Core Responsibilities:
• Work closely with Product/Business Owners, the engineering team as well as the Test Automation Engineer, to understand the ‘story’ requirements and ‘acceptance criteria’ in order to deliver high quality software testing, within the sprint schedule.
• Create and execute manual test cases based upon story signoff requirements. Perform ad-hoc and regression testing of system components under Agile release schedules.
• Help maintain quality assurance processes such as test plan reviews, defect management, risk/complexity analysis, and regression / continuous integration maintenance.
• Interface with 3rd parties on requirements, testing, and problem troubleshooting, as needed.
• Perform tasks within areas of work with little to no supervision, in a timely manner.
• Responsible for following through and making sure defects are reported and escalated appropriately, making sure to keep the others in the team aware of status in daily stand-ups.
• Develop and execute manual functional tests and work with the Test Automation engineer on the team to ensure the right test cases are automated as soon as possible. Requirements:
• 4+ years of software development, testing, or quality assurance experience, including at least 1 year of it being in an Agile environment.
• Solid understanding of common SWQA and SW development processes and methodologies, including the Agile/SCRUM development process.
• Strong analytical skills in assessing user, functional, and technical requirements and documentation and identifying high risk and key test areas.
• Strong problem solving and independent investigative skills.
• Understanding of multi-tier web application architecture and deployment.
• Experience testing database driven applications including data validation using SQL.
• UNIX and/or Linux command line experience.
• Demonstrated history of working with minimal direction, balancing and prioritizing activities to ensure critical items are addressed in a timely and professional manner.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to multi-task in a dynamic environment.
• Genuine enjoyment of SWQA work. Additional Desired Knowledge or Experience Includes:
• Knowledge of Java
• Knowledge Oracle databases
• Knowledge of Travel industry
• Nice to have – Selenium automation experience