Quality Assurance Analyst

**About Cognition+**

Cognition+ is a team of talented and dedicated people on a mission to deliver transformative digital solutions to insurance companies of all sizes. In addition to a fully customizable Enterprise Insurance Management Platform, Cognition+ offers on-demand support, connectivity, cybersecurity, and development services. Founded in 1993, we have gained a deep understanding of our client’s business needs and challenges and have invested in R&D to build the next-generation of insurance technology solutions.

With a focus on teamwork, commitment, and trust, we know it takes people with diverse perspectives, ideas, and cultures to make a company succeed. We believe that hiring the best talent will lead to the creation of better products and services to keep our clients on the leading edge. If you are looking for a challenging opportunity for your work to make a lasting impact and your career to grow then we want to meet YOU

**Why Choose Cognition+**
- Competitive compensation package;
- Flexible work hours that offer work/life balance;
- Opportunity to learn, grow and innovate;
- Friendly and supportive team environment; and,
- Opportunity to provide your input into making this organization successful.

**The Role**

As a member of the Quality Assurance (QA) team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with other talented members of our team to support, maintain and ensure quality for a complex insurance software system. You will create test plans, write manual test cases and execute manual tests. You will have the opportunity to work on a variety of tasks and develop your skills in many ways.

This position is for a 10-month contract and can be performed from our office in London, Ontario or remotely within Canada. Remote-based employees may occasionally be asked to travel to our office for meetings or team building events.

**Role Responsibilities**
- Find and document software defects in JIRA including concise and detailed steps for duplication of issues found and assist with prioritization and resolution.
- Work collaboratively with project team to communicate testing progress and status, prioritize and track defects to closure, discuss project updates and issues to ensure appropriate follow through to resolution.
- Develop detailed test cases, ensure that tests cover all features of the system (happy path and edge cases), and ensure the complete requirement coverage.
- Work with the Software Developers/Business Analysts to identify and prepare test data needed for the test execution.
- Review and analyze functional requirements to ensure that requirements are testable.

**Required Qualifications & Skills**
- A technical college or university credential in Computer Science, Information Technology or another related area.
- Minimum of one-year prior experience in a Quality Assurance role using Agile.
- Experience working in a team based environment on teams of various sizes and composition.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Attention to detail and analytical thinking.
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office products (Excel, Word, etc.).
- Good organizational and time management skills with an ability to complete multiple concurrent assignments.
- Experience in Functional testing, System testing, User Acceptance testing and Exploratory testing.
- Intermediate knowledge and experience in software testing processes, quality controls, methodologies, and standards.
- Ability to adapt to new technologies / tools.
- Knowledge of current industry trends.
- Knowledge and experience in agile project methodologies, such as Scrum and Kanban.
- Knowledge of documentation/defect tracking tools such as JIRA, Confluence.
- Basic knowledge of SQL queries and automation tools.

**Nice To Have**
- Prior experience working in the insurance industry.
- Industry related Professional Certification in Insurance or Software Quality (CIP, ISTQB).
- Accounting experience is an asset.

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**Equal Employment Opportunities