What are the responsibilities and job description for the Quality Assurance Analyst/Helpdesk Specialist position at Talent Groups?
Hybrid Details: one day/week onsite
Duration: 2 months to start
Position Description
We are seeking a detail-oriented QA Analyst / Helpdesk Specialist to support and maintain Salesforce-based applications. This role involves functional testing, production support, and end-user assistance to ensure high system reliability, data integrity, and an exceptional user experience for both internal and external stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate proficiency with Salesforce reports and dashboards, user management, and basic administrative tasks, complemented by strong analytical skills, effective troubleshooting abilities, and excellent professional communication.
Position Duties/Responsibilities
Quality Assurance (QA):
Minimum Required Qualifications:
Duration: 2 months to start
Position Description
We are seeking a detail-oriented QA Analyst / Helpdesk Specialist to support and maintain Salesforce-based applications. This role involves functional testing, production support, and end-user assistance to ensure high system reliability, data integrity, and an exceptional user experience for both internal and external stakeholders.
The ideal candidate will demonstrate proficiency with Salesforce reports and dashboards, user management, and basic administrative tasks, complemented by strong analytical skills, effective troubleshooting abilities, and excellent professional communication.
Position Duties/Responsibilities
Quality Assurance (QA):
- Perform functional and regression testing on Salesforce applications.
- Develop and execute test cases, test plans, and test scenarios.
- Validate reports, dashboards, workflows, flows, and automation.
- Log, track, and verify defects through resolution.
- Coordinate testing efforts with business users and developers.
- Support release validation in Sandbox, UAT, and Production environments.
- Serve as first-level support for internal and external users with defined SLA targets for response and resolution times.
- Guide users step-by-step through system processes.
- Troubleshoot login issues, access problems, and data discrepancies.
- Manage and triage support tickets (Tier 1 and Tier 2).
- Monitor application health and escalate issues when required.
- Assist users with navigation, reporting, and system usage.
- Create user guides, FAQs, and knowledge base articles.
- Create and manage users, roles, profiles, and permission sets.
- Assist with report and dashboard creation and updates.
- Perform data validation and basic data maintenance.
- Support user onboarding and training.
- Maintain documentation for processes, configurations, and known issues.
Minimum Required Qualifications:
- Minimum education requirement: Bachelor s degree in computer science, information technology, or a closely related field
- 3 6 years of professional experience in QA and/or helpdesk support.
- Practical, hands-on experience working with the Salesforce and QA platforms.
- Proficiency with Salesforce reports and dashboards, user management (profiles, roles, permission sets), and basic Salesforce administration.
- Strong understanding of QA methodologies.
- Familiarity with Salesforce data import/export tools (such as Data Loader).
- Experience working with ticketing systems such as Jira, ServiceNow, or similar tools.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience providing support to Experience Cloud / Community users.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Willingness to continuously learn and adapt to new Salesforce features
- Salesforce Administrator Certification (preferred but not required).
- Experience providing support to Experience Cloud / Community users.
- Knowledge of Salesforce Flows and basic automation capabilities.
- Experience working in the public sector or education domain is a plus