Quality Assurance Analyst

Description

 Vistrue is an innovative software company focused on providing an industry-leading asset management  platform that makes it easier for individuals at all levels of a business to manage, track, and increase  their return on assets anytime, anywhere. In September of 2019, Vistrue was acquired by ASG. ASG is  an unconventional group of market-leading SaaS software companies and has acquired 20+ businesses  since its inception in August of 2016. Vistrue and ASG believe deeply in the power of people and data to  grow great organizations, and that sharing knowledge, expertise, and resources across the ASG  community of business drives exponential growth. To learn more, visit https://vistrue.com and https://www.alpinesg.com.

 The Mission of the Role

 Vistrue is looking for a Quality Assurance Analyst to be a key member of the overall Product Delivery Team and perform a critical role in Agile software development. Working closely with Development  Teams, the Quality Assurance Analyst will ensure we are providing our customers with a high-quality  product. 

Requirements

 Responsibilities

• Create and document detailed, comprehensive, well-structured test plans and test cases
•  Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet product needs 
•  Identify and fill gaps in acceptance criteria and test coverage
•  Actively engage in estimation, design, release planning and related activities
•  Perform acceptance criteria testing for user stories, pass or fail and re-assign as needed 
•  Provide coherent notes in Microsoft Azure DevOps
•  Complete tasks timely within each two-week sprint
•  Perform rigorous manual regression/smoke testing of the application
•  Automate testing for increasingly more efficient and reliable quality validation
•  Partner with the QA team members to define tooling that enables improving testing efficiency,  coverage, and reliability for         product suite
•  Use SQL experience to test back-end code that impacts front end UIs and APIs
•  Liaise with internal teams (e.g. developers and product managers) to further identify product  requirements and user expectations
•  Track QA metrics (e.g. escape rate, leakage, test coverage, test progress, tester efficiency,  recurrent defects and open defect counts)
•  Track QA Planning and daily Actual Completed Hours to support burndown reporting 

Required Experience 

•  Good knowledge of core software QA methodologies, tools and processes 
•  4+ years of QA experience, including manual testing 
•  2-3 years of testing automation experience
•  1-2 years of experience working with SOAP/XML and RESTful Web Services/JSON
•  1-2 years of experience with a test automation framework, such as:                                                                                                                                                * IDE – Visual Studio, IntelliJ                                                                                                                                                                                        * Test Data – Excel, CSV, SQL Server                                                                                                                                                                                  * Testing Tools: Selenium, JUnit, JMeter, Cypress, TestNG                                                                                                                                 * Programming Language: Java or C# (Basic Concepts)                                                                                                                                     * Reporting tools
•  Understanding of uni-directional and bi-directional APIs and how they work
•  Experience with QA testing web applications in Chrome and other browsers
•  Experience with QA testing mobile applications on iOS and/or Android on devices
•  Understanding of and ability to write SQL queries
•  Demonstrated ability of writing clear, comprehensive test plans, test cases and bug reports
•  Self-starter, able to work in in a high-pressure environment with minimal direct supervision
•  Strong understanding of CSS/HTML, JavaScript
•  1-2 years of experience working with Postman API tools
•  3-5 years of experience with Microsoft Azure DevOps and Microsoft Office products
•  Strong documentation skills
•  Excellent communication skills – written and oral – English Language

 Personal Characteristics

 • Focused - Goal driven and product-oriented mindset

  • Reliable - Ability to work independently and as a team member

 • Analytical – finds meaning and action in numbers, and is a data-driven decision-maker

 • Stellar time management and organizational skills

 • Resourceful – figures out how to achieve results creatively with finite resources

 • Thrives in a nimble, lean, unstructured, fast-paced environment

 • Strong attention to detail and quality output

 • Works collaboratively and energetically

 • Impeccable integrity and ethical standards

 • Self-aware, accepting, honest, open, and respectful of others

 • Ability to create and execute on processes for a growing SaaS company using best practices

 • Commitment to personal growth and development 

Other Information

 • People First Mindset: The guiding principle of our and ASG’s mentality is that the key to success  is working with, learning from, and developing exceptional people

 • Culture: Entrepreneurial, fast-moving, passionate atmosphere in a casual, friendly environment