The Role
The role of Software Tester is an independent role who can execute the test script without any supervision. A key challenge is to complete test preparation & test execution on time and provide overall delivery on time without much oversight.
Work closely with Scrum and BA team members to clarify requirements, ensure testability and ability to design test cases, to provide feedback on design, both functional and technical. Identify test cases from Acceptance Criteria for the User Stories, estimate work and participate in design reviews. Work on frameworks to ensure continuous deployment and continuous integration.
Key accountabilities include:
- As a software tester, you will be responsible for Actively contributing to end-to-end test activities such as test script development, test execution & defects management.
- Work collaboratively with Test Lead / Business Analysts in a project to assess test scenarios and provide test requirements based on risk-based testing methodology.
- Design and Develop, Maintain Test scenarios, test conditions, test scripts, test data, and expected results for test streams, including Product Test, Integration Test, Technical Test and Deployment Test.
- Develop, update and maintain existing regression test assets
- Identify & Manage Test Data, Test Environment needs.
- Work closely with developers, support for various testing activities including test case/scriptwriting, Clarification, data load, build deployments etc.
- Execute test scripts
- Provide test progress, test results with accurate Reporting to leads.
- Provide clarity on defect severity & priority.
- Participate in continuous improvement initiatives.
- Being flexible to develop T shaped skills by augmenting manual testing experience and also building domain-related skills
Skills
- Good Experience in Testing practices and worked hands on independently as a manual tester
- Need to have the capability to learn the Requirements and create the test cases
- Prepare test plan and test strategy
- Well versed with Testing Phases and adaptation of testing in each phase
- Work Expertise of Web Services & Integration testing
- Experienced with STLC and Testing Concepts
- Understanding of software development lifecycle, testing methodologies, QA terminology, processes and procedures using ATDD and TDD methods
- Experience with Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment, working knowledge with VSTS
- Skills in test integrations, defect management and test management using any ALM and Azure DevOps
- Strong verbal and written communication skills are mandatory
- Self-Driven, results-oriented, motivated and a team player
- Ability to work across time zones and be flexible