Lead QA Analyst Job Description

Lead QA Analyst Job Description

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Lead QA analyst provides technical support for SQL*net, PL/SQL, External Procedures, shell scripts, and Oracle security as defined by the DISA database Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG).

Lead QA Analyst Duties & Responsibilities

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Ensures team has adequate training, consulting and tools to deliver objectives
Ensure that quality control testing follows approved test procedures and is conducted using appropriate test tools
Develop testing solution that focuses on manual testing and integrates with the CI environment
A Simpsons, Empire, Master Chef and Parks and Recreation junkie
A motivated individual that can work with minimal details and run with little to no oversight, someone that will get the work done
Fully integrated in the sprint planning, bug scrubs, daily stand ups
Able to communicate and document status efficiently to Project, Product, Development and other QA
Creating, updating and maintaining Test Cases, Test Plans, schedules and documentation
Participating in product feedback and user experience of all the applications you are involved with
Actively thinking of and participating in new ways to improve the QA team

Lead QA Analyst Qualifications

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Licensing or Certifications for Lead QA Analyst

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Education for Lead QA Analyst

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Employers hiring for the lead QA analyst job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Computer Science, Education, Business, Engineering, Technical, Information Systems, Information Technology, Financial Services, Software Engineering, Technology

Skills for Lead QA Analyst

Desired skills for lead QA analyst include:

SQL
Tools
.net
Oracle
PUTTY
SOA/Soap UI
Software development lifecycle
Ability to document and implement foundational standards and processes
Ability to read and write complex SQL scripts
Able to leverage HTTP and HTML testing technologies

Desired experience for lead QA analyst includes:

Knowledge of supply chain and retail management software a plus
Development experience in any of these is a PLUS
Strong core experience in various phases of Quality Assurance processes including functional testing, System testing, integration testing, regression testing, Automation testing, performance testing, Accessibility testing, Mobile testing, Infrastructure testing and SaaS COTS testing
Roficient in HP ALM testing tool, experienced with HP UFT testing tool, SOATest, JAWS and WATS and JCL
Knowledgeable in testing of host and distributed systems(GUI and back end testing) including Mainframe
Candidates who do not meet the education requirements but have experience in Quality Assurance Testing Management will be considered

Lead QA Analyst Examples

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Lead QA Analyst Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is looking to fill the role of lead QA analyst. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for lead QA analyst
  • Analyze business and software design requirements and user acceptance criteria to determine appropriate overall quality assurance activities
  • Identify and implement new processes
  • Keep up with the product feature set
  • Lead, determine and manage the work of other QA representatives, plus coaching and mentoring junior members of the team to best practices
  • Determine QA Work Breakdown Structure components for team members
  • Demonstrate a "hands-on" approach to develop and execute test cases as and when required
  • Develop Master Test Strategy and Plan and create test case documents according to the Master plan
  • Works with project teams through the design and test stages to ensure strict adherence to business requirements
  • Logs detailed and accurate defect reports and follows the defects through to resolution and closure
  • Analyze and identify the root cause of anomalies encountered by reviewing log files, Database tables, Work with developers to resolve issues found
Qualifications for lead QA analyst
  • Ability to lead multiple testing projects
  • Experience in leading QA process
  • Ensures adherence to Information Technology project management methodologies
  • 5 or more years of experience with software quality assurance required
  • Strong experience with ALM (test cases)
  • Demonstrated ability to sit with a product owner and discuss the functionality with other businesses
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Lead QA Analyst Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a lead QA analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for lead QA analyst
  • Perform routine and non-routine QA/QC testing of raw materials, in-process and finished products
  • Perform routine and non-routine compendial testing using wet chemical and instrumental methodologies
  • Provide guidance, support and training for wet chemical and instrumental testing activities
  • Analytical testing in support of customer requests/complaints, new product development and site regulatory needs
  • Perform stability testing as needed
  • Support plant operations to ensure product quality
  • Outside contract testing activities
  • Relevant experience leading QAs in multiple teams
  • Experience in mentoring and coaching other QAs
  • Co-operative working with BA’s, Developers, UX designers, Dev-Ops etc
Qualifications for lead QA analyst
  • Preferred 1 year experience testing on a system developed following the Agile Methodolgy
  • The ability to read and comprehend test plans in ALM and communicate with others to gain understanding when instructions aren’t clear
  • Experience with ALM and JIRA would be a plus
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills with internal and external teams, project management skills
  • This is a hands on role with a combination of manual and automated testing
  • 10 years of full life cycle Software Quality Assurance process experience (requirements analysis, decomposition, test case design, prioritization and risk analysis, test execution, metric reporting)
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Lead QA Analyst Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of lead QA analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for lead QA analyst
  • Extensive recent experience testing complex web applications
  • Proven track record in creating automated tests against user interfaces and APIs
  • Experience of agile delivery using Scrum/Kanban, on a team using TDD, continuous integration and continuous delivery
  • Collaborate with business analysts and business users to understand the business processes as specified during the business requirements definition phase of the project
  • Identify test anomalies and track them to resolution
  • Improving test procedures by performing work flow analysis and recommending quality process improvements
  • Partner with Development, Systems, Business, and Customer support associates to ensure that the project deliverables meet functional and operational needs of the business
  • Participate in Software Configuration Management (e.g., configuration baselines, configuration change requests, and change control records) for test environments
  • Facilitate testing activities with IT project teams
  • Author and execute test cases
Qualifications for lead QA analyst
  • Agile development experience a must
  • Must have experience testing highly complex domains
  • Testing will be 80% Manual Testing, 20% automated
  • Tester will use an in-house automation tool for automated web testing
  • Technical front end testing experience
  • Basic knowledge of nosql databases (Cassandra)
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Lead QA Analyst Job Description

Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of lead QA analyst. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for lead QA analyst
  • Manage defects discovered during testing activities and validating the fixes
  • Coordinate and communicate defects discovered during testing to the project team
  • Load Models
  • Validate Sonar content zones are set up with appropriate data/spacing/font/colors/borders
  • Execute functional, system, integration, regression, automation and performance testing based on task assignment
  • Design and performance of Quality Assurance (QA) testing to proactively identify areas of risk and implementation of best practice
  • Collaborating with global QA team to ensure consistency and fostering an environment of continuous improvement
  • Validation of action steps taken by business to resolve issues identified through QA testing, risk reviews and audits
  • Presentation of QA results and metrics to senior operations leads at monthly control forums and quarterly reviews
  • Assist Operations Control Managers (OCM) in reviewing and analyzing operational risk events, identifying root causes of control breakdowns & partner to ensure appropriate remediation complete
Qualifications for lead QA analyst
  • A positive, quality-oriented, reliable, organized, and flexible individual with an ability to work in a fast-paced agile environment
  • Should have experience on Mobile Non Functional Testing
  • Experience with interacting with vendors, transitioning work
  • Proven participation in the wider testing community
  • Experience with performance testing software
  • Designing, developing, and executing test strategies, test plans, and test cases
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Lead QA Analyst Job Description

Job Description Example
Our growing company is looking for a lead QA analyst. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for lead QA analyst
  • Quality reviews and feedback to business partners on control processes and procedures
  • Perform all of the above duties independently and with other test engineers, with moderate supervision
  • Work with geographically dispersed teams including multi-vendor into Scrum teams to meet “Continuous Testing” objectives faced by today’s corporations with extensive interpersonal skills, will engage and energize teams to achieve aggressive goals
  • As a natural leader, who inspires trust and respect across a variety of disciplines
  • Work to automate testing and deployment across the board
  • Responsible for leading, planning, integrating, and executing all testing
  • Works on multiple programs/systems as a project team leader, and considered to be a subject matter expert for multiple programs/systems
  • Planning, executing, and managing the testing effort for Velocity projects for the business and commercial loan platforms
  • Communicate with stakeholders and technology teams on moderately complex process
  • Work with business users to understand and test the business processes for home lending
Qualifications for lead QA analyst
  • Translating business requirements into test cases
  • Key individual contributor to Quality Assurance (QA) project teams within T&O
  • Works with project teams to ensure standard quality practices/processes are followed
  • Conducts end-to-end testing on applications and technology, to ensure that business, technical, functional requirements are being met throughout the SDLC
  • Designs and Executes test scripts based upon test strategy/plans in an effort to identify defects prior to production
  • Works as a member of the project team to ensure standard quality practices/processes are followed

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