Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Ascot Group; Hartford (CT); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare Benefits (Medical,

Leave Benefits (PTO, holidays)

401(k) Retirement Benefits

Job summary

Ascot Group, a leading specialty risk underwriter, seeks a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst to ensure quality of insurance products through manual testing and automated scripts. You’ll champion test automation, collaborate with global teams, and support CI/CD integration in a hybrid office environment.

The role requires 5+ years in QA within financial services, 3+ years in Commercial or Specialty insurance, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience in testing/QA
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience in testing/QA in financial services
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in Commercial or Specialty insurance
• Exposure to different SDLCs; Agile experience required
• Functional testing experience; strong MS Office" systems and tools
• Excellent communication (verbal/written/presentation)
• Proficiency in test automation tools (Playwrite, Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cypress)
• Knowledge of scripting languages (Python, JavaScript) and programming languages (Java, C#)
• Experience with API testing and tools like Postman and SoapUI is a plus

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute project and release testing activities
• Prioritize tasks by business needs and manage capacity
• Allocate tasks, track progress and report status
• Manage clients, partners and stakeholders; handle risks and issues
• Collaborate with offshore teams to deliver projects
• Ensure escalation processes for risks/issues and actions are followed
• Maintain open communication across all levels of the organization
• Draft Test Strategy and Test Plan; estimate test effort
• Manage test schedules, create reports and metrics
• Design, develop and maintain automated test scripts; integrate with CI/CD
• Keep test automation framework updated and effective
• Execute automated test suites to identify defects and improve quality
• Stay updated on latest test automation tools and best practices
• Support ad hoc projects aligned with The Ascot Way

Skills

QA testing

Automation testing

SDLC knowledge

Agile experience

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Playwrite

Selenium

TestNG

JUnit

Cypress

Python

JavaScript

Java

C#

Job description

Job Description

This is an opportunity to join Ascot Group - one of the world’s preeminent specialty risk underwriting organizations. Designed as a modern-era company operating through an ecosystem of interconnected global operating platforms, we’re bound by a common mission and purpose: One Ascot. Our greatest strength is a talented team who flourish in a collaborative, inclusive, and entrepreneurial culture, steeped in underwriting excellence, integrity, and a passion to find a better way, The Ascot Way. The Ascot Way guides our people and our organization. Our underwriting platforms collaborate to find creative ways to deploy our capital in a true cross-product and cross-platform approach. These platforms work as one, deploying our capital creatively through our unique Fusion Model: Client Centric, Risk Centric, Technology Centric. Built to be resilient, Ascot maximizes client financial security while delivering bespoke products and world class service — both pre- and post-claims. Ascot exists to solve for our clients’ brightest tomorrow, through agility, collaboration, resilience, and discipline. Ascot is embedding artificial intelligence (AI) and automation across the organization to enhance decision making, efficiency, and quality of outcomes. In this role, you will be expected to work confidently alongside AI enabled tools, apply sound judgment when interpreting insights, and adapt as technology continues to evolve. We value curiosity, critical thinking, and a willingness to embrace change as part of how we work.

Position Overview

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst will be responsible for ensuring the quality of our Specialty insurance products through a combination of manual testing and the development and execution of automated test scripts. We’re looking for someone with a strong foundation in testing methodologies, tools, and best practices, who thrives in a collaborative, fast-paced environment. If you’re passionate about being part of Insurance Products Testing, testing rate and form rules, advancing test automation and championing quality, this could be your dream job. This role will report to the AVP, Quality Assurance and the role will work out an office on a hybrid basis.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for the planning and execution of project / release testing activities
• Prioritization of tasks according to business needs
• Capacity planning, allocation of tasks and activities, tracking and reporting
• Manage clients, partners and other project stakeholders and handle risks and issues and take appropriate project related decisions
• Collaborate with team located across shores in successfully delivering the project
• Ensure escalation processes are followed to swiftly alert all the project stakeholders to risks or issues in the project and ensure appropriate actions are taken
• Build close relationships with all levels of the organization to allow open flow of communication
• Act as an escalation for concerns
• Drafting Test Strategy, Test Plan
• Test effort estimation
• Managing test schedules
• Status and Metrics report to stakeholders, design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts.
• Maintain and update the test Automation framework as needed.
• Execute automated test suites to identify defects to improve software quality.
• Collaborate with development teams to integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipeline.
• Stay up to date on the latest advancements in test automation tools and best practices.
• Assist with ad hoc projects as needed and contribute to a collaborative, high ‑ performing culture aligned with The Ascot Way

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or other equivalent years of experience/degrees
• Minimum of 5 years’ experience as in a testing/QA role in the financial services industry
• Minimum 3 years’ experience in the Commercial and/or Specialty insurance industry required
• Exposure to different SDLCs, Agile experience is a must
• Functional Testing experience
• Strong MS Office skills
• Excellent communication including verbal, written and presentation skills
• Analytical, rigorous, with attention to detail
• Ability to quickly adapt to new situations as they develop
• Proficiency in test automation tools (e.g. Playwrite, Selenium, TestNG, JUnit, Cypress) is preferred
• Knowledge of scripting languages (e.g. Python, JavaScript) and programing languages (e.g. Java, C#) is preferred
• Experience with API testing and tools like Postman and SoapUI is a plus.

***This position may be filled at a different level, depending on experience***

Compensation

Actual base pay could vary and may be above or below the listed range based on factors including but not limited to experience, subject matter expertise, and skills. The base pay is just one component of Ascot’s total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include annual cash bonus and other forms of discretionary compensation awarded by the Company.

The annualized base pay range for this role is: $110,000 - $120,000.

Company Benefits

• Health and Welfare Benefits: Medical (including prescription coverage), Dental, Vision, Health Savings Account, Commuter Account, Health Care and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Life Insurance, AD&D, Work/Life Resources (including Employee Assistance Program), and more.
• Leave Benefits: Paid holidays, annual Paid Time Off (includes paid state /local paid leave where required), Short-term Disability, Long-term Disability, Other leaves (e.g., Bereavement, FMLA, Adoption, Maternity, Military, Primary & Non-Primary Caregiver)
• Retirement Benefits: Contributory Savings Plan (401k)