Description
Job/Opportunity
Our client, a leading fund and asset management company based in Galway are seeking a QA Engineer to join their team on a contract basis.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ensure traceability between test cases and requirements documentation.
- Proactively communicate with developers and business analysts to resolve issues or questions pertaining to test creation or execution.
- Translate business and systems requirements into technical test requirements.
- Analyze functional and technical system design for testability.
- Analyze data and data feed processes for data quality.
- Interact regularly with global QA counter-parts in Ireland, US, and India.
- Provide input to system test strategies.
- Define system test scenarios, create system test plans, design and author test cases and participate in the definition and execution of manual and/or automated system test scripts.
- Detect scope changes and escalate issues as appropriate.
- Mine and manipulate data to create system test data and system test cases for multiple or complex projects.
- In collaboration with the project team, develop and periodically confirm system test schedule.
- Execute Systems Integration Test Plan, including the comparison of actual results to expected results.
- Identify and document defects in multiple environments and throughout all phases of the development life cycle. Ensure that development groups address all open defects in a timely manner.
- Assist in analysis of current processes and propose recommendations for process improvements.
QUALIFICATIONS
- BS or MS Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent.
- At least 3 years' experience with the full spectrum of functional Quality Assurance testing and systems development life cycles.
- Experience with Quality Center required.
- Strong technical skills: a broad understanding of relational databases (SQL), file processing, application and web-enabling technologies.
- Strong understanding of data, data field attributes, and data reconciliation.
- Solid understanding of the software development process..
- Exposure to test automation
- Ability to execute automated and/or manual functional or non-functional tests and report results.
We are acting as an Employment Business.