Senior Quality Assurance Engineer for Kenexa
Kenexa Technologies Pvt Ltd, Visakhapatnam 4 - 7 Yrs
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Senior Quality Engineer should be able to design, build, and test one of our premier global enterprise software solutions for Human Capital Management.
Working as part of a high energy team that does what it takes to ensure success, you will use black-box and grey-box methodologies to test this sophisticated SaaS multi-tier internet application to ensure timely release of a high quality product that exceeds client expectations.
External responsibilities
1. Design and develop test plans, test cases based upon functional, design specifications and use cases.
2. Testing the web based applications using the available test cases and validating the Kenexa applications for the expected behavior.
3. Guide and mentor other team members on internal initiatives.
4. Execute planned testing tasks and provide timely and accurate analysis of findings
Suggest process improvements by analyzing various aspects of development parameters such as defect density, schedule variance and other related parameters.
5. Effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a dynamic and sometimes high-pressure environment, ensuring that goals are achieved in a timely manner.
6. Communicate effectively with developers and QA peers and other stakeholders in the organization.
7. Actively participate in quality assurance process improvements.
8. Works closely with various stake holders like Development, Technical Writing, Product Management, Support teams to ensure quality deliverables.
9. Participate in project status review meetings and report status to the project lead.
10. Provides clear, accurate and prompt communication to the leadership and management teams.
External requirements required:
B.E./B.Tech./M.E./M.Tech./MCA in Computer Science, Engineering, MCA, MBA Systems, or MBA HR from a reputed university with an aggregate of at least 65%.
Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), problem solving and analytical skills.
Experience on analyzing Requirements, Technical design document and Creating test cases.
Hands on experience in testing web-based applications / enterprise-level commercial applications.
Experience working with defect tracking and configuration tools.
Working Knowledge on Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), STLC, Defect Life Cycle.
Knowledge on non-functional testing like performance, load, stress testing and security testing.
Able to work closely with software developers and other business team spread across in multiple time zones.
Must have a strong knowledge of QA processes and methodologies.
Experience in Database testing using SQL Server (construct simple/complex SQL queries).
Exposure in Test Project estimation, Test planning, Resource planning etc.,
Exposure in all types of test reporting process and delivering the same.
Able to work independently, take the ownership of a module as well as coordinate between onsite and offshore teams.
External requirements preferred:
Knowledge of QA Automation processes and tools (QTP/Selenium/Rational Functional Tester/SilkTest/Loadrunner etc.,)
Knowledge of SAAS/SOA, with experience testing interactions between underlying components is a plus.
Certification such as CSTE (Certified Software Test Engineer), CSQA (Certified Software Quality Analyst), or ISTQB a plus.
Experience using test management/defect management tool (Mercury Quality Center) is a plus.
