QA Analyst

Roles and Responsibilities

• Analyze business requirements and functional specifications.
• Understand application functionality and business workflows.
• Prepare test plans, test scenarios, and test cases.
• Perform functional, regression, integration, and smoke testing.
• Execute manual test cases and identify software defects.
• Report, track, and manage bugs using defect-tracking tools.
• Verify bug fixes and perform retesting.
• Perform UI and usability testing.
• Validate application functionality against business requirements.
• Prepare and maintain test documentation.
• Collaborate with developers and business analysts to resolve issues.
• Participate in requirement analysis and review meetings.
• Ensure software quality before production release.
• Perform end-to-end testing of applications.
• Maintain test execution reports and defect status reports.

Technical Skills Required

• Manual Testing:

• Functional Testing.
• Regression Testing.
• Smoke Testing.
• Sanity Testing.
• Integration Testing.
• System Testing.
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• End-to-End Testing.

• Software Testing Concepts:

• Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
• Bug Life Cycle.
• Test Case Design Techniques.
• Boundary Value Analysis.
• Equivalence Partitioning.
• Positive and Negative Testing.

• Bug Tracking Tools:

• Jira.
• Bugzilla.
• Azure DevOps.
• HP ALM / Quality Center.

• Database Testing:

• Basic SQL Queries.
• SELECT, WHERE, ORDER BY.
• INSERT, UPDATE, DELETE.
• Joins and basic data validation.
• Database verification.

• API Testing (Preferred):

• Postman.
• REST API Testing.
• HTTP Methods (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE).
• JSON Request and Response Validation.
• Status Code Validation.

• Automation Testing (Preferred):

• Selenium WebDriver.
• Java or Python basics.
• TestNG or PyTest.
• Basic automation framework knowledge.

Soft Skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Good communication and documentation skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Logical thinking and troubleshooting abilities.
• Team collaboration.
• Time management.
• Ability to understand business requirements.
• Willingness to learn new testing tools and technologies.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Test case execution efficiency.
• Defect identification and reporting accuracy.
• Test coverage and requirement coverage.
• Defect detection rate.
• Defect retesting effectiveness.
• On-time completion of testing activities.
• Reduction in production defects.
• Quality of test documentation.

Preferred Skills

• Basic knowledge of Agile and Scrum methodologies.
• Experience with Jira and defect management.
• Understanding of web and mobile application testing.
• Knowledge of API and database testing.
• Basic programming knowledge.
• Understanding of CI/CD concepts.
• Familiarity with software deployment processes.

Expected Deliverables

• Test plans and test strategies.
• Test scenarios and test cases.
• Test execution reports.
• Defect and bug reports.
• Regression testing reports.
• Requirement Traceability Matrix (RTM).
• Test summary reports.
• Quality assurance documentation.