QA Analyst

Requisition ID: 152028 Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture. MD Financial Management is seeking to hire a Senior Quality Assurance Analyst **What You Will Do**: Reporting to the Quality Assurance (QA) Manager, the primary role of the Senior QA analyst is to ensure the quality, and delivery of MD software releases. You will be responsible for projects and releases to see them through to completion, while upholding the strongest quality assurance testing standards and methodologies. You will work collaboratively with the team to make certain the quality outcomes of their end to end execution test activities. - Provide leadership to cross-functional project and release teams within QA - Track and report on test progress for assigned releases and/or discretionary projects in accordance to SDLC methodology employed within their respective projects. - Communicate test progress, test results and other relevant information to project manager and other stakeholders - Review and analyze requirements to determine the appropriate QA test approach, develop detailed test cases, participate in peer reviews, execute the test cases for projects and log defects as applicable - Advocate on behalf of internal and external clients during defect triage and other escalation activities - Support hotfix testing for production defects as required - Responsible to provide QA effort estimates for upcoming projects - Identify and drive continuous improvement items - Work collaboratively with QA teams - Support UAT as applicable - Develop and maintain testing standards, procedures, and guidelines to ensure consistent testing procedures - Schedule and plan in accordance with SDLC methodology - Work with QA Manager to provide QA inputs and decisions related to project budgets and adhere to determined budgets within assigned projects and releases - Be available for potential on-call and/or weekend work (after-hours) **What You Need**: **What You Bring**: - Extensive knowledge of Quality Assurance methodologies, processes, and standards - Demonstrated experience in real world waterfall and Agile Scrum SDLC having participated in or led story breakdown, backlog grooming sessions, and contributed to Definition of Done [DoD] employed within the scrum team - Project management understanding and know-how in chairing defect triage/review meetings. Excellent communication skills, with the ability to understand both technical and user-friendly language - Experience with HP/AML Quality center, Microsoft Visual Studio and automation testing tools - Planning, organizing, and prioritizing strengths in fast-changing, challenging, and high-pressure environments - Strong research, problem solving, analytical skills to maximize operational efficiency - Strong interpersonal skills to deal effectively with both technical and business colleagues - A professional and positive attitude with exemplary initiative and team dedication **What Success Looks Like**: - A collaborative work environment with a commitment to service excellence and client focus. - You successfully lead and influence others to follow your vision, respecting individual concerns and working collaboratively to reach a solution acceptable to all. - You are inherently curious, have a passion for what you do, and actively seek new ways to learn and hone your skills. Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Ottawa Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.