QA Analyst at Dye & Durham Corporation

• As a QA Analyst you will ensure that the quality and reliability of our software product through comprehensive testing and validation. 
• Your role will involve creating, automating and executing test plans and cases while collaborating with the development team to identify defects and resolve them in a time sensitive manner. 
• You will play a crucial role in delivering high quality IT applications that meet both customer needs and business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Create test cases, test plans and test strategies from User Stories and work items
• Execute test cases, using automation where possible
• Identify and log defects found during testing
• Communicate effectively with the development and product teams
• Perform relevant testing on assigned projects, including end-to-end, confirmation, acceptance, regression, smoke, automation, integration, functional and non-functional testing
• Participate in project-related meetings
• Keep up-to-date with testing tools selected by Dye & Durham
• Train other QA team members on processes and standards
• Drive improvements in processes and standards
• Ensure quality of delivered products
• Maintain traceability of testing undertaken
• Support the creation of knowledge bases

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Minimum 2 years of experience working in a similar role
• Experience in writing test cases, executing tests and documenting defects
• Strong communication, problem solving, time management and documentation skills
• Keen attention to detail
• Experience working in an agile environment, with knowledge of best practices
• Able to use SQL queries to identify and maintain test data
• Experience in manual testing
• Experience using Postman for API testing
• Experience in automating test cases using Playwright with TypeScript/JavaScript
• Basic knowledge of GitHub
• ISTQB qualification or similar