Quality Assurance Analyst at Confluence

Confluence is currently seeking to recruit a highly organized and motivated Quality Assurance Analyst for our Development team to test our new cloud base performance measurement product suite. The role presents both a functional and technical challenge and requires a committed, team-oriented and flexible individual with a good academic record. In return, Confluence offers exposure to its industry-leading portfolio analytics software as well as in-house and external. The successful applicant will develop high levels of competence in finance and technology.

Responsibilities

• Become an effective member of an agile development scrum team
• Participate in specification handovers; creating and execute test plans to ensure the developed solution meets its functional requirement.
• Be a key player in authorizing application release, having tested the product against your test and regression plans.
• Create replicable test beds using your financial skills to validate output.
• Test “Web 2.0” type software products.
• Track bugs in a CRM database and own their resolution by coordinating with developers and retesting any fixes supplied.
• Contribute to product handovers; using your knowledge of the product to create internal documentation and assist other departments familiarizes themselves with new functionality.
• Create internal “known issues” lists for product releases.
• Follow QA best practices
• Flexible work schedule (to support global product/workforce)

Essential Qualifications

• A desire and aptitude for working in finance (performance measurement/ asset management field)
• 2 years of software testing experience
• Good Mathematics at degree level.
• Good verbal and written communication skills in English
• Attention to details/conscientiousness

Ideal Qualifications

• Experience using automated test tools
• Experience testing web applications
• Experience testing distributed / cloud base applications
• Agile development (scrum)