Manual QA Tester

Software Quality Assurance Tester

The software Quality Assurance Tester assesses software quality through manual and some limited automated testing. In this position you must have a keen eye for detail and excellent organizational and communication skills. Critical thinking and problem-solving abilities are a must, as well as skilled execution of test cases and a high passion for quality.

Responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities include but are not limited to the following:

• Create use cases, develop, and maintain test specifications, test cases, test scripts and test data on highly complex and/or multiple projects.
• Implement test practices, standards, and processes, troubleshoot test issues, record test results, track and prioritize defects, participate in product readiness, and release decisions.
• Establish fact-based measures of test efficiency, effectiveness, and product readiness.
• Consistently execute test cases (manual and/or automated) and analyze results in a timely manner.
• Create Confluence pages to document testing phases and pass/fail criteria.
• Effectively report bugs and errors to the development team via Jira.
• Assist with troubleshooting issues and analyzing defects to improve products.
• Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Follow through and conduct post-release/post-implementation testing.
• Perform daily duties in line with Information Security Policies and Procedures.
• Ensure that Information Confidentiality, Integrity, and Privacy is always maintained with processing information assets.

Qualifications and Required Skills

• 3+ Years' experience in QA testing HTML and web-based applications
• Excellent understanding of the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Excellent knowledge testing all layers of the application – database, front-end, and back-end
• Experience with automation testing, creating, and maintaining frameworks using Selenium or other automation tools
• Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
• Excellent communication skills
• Maintain strong attention to detail
• Strong organization skills
• Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude
• Excellent critical thinking and troubleshooting skills, ability to find and solve the root causes of problems
• Strong experience with business rule intensive systems and high-volume manual workflow
• Experience with Jira and Confluence
• Experience supporting highly regulated businesses or products preferred
• Katalon Studio experience is preferred, but not required
• Cucumber BDD experience is preferred, but not required
• Experience with API testing (REST/SOAP), including tools such as Postman or similar
• Experience executing and maintaining large-scale regression test suites across multiple release cycles
• Strong understanding of the full STLC, SDLC with direct involvement in release planning, test cycles, and go/no-go decisions
• Experience working in fast-paced release environments with frequent feature deployments (weekly or bi-weekly release cadences)
• Familiarity with risk-based regression testing strategies to prioritize coverage in time-constrained release windows
• Experience coordinating regression testing across cross-functional teams on large, multi-workstream projects

What Will Make You Stand Out

• Experience with Xray test management or similar (Jira plugin)
• Experience with Playwright for end-to-end browser automation
• Pytest framework experience, including writing and maintaining test scripts in Python
• Exposure to release management processes including release notes, deployment checklists, and post-release validation
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions) and integrating automated tests into build workflows
• Experience with version control systems such as Git
• Experience with performance or load testing tools (e.g., JMeter, k6)
• Background in performance testing
• Hands-on experience with JMeter or similar load-testing tools
• ISTQB certification