QA Specialist

Description

The QA Specialist designs the test strategy, test plans, and test case specifications, plans test resources, participates in code reviews, creates or configures the test environment, creates or procures the test data, writes the scripts that will execute the tests, executes test cases, records test case results, documents and tracks defects, and performs test coverage analysis. To fulfill this role the QA specialist must develop tests that identify defects as precisely as possible. The objective is to obtain as much test coverage as possible with a minimum set of test cases and repeated rework, retest. The QA specialist is normally the Lead Consultant on a project.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Analyze requirements and specifications and translate requirements into a defined test strategy, plan, and specifications.
• Establish expected results based on acceptance criteria and test data for test cases.
• Introduce, optimize, or adapt supporting processes like defect management and configuration management to capture and manage defects, fixes, regression test cycles, and data reloads.
• Create, install, optimize, and administrate the testing environment.
• Create customized or tool generated test scripts to execute and automate test plans.
• Execute the test scripts and test plans and record results.
• Capture and manage defects, fixes, regression test cycles, and data reloads.
• Create and communicate test reports, status, and testing information to the project team and Project Manager.
• CI/CD Implementation using orchestration engine and automation tools for SDLC including Data Ingestion, Wrangling, Testing, Packaging & Deployment, Scheduling and Operations support processes etc.

Qualifications 

• In depth knowledge of testing methodologies, testing strategies, testing tools, test case development, test process management, and defect management.
• In depth knowledge of installing, operating, and administrating test environments.
• Knowledge of the Teradata environment, database characteristics, ETL processes, and applications.
• Knowledge of configuration management, software engineering, specification methods, and development processes.
• Knowledge of quality management, project management and personnel management.
• Application Development/ Scripting (i.e. Java, shell scripting), Jenkins/Others, Git/SVN/Others

 Schedule : Full-time

Experience : 5+ years

Primary Location : Pakistan-Islamabad