Offer summary

Qualifications:

High School diploma or equivalent required; Associate or bachelor's degree preferred., 5 years of experience in quality assurance and automated testing strategies., Proficient in QA methodology, testing web services, and using tools like Selenium, Appium, and SQL., Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate with IT and business partners. .

Key responsabilities:

Develop and maintain automated test scenarios and strategies for applications throughout the SDLC.

Create and execute test plans, scripts, and regression test cases to ensure optimal application performance.

Collaborate with development teams to identify and track defects, ensuring timely resolution.

Communicate testing progress and results to stakeholders, while participating in process improvement initiatives.

Job description

Automation QA Analyst

The Quality Assurance Analyst plays a critical role in assisting business and development teams to help ensure new products, enhancements and upgrades are released from development to production with the fewest member impacting bugs possible. The role uses excellent analytical and problem solving skills to perform automated and manual testing of applications.

This individual will work with both Agile and Waterfall development methodologies and have an understanding of business requirements. The role will require the development of automated test scenarios as well as developing strategies to automate current manual testing. This individual will partner with business partners, internal developers and vendors to address defects.

What you will be doing:

Testing Validation:

Contribute to the development and establishment of testing measures and standards for new applications, products, and/or enhancements to existing applications throughout the SDLC
Design, create, enhance, and maintain automated tests and data sets using a framework such as Selenium
Create and execute test plans and scripts that will determine optimal application or system performance from both business and technological perspective
Create and maintain a catalog of regression test cases for applications or systems
Contribute to test automation strategy and automation framework
Participate in the testing of new software to ensure integration into company systems meets functional requirements, system compliance, and technical specifications
Identify, document, regress, and track bugs through resolution

Analysis:

Ensure that testing activities allow applications to meet business requirements and systems goals, fulfill end-user requirements, and identify existing or potential issues
Identify and raise risks as early as possible in the system development life cycle
Analyze formal test results in order to discover and report any defects, bugs, errors, configuration issues, and interoperability flaws
Analyze impact of defects, bugs, errors, configuration issues and interoperability issues on existing test cases, including regression test cases
Oversee process improvement for software testing

Collaboration:

Collaborate with software/systems personnel in application testing and testing methods.
Communicate test progress, test results, and other relevant information to project stakeholders and management
Participate in the IT Change Control Process, following all document practice and guidelines for new and existing technologies. Cultivate and disseminate knowledge of testing best practices
Participates in the evaluation of test automation/load testing tools
Assist with creating metrics reports.
Take ownership of project deliverables, keep track of schedule and releases

Other:

Perform other duties as assigned
Adhere to all company policies, procedures, and business ethics codes
Maintain strict adherence and compliance to all laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures and internal controls specific to your role

Qualifications & Requirements:

Must-Have:

High School diploma or equivalent
5 years of quality assurance and developing and using automated testing strategies
Knowledge of QA methodology and industry-standard testing
Experience developing test strategies for complex programs, automation strategies, test plans and test cases
Experience working with Appium
Experience in testing web services/API testing/SoapUI/Postman
Knowledge of Java, Kotlin or Swift
Experience testing web and mobile applications.
Experience working with SQL
Experience with defect tracking systems such as Microsoft Azure DevOps
Experience working with source control such as TFS, Github, or Bitbucket
Ability to effectively communicate with both IT and business partners
Ability to work collaboratively with others and inspire teams
Knowledge of web and mobile application development methodologies
Ability to engage in problem-solving skills to help identify and resolve issues

Nice to Have:

Associate or bachelor degree
Experience working for a financial institution
Experience working with scripting languages such as Python

About Aequilibrium

Aequilibrium is a Canadian award-winning technology consulting and implementation services company frequently ranked as one of the Top Five Digital Agencies, Fastest-Growing Tech Companies, Top Exporter, and Best Companies to Work for in BC. We help progressive companies become more resilient, differentiate, and grow. We enrich people's lives by crafting remarkable experiences, balancing Human & Digital, Experience & Tech, Craftsmanship & Speed. Winner of multiple VancouverUX awards for digital product design, Aequilibrium provides full-stack Digital Transformation services: Strategy, Experience Design, and Tech. Our Innovation business unit uses VR, AI, and the Cloud to craft immersive and personalized experiences for collaboration, education, and training. We are remote-first and focus on high-quality delivery by our employees. We welcome clients (https://aequilibrium.com/) and job applications (https://aequilibrium.com/careers/) from candidates worldwide.

Location:
This position is 100% remote; however, only candidates based in North America or South America will be considered.

Salary:
The hourly rate range for this position is $40/hr to $60/hr CAD
Salary offered will be based on skills, experience and geographical market rates.

Some of Our Benefits

Fully remote work
Competitive compensation rates
Bonus programs
Training and career development opportunities
Regular in-person social events for employees/contractors based in/around Vancouver, BC or Toronto, ON.

Please note

At Aequilibrium, we seek candidates who will contribute to our culture of valuing, respecting, supporting, and caring for each other. Diversity of thought and perspectives is critical to our success, and all applicants are considered regardless of sexual orientation, gender identity, race, colour, age, disability, marital status, heritage, or religious or political beliefs.

Aequilibrium is trusted with highly sensitive information. Upon joining our team, you may be asked to undergo security screenings, including a criminal record check.

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