What are the responsibilities and job description for the Software Test Analyst position at Custom Business Solutions, Inc.?
Job Responsibilities:
- Communicate and interact with the BA and development teams during the requirements, development and testing processes.
- Assist team in creating scenarios to meet the validation of acceptance criteria of customer requirements.
- Undertake all system test related activities in support of the business requirements for the provision of new and updated systems.
- Undertake functional and integration testing, and liaison with third-party staff to ensure appropriate test coverage.
- Undertake Quality Assurance checks during third-party meetings and internal developments to ensure that only 'fit-for-purpose' code is delivered into test environments owned by the test team.
- Attend meetings as well as workshops comprising business and or technical representatives to cover test-dependent activities such as requirement verification and prioritization, test scenario identification and general matters.
- Ensure that test scenarios and scripts are prepared in a structured way, prioritized to reflect business or technical priorities and are approved by appropriate stakeholders. Scope is to cover test cycle contents and regression packs.
- Create allocated test scripts, monitor test execution and ensure results are recorded.
- Coordinate re-testing of defects and issues either through 'at desk' re-tests by business test representatives, or via walkthroughs with third-party providers.
- Prepare and maintain relevant test documentation, including test scripts, activity schedules, narrative and written reports, and visual progress charts.
- Act as liaison with and assist each line of business regarding the test planning, testing activity, and test results analysis.
- Responsible for: time management; reporting and monitoring; risk management; issue management; quality assurance and change management.
- Support other test team members and associated IT and Business resources as appropriate to the implementation of testing related activities.
- Carry out other tasks as agreed with the Test Team Lead.
Required Qualifications:
- 5 years of experience in QA requirements analysis and test planning
- 5 years of QA execution and defect tracking experience
- 5 years of experience using QA tracking tools (Rational, Client ALM, or similar)
- 5 years of backend functional testing experience
- Demonstrated ability to review, adapt, and enhance provided test plan templates to ensure appropriate test coverage for assigned incidents
- Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and business teams
- Bachelor's degree required
Preferred Qualifications:
- 1 year of SAP Financials experience
- 1 year of GenTax experience
- 1 year of Oxygen XML Editor experience