QA Engineer

POSITION DESCRIPTION

Position Title: QA Engineer

Reports to: QA Manager

Date: July 2008

Exemption Status: Exempt

POSITION SUMMARY

Responsible for assuring the delivery of defect free software products and software services that are compliant with technical specifications and business requirements.

Requirement Testing and Definition    20%

  • Test the requirement document and provide feedback to product owner
  • Deliver work estimates related to testing, quality assurance and deployment activities
  • Document an inventory of Requirements, functionality and software components
  • Develop testing requirements

Test Development     20%

  • Develop, document and execute test plans
  • Develop acceptance tests and setup of test data
  • Responsible for quality risk analysis

Defects   20%

  • Identify defects within specialized product application or service
  • Diagnose and document issues and determine steps to reproduce
  • Generate bug reports
  • Track and Validate defects resolution

Communication    20 %

  • Communicate testing activities and status to stakeholders in oral and written format
  • Track and report quality assurance metrics and test coverage
  • Review release notes documentation before it is sent to customers
  • Demonstrate working software in a Walkthrough to Internal customers

Deployment     10%

  • Deliver bug-free software to testing, customer visible and Production environments
  • Verify correct software deployment to every environment

Support    7%

  • Troubleshooting and characterization of escalated Production support issues
  • Monitor logs and alerts

Research & Development    3%

  • Personal Career development

Knowledge & Experience Requirements:

(minimum qualifications required to perform this job)

  • Degree in computer science, computer information systems or equivalent experience
  • Demonstrated proficiency with modern software quality methodologies
  • 4+ years experience in software quality assurance
  • Working knowledge of SQL and web based programming languages
  • Demonstrated experience writing test plans, test requirements and test cases
  • Knowledge of automated testing methods. Mercury QTP preferred
  • Solid expertise in internet protocols with a complete, hands-on understanding of Microsoft Internet technologies and tools (Profiler, Fiddler and Internet Protocols)
  • Demonstrated experience using application lifecycle management tools (HP/Mercury Quality Center)
  • Effectiveness in oral and written communication
  • Problem-solving and trouble-shooting skills

Please send resume with cover letter to careers@amphire.com
Salary DOQ. Amphire is an equal opportunity employer.

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