementing Business Process Testing in HP ALM
• Experience developing and executing automated testing scripts in Selenium and HP ALM
• Must have the basic concept of Relational Database and SQL in order to pull and verify data from various sources to analyze. Knowledge of Oracle is a plus
• Knowledge of Financial Services and/or Insurance industry products preferred
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• We are looking for a candidate who takes initiative, is self-motivated, and able to juggle multiple priorities

Responsibilities

• Performs moderately complex analysis of business, system and end-user requirements and determines appropriate testing scale and scope within assigned areas/projects. Drafts, revise and approves test plans that will ensure the quality of delivered systems projects. Applies best practices and methodologies in evaluating quality assurance issues and solutions.
• Performs complex system/application testing to ensure delivery meets business, budgetary, and end-user expectations. Creates and maintains test data files with valid and invalid records. Ensures thorough testing of program logic and system flow.
• Partners with internal and/or external stakeholders plan user acceptance testing, alpha and beta testing. Ensure that system tests are successfully completed and documented, and all problems are resolved.
• Participates in all phases of application/system implementation, modification and on-going maintenance projects for assigned areas. Completes moderately complex project tasks within defined milestones. Provides subject matter expertise within assigned projects.
• May train and mentor less experienced staff. Act as a resource for colleagues with less experience. Has latitude for unreviewed action and decision making.

Skills

Test plans

Test cases

Automation scripts

Selenium

HP UFT

HP ALM

SQL

Oracle

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IS or equivalent

Tools

Selenium

HP ALM

HP UFT

Oracle

SQL

Job description

Empower is seeking a QA Analyst to conduct moderately complex quality control tests and analyses to ensure applications meet end-user requirements. You will support implementation, modification and ongoing maintenance for financial services applications in a global environment.

The role involves creating and refining test plans, executing complex system tests, and collaborating with stakeholders on acceptance testing. Experience with HP ALM/UFT and Selenium automation is preferred.