SQA Analyst

Work Description:

The Software Quality Assurance (SQA) Analyst is responsible for ensuring software quality in Information Systems projects. The SQA Analyst is responsible for all Quality Assurance (QA) activities throughout the projects life cycle. The SQA Analyst works closely with the Project Leadership team to ensure QA activities are planned and executed.

The SQA Analyst responsibilities include the following:

• Test Planning. Works directly with project teams to understand testing requirements for the project. Develops strategies and plans for approval from the Project Lead. Provides estimates and task lists for the testing activities within projects.
• Test Analysis. Reviews project requirements and design specifications to ensure test requirements can be derived from other project deliverables. Using these deliverables determines testing requirements that define the testing to be developed and executed for the project.
• Test Design. From project requirements and design specifications designs the test cases test procedures and coverage within testing tools. Makes decisions on appropriate levels of test automation within projects.
• Test Case Creation. From the design of the cases and procedures creates manual or automated test cases and procedures from the test design specifications.
• Testing. Conducts testing activities from test plans. Verifies testing results and accurately tracks defects.
• Project Metrics. Performs metrics analysis and develops metric reports for assigned projects. Presents project metrics information to management on project defects.
• Education and mentoring. Pursues education addressing testing methodologies automated test tools systems development life cycles and business area/system knowledge. Actively participates in mentoring associates by coaching them on the testing processes tools and applications they will be testing.