QA Engineer at Hexagon PPM

The successful candidate will perform reasonable and related duties linked to organizational goals: 

• Work under minimal supervision using independent judgment and the application of software development principals, theories and concepts.
• Quality Assurance: Work closely with the Product Owner/QA Manager to understand release scope and define adequate testing coverage
• Assist the QA Manager to define release criteria/schedules, file and schedule QA release backlog items, monitor and report release status as per PPM QA process; participate actively in the entire software development life cycle.
• Uphold and develop quality standards through participation in software development reviews and processes with the QA Manager and other stakeholders.
• Analyze and test software to ensure that products are fit for purpose and are within total quality management limits and standards. Test software in later stages of development for reliability and accuracy.
• Document test processes and outcomes.
• Communicate with product owners, product developers and technical support specialists on software issues. Analyze data and communicate test results with multiple levels of the PPM organization.
• Create and execute automated and manual procedures and test scenarios based on software architecture.
• May include consulting and training.

• May develop customized test procedures for the organization’s products. Accurately documenting testing activities and outcomes.
• Support: Troubleshoot and resolve technically complex support issues. Interact with product owners, product development and quality assurance teams to give feedback, discuss design issues, investigate problems, and develop solutions to meet the technological needs of end users.

Required
Qualifications

• Degree in Computer Science, IT, or a related Engineering discipline 
• Minimum of 5 years QA/testing experience of web/mobile applications in an Agile (Scrum) environment.
• Requirements analysis and review.
• Manual testing (writing and execution of test plans, test cases etc.)
• API level testing (Postman, SOAPUI or similar)
• Automation testing (execution) for web
• Proficiency in database queries.

  Experience In The Following Is An Advantage

• Test automation scripting at unit/functional level for web and mobile.
• Some knowledge of programming (e.g. Python, Javascript ).
• User Acceptance Testing (UAT).
• Performance and stress testing.
• ISO 9001 QMS standards (or similar process maturity models/standards).
• Continuous Integration and builds processes (e.g. Gitlab, Jenkins)