Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Senior Software Quality Assurance Analyst

Requirements

• Requires a bachelor’s degree and at least four years of job-related experience.
• In lieu of the required education, an equivalent combination of education and experience may be substituted on a year-for-year basis.
• Legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future visa sponsorship, including F-1 STEM OPT extensions.

Responsibilities

• Oversee the planning, design, and execution of complex test strategies to ensure software meets functional, technical, and cybersecurity requirements.
• Manage the execution of manual and automated test cases, analyzing results and driving defect resolution.
• Conduct in-depth root cause analysis and work with development and other cross-functional teams to implement preventive measures.
• Develop and execute comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts based on software specifications, user requirements, and cybersecurity standards, ensuring software quality at all stages of the development cycle.
• Perform and oversee functional, regression, integration, and user acceptance testing for windows, web, and mobile applications.
• Proactively identify opportunities for process improvement, including tool and methodology adoption to enhance testing efficiency.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to clarify requirements and ensure comprehensive test coverage, particularly for security-related aspects.
• Perform security testing initiatives, including penetration testing and vulnerability assessments.
• Mentor and provide guidance to junior QA analysts, fostering professional development.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards and regulatory frameworks (e.g., NIST, GDPR, HIPAA).
• Communicate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment on quality, security objectives, and timelines.
• Provide leadership, coaching, and/or mentoring to a subordinate group.
• Able to work and lead in a project team setting while also able to complete tasks individually within the provided timeline or as needed, accelerated timeline to meet the desired timeframe.
• Ensure compliance with industry best practices, quality standard, and regulatory requirements.
• Create a Community of Practice with an emphasis on automation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Degree in computer science, computer engineering, software development, information technology or related field
• Experience with testing methodology, including user acceptance testing (UAT)
• Experience with testing framework technology (Selenium, Cucumber, JUnit, etc.)
• Knowledge of defect tracking systems (Jira, Bugzilla, etc.)
• Previous Software Quality Analysis leadership experience.