Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Key Deliverables:

Test Planning:

• Determine and communicate the Test strategy per software release cycle.
• Perform a high-level testing impact analysis, establish Scope and provide estimates based on the known requirements. 
• Actively participate in JAD sessions and review Business requirements and Technical designs during the Analysis phase. 
• Identify and liaise with all stakeholders. 
• Ensure that the required planning tasks are created in the SDLC tool and due dates set according to agreed milestones. 
• Identify and manage changes to the scope, across teams. 

Test Case Analysis & Development:

• Review requirement and design specifications based on static test techniques. 
• Ensure that the post-conditions and user-acceptance criteria for test cases are aligned. 
• Enforce adherence to the test policy and strategy. 
• Review and provide guidance on test cases and test documentation produced by team. 
• Ensure that best practice test design techniques are applied when reviewing and writing test cases:

1. Reasonable probability to unveil a defect
2. Design modular test cases that are reusable
3. Reuse and maintain existing test cases
4. Identify test cases that are required once-off
5. Identify test cases to be automated

• Design test data scenarios based on data permutations to be executed. 
• Ensure comprehensive test coverage. 
• Enforce traceability between requirements and test cases in the testing tool.    
• Ensure delivery of Test Pack within the agreed timeframes. 
• Ensure that the Test Pack is reviewed by key stakeholders and that any feedback is incorporated into the testing process.

Test Case Execution and Management:

• Ensure that test data scenarios are prepared beforehand. 
• Ensure that Test cases are executed from the testing tool, within the agreed timeframes. 
• Review Defects logged, verify the validity and priority, and enforce proper defect management. 
• Identify risks and issues and manage to resolution. 
• Assist in providing risk mitigation options and escalate impediments when necessary. 
• Adequately report on status and progress of the testing effort. 
• Manage test cases and data scenarios for reuse and inclusion in the automated Regression pack. 
• Maintain the shared knowledge base.

User Acceptance Testing and Release activities:

• Ensure the creation of shared filters (and Dashboards) in the Test and SDLC tools, which define the upstream and downstream pipeline for the Testing effort. 
• Ensure that the business verification teams understand what is expected from them and that they are supported during the UAT phase.
• Ensure that the User Acceptance tests are executed from the testing tool and provide the necessary support for this. 
• Evaluate Release readiness and assist in identifying and resolving critical issues. 
• Coordinate the sign-off tasks and go-live verification requirements from an operations point of view.

Post-release:

• With each release, retrospectively analyse what went well and not so well. 
• Identify improvements in process, people and technology. 
• Calculate quality metrics. 
• Ensure that all outstanding defects are handled. 
• Ensure that sign-off evidence is attached in testing tool, for auditing requirements.

Work experience and qualifications:

• 6-8 years’ experience as a Test Analyst
• Proven track record of working on projects that are large scale, complex and across organisational departments/divisions
• Agile testing methodologies 
• Matric. ISTQB Foundation or equivalent qualification in software testing 
• ISTQB Advanced
• Diploma / Degree in Information Technology 
• Quality assurance / software testing methodologies. 
• Software Development Life Cycle models. 
• Writing, executing and monitoring test packs using a variety of technologies including, but not limited to, Quality Center or JIRA. 
• Testing fundamentals according to ISTQB.
• SQL