Quality Assurance Coordinator

Job Description

• Co-ordinates work on multiple phases of a project and/or projects of moderate scope or possibly in more complex assignments.
• Is involved in hands-on testing activities. Supports and works with QA Analysts.
• Works on quality assurance projects using available test frameworks and tools and establishes plans for projects with on-time and on-budget project goals.
• Responsible for a certain test area and conditions as well as results evaluation, problem resolution and planning.
• Ensures compliance with testing best practices and standards.
• Scopes and creates quality assurance plans, data, procedures, and scripts
• Scopes out and creates test coverage, designing specifications and defining conditions for given requirements. Maintains the integrity of the test environment.
• Interprets, reviews and reports test activities and results in accordance with project plans.
• Identifies test issues, reporting risks and defining regression tests for current and future projects and logs these as best practices and learning points.
• Understands business end-to-end processes and participates in production verification and validation.
• Contributes to management reporting including appropriate test metrics on planning, defects and execution.
• Deputises for Lead as required.

Job Requirements

General:

• Professional attitude, has developed a reputation as a trusted advisor.
• Good client-facing skills, experience in developing partnerships with the team and client and collaborating with others to exceed client expectations.
• Good problem solving skills, has experience in proposing different options and solutions for approaching and resolving issues.
• Adaptable and responds positively to changing business issues, sees change as an opportunity to improve performance.
• Excellent communication skills, adapts style accordingly and demonstrates an understanding of the audience’s perspective. Uses discretion when dealing with sensitive information.

Technical:

• Intermediate theoretical knowledge in quality assurance methodologies. Has awareness of new and emerging technologies and developments.
• Has good applications/technology knowledge, building on specialist domain knowledge and has practical experience of testing tools and frameworks required to deliver.
• Good understanding of the software development process including analysis, design, coding, system and user testing, problem resolution and planning.
• Experience in co-ordinating and monitoring the work of others in their responsible area.

Qualifications Essential

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or other related field, or equivalent work experience -
• ISTQB Foundation Desirable - Additional course or certification in Quality Assurance