The Quality Assurance Analyst is focused on identifying testing needs and executing testing with the goal of providing quality software to our clients. A QA Analyst is aligned with one of our business unit aligned teams and is responsible for balancing their time across projects, reporting, performing independent test design and/or testing; and developing manual and/or automation tests.

Testing Approach – across projects (20%)

• Develop and implement efficient and effective testing strategy, test conditions and test scripts for projects
• Ensure appropriate testing coverage and requirements traceability through the creation, implementation and enhancement of comprehensive test plans, test cases, test steps and test automation
• Define clear expectations for all testing tasks, including inputs and outputs
• Educate and train developers, peers and future QA team members on the QA process
• Evaluate the need for test automation and performance testing for projects
• Participate in continual improvement of the agile process

Testing – in project(s) (50%)

• Drive testing process from Business Scope to Deploy and Production Installation
• Develop and execute test plans, test cases, scripts, and create test data for your agile delivery team; may include functional, integration, regression, data integrity and stress testing as well as assisting with user acceptance
• Review and identify gaps and deficiencies in business requirements, technical specifications, designs and testing documentation for completeness and testability
• Help team to identify and log defects, capturing steps to reproduce (actual vs. expected) and relevant details of the issue while driving all defects and design changes from discovery or inception to resolution

Defect Tracking and Metrics (20%)

• Develop reporting standards and manage reporting of key QA metrics
• Track defects for metrics and proactively identify areas of improvement
• Create and execute on solutions for the QA functional team and the assigned agile delivery team(s)

Testing Environments (10%)

• Coordinate test environment setup and test data creation with the Project Lead for all planned test execution activities
• Manage change processes such as build promotions to UAT and Production environments

• Information technology is a core part of Baird’s business strategy and plays a critical role in the growth and transformation of the firm.
• On Computerworld’s ‘Best Company to Work For’ list for five consecutive years with a collaborative culture that values diverse backgrounds and perspectives while emphasizing teamwork and a strong sense of partnership.
• Support and flexibility to grow and be your best at work, at home, and in the community

• A minimum of five years of prior IT experience, including at least three years of related QA experience preferred
• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, MIS, Business Administration, or Finance is preferred
• Demonstrates ability to decompose requirements into detailed test cases for functional and regression test execution
• Understanding of software testing types and methods, which may include White, Black, and Gray box testing; regression, negative, system, unit testing, etc.
• Must be able to work in an iterative development cycle and complete all test planning, test casing, and test execution within a two week iteration cycle
• Strong SQL database experience including the ability to create queries to validate data integrity and other data constraints
• Experience with Microsoft’s Test Manager or Quality Center preferred

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