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IRIS Consulting Corporation

QA Analyst

IRIS Consulting Corporation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States, 55400


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Minneapolis, MNThe Quality Assurance Analyst is responsible for building, reporting and executing a testing strategy within the retail technology and DevOps stack. Testing considerations include functionality, security, performance, compatibility and usability. The Quality Analyst needs to be a strong communicator and work beside multiple external vendors and within Client's internal team.The Quality Analyst works closely with Client's Retail Technology Team and other internal cross functional team members.Key Responsibilities Include:Testing and ReportingWork autonomously and with minimal supervision, yet collaboratively within DevOps and Retail Technology teamsDevelop test strategy plans, scenarios, and casesSupport, maintain, and enhance all test case automation related activities during iterative development, system testing, and regression testingRun test scripts against various POS software and hardware components, custom built applications, COTS and SaaS applications.Ensure product teams provide clear documentation that outline feature enhancement, release components and other change elementsCreate reports that communicate test status and report findingsMake recommendations and consider opportunities to enhance QA processesDemonstrate good judgement in implementing methods and time managementUtilize SQL database and SSRS to perform data analysisWork with product and project managers cross-functionally to establish and continuously refine plans and test casesCommunicationCommunicate test strategies and activities to appropriate team members across the organization on a bi-weekly basisCommunicate and work directly with third party vendors to test new releases within the POS and mobile technology stackContribute during vendor management conference calls that serve to organize development activities by escalating identified or anticipated QA concerns, or program aspects that require clarificationWork with DevOps to build quality power platform appsUtilize multiple communication channels including Microsoft products, JIRA, Asana, Teams, etc.Release ManagementPartner with internal team and vendors to assess the severity of and identify solutions for bugs/defectsMake determinations as to whether a release meets UAT acceptance criteriaReview release management notes and provide feedback regarding any opportunities for clarification relative to new or modified user featuresEqual opportunity employer including disability/veterans.