Sr. Software Quality Assurance Analyst to participate in all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle

Our valued client is looking for a Sr. Software Quality Assurance Analyst to participate in all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle

This is a hybrid opportunity, with some work being required on-site in Ottawa.

Tasks include:

• Design and execute test cases to verify the software works according to the customer requirement(s), analyzing test results and reporting issues to the development team to fix
• Engage in different types of testing as may be necessary including but not limited to sanity and/or functional and/or regression and/or integration. Support may also be given to user acceptance testing activities
• Review and analyze Business Requirements and Solution Design documents
• Manually design test scenarios and test cases with the opportunity to contribute to automation testing
• Identify and/or create test data for specific test cases
• Execute test cases and analyze results
• Report, track, and retest defects
• Participate in daily huddles to report on testing progress and/or barriers
• Participate in Sprint Planning sessions and other agile ceremonies as required
• Follow escalation process to resolve issues in a timely manner
• Support business with User Acceptance testing processes and deliverables as required
• Proactively manage workload
• Perform other duties and functions as assigned

Must have:

• Eligible for reliability clearance with the Federal Government
• Prior experience as a Software Quality Assurance Analyst
• Experience with various software development methodologies including but not necessarily limited to Agile
• Experience working in an Agile environment
• Experience/knowledge of all phases of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with a Defect Tracking tool
• Knowledge and hands-on experience with a Test Management Tool

Nice to have:

• Working knowledge of Azure DevOps (ADO) Test Management tool
• Working knowledge of JIRA Defect Tracking tool
• Experience working in the insurance domain would be an asset
• Experience with test automation and Selenium would be an asset but not required
• Experience or knowledge of testing within a cloud based application