Pet Valu Hiring for QA Analyst at Markham, ON Full Time

Job Description:
What is the role?

The QA Analyst will be responsible for developing testing strategies in conjunction with the QA lead, documenting test scenarios, executing test scripts, and tracking results. Duties include collaborating with other project resources to build and maintain testing scripts and ensure that project deliverables are deployed with the least number of bugs. She/he will be a member of a small, but highly efficient team working together to ensure we deliver a quality product to our stores.

What will you do?

Reporting defects and working with the team to resolve them.

Actively collaborating with developers and business stakeholders to clarify requirements. Especially in terms of testability, consistency, and completeness.

Participating proactively in team retrospectives, suggesting and implementing improvements.

Creating test scenarios based on user stories

Participate in story pointing sessions

Ensure accurate and complete success criteria is defined for each user story

Develops detailed test strategies and plans for applications based on technical and business specifications

Retests fixes to ensure defects have been resolved

Documents and communicates test results

Assists in recommendation of processes or systems to enhance the effectiveness of quality assurance and testing strategies

Be an advocate for the quality of the software and quality as part of the software development process

What will you need to succeed?

Education and Experience

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or course work emphasis in programming and/or system design

5+ years of industry experience in software quality assurance

Experience with test automation and performance testing tools

Experience with Devops and agile methodology

Experience working with Retail and ERP systems and JIRA

Working experience with Jira

Knowledge and Skills

In depth knowledge of QA methodology and tools

Demonstrated understanding of relational databases

Strong knowledge of computers and/or networks

Ability to handle multiple projects

Capacity for learning quickly in a fast-paced environment and handling multiple tasks simultaneously

Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

Strong written and oral communication skills

Self-managing

Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) principles

Knowledge of SQL-Transact language and relational database theory

Understanding of retail and ERP system technologies