Quality Assurance Specialist

2 months ago


Kitchener, Canada Hewlett Packard Full time

**Job Summary**
This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and executing comprehensive testing strategies to identify defects, verify functionality, and maintain a high standard of product excellence. The role monitors testing progress, analyzes results, and makes informed decisions based on testing outcomes. The role ensures the delivery of software that meets user expectations and industry standards, by collaborating closely with developers, product managers, and other stakeholders.

**Responsibilities**
- Analyzes design and determines test scripts, coding, automation, and integration activities required based on general objectives and knowledge of overall architecture of product or solution.
- Identifies and debugs, and creates solutions for issues with code and integration into software and firmware architecture.
- Performs code reviews and participates in design discussions to identify potential quality issues.
- Analyzes testing processes and suggests improvements for enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of QA activities.
- Collaborates and communicates with management, internal, and outsourced development partners regarding test status, project progress, and issue resolution.
- Represents the software quality assurance team for all phases of larger and more-complex development projects.
- Provides guidance and mentoring to less-experienced staff members.

**Education & Experience** Recommended**
- Four-year or Graduate Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, Information Technology, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
- Typically has 4-7 years of work experience, preferably in software quality assurance, test harnesses and QA focused tools, or a related field or an advanced degree with 3-5 years of work experience.

**Preferred Certifications**
- Certified Software Quality Engineer
- Certified Associate in Software Quality (CASQ)
- Certified Software Test Engineer (CSTE)

**Knowledge & Skills**
- Agile Methodology
- Application Programming Interface (API)
- Automation
- CI/CD
- Computer Science
- Debugging
- Java (Programming Language)
- Jenkins
- JIRA
- Python (Programming Language)
- Scripting
- Scrum (Software Development)
- Selenium (Software)
- Software Development
- Software Engineering
- Software Quality (SQA/SQC)
- Software Testing
- SQL (Programming Language)
- Test Automation
- Test Planning

**Cross-Org Skills**
- Effective Communication
- Results Orientation
- Learning Agility
- Digital Fluency
- Customer Centricity

**Impact & Scope**
Impacts multiple teams and may act as a team or project leader providing direction to team activities and facilitates information validation and team decision making process.

**Complexity**
Responds to moderately complex issues within established guidelines.

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