QA Manual - Lead

Job Description

Must haves: Manual Testing, Web Testing, API Testing, Test cases, SQL, STLC, Communication skills, Jira

Good to Have: Cucumber BDD.

 Responsibilities:

• Analyze user stories, product requirements, and acceptance criteria to design and develop comprehensive test cases.

• Capable to write medium complexities SQL queries for Data validation

• Conduct manual testing of web application features across various functionalities and user flows.

• Identify, reproduce, document, and report software defects using a bug tracking tool like Jira.

• Participate in daily stand-up meetings and sprint planning sessions to provide testing insights and feedback.

• Collaborate with developers to understand code changes and ensure proper regression testing.

• Stay up-to-date on the latest manual testing methodologies and best practices.

• Contribute to a culture of quality by advocating for testing throughout the development process.

Skills:

• Experience in Web application testing.

• API testing experience

• Knowledge of Gherkin format of test cases creation

• Agile methodology - process and ceremonies.

• Excellent communication skills

• Exposure to Zyphyr test management tool

• Extensive Experience with JIRA

• Extensive experience in test case, scenario & test plan creation

Additional Responsibilities:

• Test Strategy and Planning, defining the overall quality approach and resources for a project.

• Team Leadership and Workload Management, including task assignment, performance coaching, and mentorship of team members.

• Stakeholder Communication, acting as the primary liaison to Development and Product teams to articulate quality risks.

• Process Governance and Improvement, establishing, enforcing, and optimizing QA workflows and key performance metrics.

Mandatory Competencies