QA Analyst/LEAD

Next-Generation Internal Systems Tester

You will be part of the team creating the next-generation internal systems for movie and direct-to-consumer creative development and production. You should be comfortable being part of a cross-functional team and working with a diverse group of business stakeholders and technologists. We expect you to have a deep understanding of Quality Assurance Testing.

Your key responsibilities will be:

• Test Planning
  • Works with business analysts and application developers to develop test plans based on functional specifications.
  • Develops additional testing documents based on test plan, such as test scenarios, test cases and test matrices.
  • Creates test data to support test execution.
  • Assists in the preparation of scripts for automated test execution.
  • Assists in the set up of test environments to mirror production environment.
• Test Execution
  • Works with clients and project team members to ensure requirements and development standards are met.
  • Executes test plans and scripts, both manual and automated.
  • Validates and documents test results.
  • Makes recommendations to project team and Production Acceptance regarding “quality readiness”
  • Assists with test environment refreshes.
  • Adheres to QA and departmental standards.
  • Participates in project meetings as required.
• Defect Tracking
  • Documents and tracks program defects.
  • Provides cursory analysis of defects to developers and other project team members.
  • Provides research assistance to developers and other project team members to resolve open defects.
• Quality Assurance
  • Participates in the improvement of existing quality assurance and control processes.
  • Disseminates standards to other testing groups and monitor compliance.
  • Works with project teams, application developers, or outside vendors to audit application testing.
  • Assists with the maintenance of test environment and testing tools.
• Administration
  • Communicates plans, status and issues to management on a regular basis.
  • Adheres to department standards, policies, procedures and industry best practices.

Working knowledge of testing methodologies, tools and techniques. Understanding of Project and Software Development Life Cycle Methodologies.