Quality Assurance

**Quality Assurance (QA) Analyst** **:montreal
**Montreal, Quebec, Canada****:
**Please note that this is **a hybrid position. C**andidates must have an eligible work permit for Canada and be fluent in French.**

Do you want to experience the essence of a large organization in a company with a personal touch? Come and work with us We are looking for creative, innovative, and collaborative people like you to join our team.

At the heart of Alithya’s values is the well-being of our employees and their families. That's why, we continue to follow the Public Health Agency of Canada’s recommendations closely.

We remain close to you, while keeping our distance via Phone, Microsoft Teams, Zoom or however you like.
- Take your ambitions to the next level

Our client is looking for a talented, motivated, hands-on individual who is passionate about quality software to join our team as a Quality Assurance Analyst.

Do you have a demonstrated ability to gain in-depth product knowledge? Are you proficient in test strategies and execution? Do you have excellent communication skills, are a great collaborator, possess strong analytical skills, love to learn and are looking for opportunities to improve? Then this position is for you

In this role, you will be responsible for testing within one of our Agile teams. This includes designing, creating and maintaining manual test plans, implementing item, smoke and regression tests and reporting and properly documenting defects.
- Responsible for the quality assurance of software development;
- Participate and actively contribute to Agile ceremonies as a member of an Agile team;
- Work closely with all team members to achieve sprint goals;
- Analyze user stories, acceptance criteria and requirements;
- Create and maintain functional (item, smoke, regression, etc.) and non-functional (performance, security, etc.) manual test plans;
- Provide meaningful and accurate time estimates for QA-related activities;
- Execute manual test plans carefully and promptly;
- Detect and communicate problems quickly;
- Document and maintain detailed and accurate defect reports;
- Look for areas of improvement, automation, efficiency throughout the software development and maintenance process.
- When it just clicks

Does this sound like you?
- Relevant education or work experience;
- Minimum 5 years of experience in software quality assurance;
- Experience working in an agile development environment;
- Demonstrated ability to gain in-depth product knowledge;
- Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) to ensure ability to write test plans, test cases, defect reports and documentation;
- Proven ability to be analytical, organized, detail oriented, good problem solver, self-starter and quick learner;
- Motivated, always looking for ways to contribute and know how to deliver high quality software;
- Experience with Jira, Confluence;
- Knowledge of SQL to create datasets for testing;
- Experience with test automation (an asset);
- Communication with teams in French and English. Level expected:

- French: 4/4
- English: 4/4
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- Life at Alithya
- 37.5 hours per week;
- Opportunities to develop and grow your career;
- Work with diverse technologies, projects, clients and sectors;
- Spend your days in a creative and innovative environment;
- Share experience and knowledge as part of an agile and dynamic team;
- A great balance between work and personal life;
- Access to exciting educational opportunities (internal, conferences, events, courses, certifications, etc.);
- Personal recognition of your important professional contributions;
- Great cultural diversity across our teams.

**Why join our team?**:
Because creativity, passion, integrity and wellness are the company’s core values, we are looking for people like you who are enthusiastic, innovative, open-minded, team players and eager to learn.

Working at Alithya is a chance to be part of an energetic, dynamic, and growing team of more than 2,000 professionals in Canada, the United States and France. Our diverse practices and the extensive major projects entrusted to us by our prestigious clients allows us to offer many high growth potential opportunities to our employees in well-established technologies.

Alithya Group is an advocate for workforce diversity and as such, encourages the participation of women in management roles. We belong to the 30% Club, which encourages women’s access to leadership positions.