Software QA Engineer

Software QA Engineer

Job Summary:

The Software QA Engineer is responsible for testing applications and ensuring high quality control standards.He/She actively contributes to maintain a good team spirit and quality team work. He/She is responsible for delivering quality results on the projects, and in a timely and cost-effective manner.

Job Responsibilities:

• Carry out feasibility studies: Listing out software features, Attend knowledge sharing sessions on products
• Participate in Release Planning Meeting
• Participate in User Stories estimation
• Confirm feasibility of performing Definition of Done
• Prepare a Software Test Plan
• Elaborate Condition of Satisfaction during Sprint Planning
• Determine and estimate QA tasks during Sprint Planning 
• Create Software Test cases and/ Test Scriptsfollowing Test Plan and Condition of Satisfaction
• Test Cycle: Configure Test Environment, Execute the prepared Test Cases and/ Test Scripts, Log issues to bug tracking system and verify fixes, Disseminate information on bugs in Development and Design team
• Test reports: Generate test reports, Communicate the tests reports to Project Manager
• Research & Development: Proactively seeks opportunities to broaden and deepen knowledge base and proficiencies; research on products and tools as assigned; draft research report and present outcomes to Project Manager
• Actively contribute to develop and improve the corporate knowledge base (best practices, knowledge sharing across the whole organization)
• Teamwork: proactively initiate, develop, and maintain effective working relationships with team members; demonstrate the ability to cooperate with a variety of people and achieve results; share acquired skills with team members through formal and informal channels.

Basic requirements:

• Bachelor in Computer Science (BE/B TECH, BCA or equivalent); Master degree in Computer Science is a big plus
• Excellent analytical, organizational, problem solving and decision-making skills
• Demonstrated minimum 2 years of hands-on experience in software testing; 3 years desirable
• Strong documentation skills: able to clearly report bugs and prepare test reports
• Experience with at least one programming languages
• Excellent knowledge of load and performance testing process, experience of using tools such as JMeter, Silk, Silk Performer, LoadRunner is also a plus
• Significant knowledge of software security and software performance tools and practices
• Understand the principles of the test methodologies and test environments
• Experience with web application security testing 
• Able to take ownership towards the overall development of the organization.