Quality Assurance Analyst Job Posting



Job Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Company: Broad Street Services
Position Type: Permanent
Pay Rate: DOE
Date Posted: Oct-16-09

Quality Assurance Analyst

Are you looking for an exciting challenge within a dynamic, people-oriented culture where you can broaden your technical expertise and put your solid testing skills to use?

Broad Street Services Inc. is a technology consulting company, located in Vancouver, BC, that designs, develops, and delivers real-time interactive applications accessed via the Internet as well as back-end tools to support these applications. Broad Street provides a combination of out-of-the-box and customized solutions to an expanding list of partners and customers.

POSITION SUMMARY

As part of the Quality Assurance (QA) team, the successful candidate will be responsible for helping us increase the quality and stability of our software systems. The incumbent will work closely with the development team to identify and resolve defects; to improve and enhance system functionality, reliability, performance and scalability.

You will be part of a team of experts that is responsible for ensuring all aspects of quality are met by:

• Designing, writing, and executing test plans and test scripts for functional testing, new features, regression, and performance test procedures
• Analyzing and document test results; file defect reports and enhancement requests
• Making suggestions on improving ease of use and quality of the software
• Providing assistance to the Support team as needed
• Interfacing with the QA Lead and other team members to ensure risks are identified and communicated

ESSENTIAL SKILLS/QUALIFICATIONS

• Diploma or higher Degree in Computer Science, or equivalent formal training
• 3 -- 5+ years of experience in Software QA
• Knowledge of Internet technologies and Microsoft Windows platforms
• Knowledge of PC hardware
• Excellent communication skills (both oral and written)
• Self-starter who takes initiative, requires minimal supervision, can handle multiple tasks at the same time
• Detail-oriented, able to concentrate, and work quickly
• Proven diagnostic, analytical, and problem solving skills

ADDITIONAL ASSETS

• Exposure to quality assurance methodologies, white/black box testing, system/integration testing methodologies
• Experience in Performance/Stress/Load Testing
• Good understanding of relational databases (MS SQL Server)
• Familiar with video and online multi-player games

As part of our team you will have the opportunity to work with a supportive team of experts, drive your own success, and ride the wave as we continually expand our team of experts.

If you are interested in this opportunity, please send your resume to careers@bstreet.net with Quality Assurance Analyst' in the subject line.

Location: Canada-BC-Vancouver
Telecommute: No (Onsite Position)
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Requirement Based Functional Testing

Function (Integration) test is usually the first test phase that a test organization is responsible for during any given release. Requirements based Function Test is one approach to Function (Integration) test - it is a powerful and effective testing approach, which will significantly reduce the number of undetected defects (faults) being released into production. The premise is that a well-formulated set of functional requirements give the Test Designers (see .Testing and The Role of a Test Designer Tester.) a definitive bases for test case design.

What is Function Test?

"The objective of function test is to measure the quality of the functional (business) components of the system". Tests verify that the system behaves correctly from the user / business perspective and functions according to the requirements, models, storyboards, or any other design paradigm used to specify the application. The function test must determine if each component or business event: performs in accordance to the specifications, responds correctly to all conditions that may be presented by incoming events / data, moves data correctly from one business event to the next (including data stores), and that business events are initiated in the order required to meet the business objectives of the system.

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