Mobile Quality Assurance Tester

Job Description:

• The UAT and API Tester is responsible for conducting activities during the system test phase of the software development lifecycle.
• This includes planning and executing system tests based on adherence to requirements, identifying and managing test data, and identifying and managing software defects.
• It is assumed applicants have prior professional experience in mobile app Quality Assurance and mobile app test skills.

SKILLS & QUALIFICATIONS (KSAs)
Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field
• Preferred experience in mobile app testing
• 4+ years of relevant experience with functional system test cases, data, or test suites, standard defect management tools and processes, application development, or regular client-side use of relevant applications with demonstrated understanding of program and mobile app functionality.
• Preferred experience with testing iOS and Android operating systems.
• Preferred experience in creating mobile app test plans for complex to majorly complex projects.
• Ability to execute functional and regression test cases as well as performance and security test cases.
• Experience on working with Technical Owners, Operations and Product Managers, Vendors and Business Analysts to coordinate the testing process to ensure correct reporting information is relayed.
• Experience on working in an Agile scrum environment using Azure DevOps
• Experience with API testing

Preferred Skills:

• Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Demonstrated experience writing clear, concise, and comprehensive test plans and cases.
• Hands-on experience with both white and black box testing.
• Preferred hands-on experience with accessibility tools (Wave, JAWs, and Siteimprove).
• Proficiency with standard office software (Microsoft Word/Excel/Powerpoint or Google Docs/Sheets/Slides).
• Demonstrated flexibility to address stakeholder-driven test scenarios and communications.
• Experience with accessibility tools.
• Knowledge and experience applying software QA methodologies, tools, and processes in practice.
• Demonstrated knowledge and experience as a member of an Agile team.
• Experience testing vendor-developed, commercial off-the-shelf/customized software systems.
• ISTQB certification or equivalent professional accreditation.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES:

• Create mobile app test plans for complex to majorly complex projects.
• Execute functional and regression test cases as well as performance and security test cases.
• Create and maintain requirements traceability matrices.
• Identify and manage test data needed for complex projects
• Coordinate with Technical Owners, Operations and Product Managers, Vendors and Business Analysts throughout the testing process to ensure correct reporting information is relayed.
• Analyze system requirements, identify and document the most important test cases.
• Analyze the effectiveness of test cases after project completion and make any necessary improvements.
• Determine what test data is needed and work with the Senior Tester to acquire it.
• Follow defect management process for system test and user acceptance test.
• Establish effective communication with development teams for defect management.
• Document defects and their resolution.
• Monitor the management of defects.
• Determine when a valid defect has occurred, how to communicate it, or if it needs to be escalated for analysis or repair.
• Identifies and recommends defect management strategies.
• Determine the severity and priority of defects with support from the development team.
• Determine if a defect fix is successful with support from the business requirements team.
• Determine what defect metrics to communicate.
• Participate in agile scrum related meetings.
• Facilitate defect review meetings.
• Facilitate peer review meetings as they relate to test plans and test scripts for other testers.
• Provides recommendations for test plan and script modifications.
• Recommends courses of actions in relation to defects, test schedule, strategy.

Skills :

• AGILE - Agile Development Methodology
• Esri JavaScript API
• Team work