Quality Assurance Analyst

**Company: ASSA ABLOY Software Center of Excellence**

**Reports to**: Director of Software Development

**Location**: Mississauga, Ontario Canada

The ASSA ABLOY Group is the global leader in access solutions. The Group operates worldwide with 49,000 employees and sales of 8,9 billion euros. The Group has leading positions in areas such as efficient door openings, trusted identities, and entrance automation. ASSA ABLOY's innovations enable safe, secure, and convenient access to physical and digital places. Every day, we help billions of people experience a more open world.

Great news We’re currently seeking a **Quality Assurance Analyst** to be based at our Mississauga, Ontario office.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts for new and existing features.
- Perform various types of testing including functional, regression, integration, performance, manual, and user acceptance testing.
- Specifically, design and execute test cases to rigorously validate access control systems, including role-based access control (RBAC), attribute-based access control (ABAC), and other authorization mechanisms.
- Identify, document, and track software defects and work closely with development teams to resolve issues.
- Collaborate with product managers, developers, and other stakeholders to understand requirements and ensure testability.
- Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from requirements gathering to deployment.
- Automate test cases using Selenium, Playwright, Cypress, Protractor, TestNG, Junit, Cucumber, Gherkin, SoapUI, SauceLabs, JMeter, Postman, Rest Assure, WebDriverIO, Zephyr.
- Analyze test results, prepare reports, and provide recommendations for improvements.
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of QA processes and methodologies.
- Stay up-to-date with industry’s best practices and emerging technologies in QA and access control.

**Qualifications**:

- Demonstrated knowledge and hands-on experience with Access Control concepts, including authentication, authorization, single sign-on (SSO), and identity management.
- Demonstrated hands-on experience with physical devices, spanning early adoption prototypes to final products.
- 5+ years of experience in Quality Assurance or Software Testing.
- Solid understanding of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes.
- Proficiency in designing and executing test cases specifically for access control scenarios (e.g., verifying user permissions, role changes, privilege escalation attempts).
- Familiarity with security testing principles is a plus.
- Experience with Jira, Azure DevOps, TestRail, GitHub, Confluence, MIRO etc.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with keen attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

**Key Competencies**:
- Knowledge of security standards and regulations.
- Experience working in a global company.
- Experience working with Physical Devices.

**Our Benefits**
- Employer-paid Benefit plan
- Competitive Retirement plan
- Ongoing training and development
- Supportive team environment
- A stable and growing industry
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**_Experience a safer and more open world._**

**We are the ASSA ABLOY Group**

Our people have made us the global leader in access solutions. In return, we open doors for them wherever they go. With nearly 63,000 colleagues in more than 70 different countries, we help billions of people experience a more open world. Our innovations make all sorts of spaces - physical and virtual - safer, more secure, and easier to access.

As an employer, we value results - not titles, or backgrounds. We empower our people to build their career around their aspirations and our ambitions - supporting them with regular feedback, training, and development opportunities. Our colleagues think broadly about where they can make the most impact, and we encourage them to grow their role locally, regionally, or even internationally.

As we welcome new people on board, it’s important to us to have diverse, inclusive teams, and we value different perspectives and experiences.