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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