Test Analyst

Test Analyst

Important Information

Location: Makati, Philippines

Experience: Min 6 years experience

Job Mode: Contract (subject for regularization)

Work Mode: Hybrid Set up 1x onsite per week | Day Shift Schedule

Salary Range: 60K-70K MAX +  Benefits

Has experience with test management tools such as JIRA, Zephyr, and Confluence (optional).

Understands manual management of test data and practicing reproducibility and consistency of tests. Has experience in handling test data management tools e.g., Liquibase, Flyway, Informatica, InfoSphere, Postman.

Understands requirements and specifications to translate them into test cases. Can create well-structured and comprehensive test cases that cover different scenarios, inputs, and expected outcomes.

Can develop and maintain test documents such as test scenarios, test cases, test data, test evidence, and data sheets for automation in the document library.

Can report defects, prepare, and update status reports of testing activities, understand RAG statuses, identify the risks and issues.

Understands defect tracking and management processes, including logging, prioritizing, assigning, and verifying defects. Is familiar with bug tracking tools e.g., Bugzilla, JIRA, or HP ALM.

Understands the purpose and usage of system integration tests and bilateral tests. Can write and execute tests that validate the interaction and compatibility between different components or modules of a system.

Is familiar with functional test practices such as end-to-end and user acceptance tests. Can write and execute tests that validate the complete user journey through the system.

Understands the need for different test environments. Can categorize which environment types (e.g. SIT, UAT, Pre-Prod, NFT) are used for what kind of activities.

Understands traditional and agile issue tracking and planning tools. Leverages issue tracking and planning tools to visualize, manage issues, collaborate with teams, and generate reports. Has in-depth knowledge and can set up advanced configurations of issue tracking and planning tools.

Understands business requirements development, documentation, and management methodologies (e.g., ideation sessions, use case development).

Understands coordination, status/progress reporting, escalation management, defect management, QA/acceptance procedures. Is familiar with release planning, interdependency management, test concept creation, test plans/scheduling, resource planning, acceptance criteria definition, quality gate planning. Can perform usability tests, mobile and compatibility tests.

Understands testing methodologies such as Test-Driven Development (TDD), Behavior-Driven Development (BDD), Test Automation, and Continuous Testing.

Can plan and design performance tests, provide analysis and actionable insights. Has experience with performance testing tools and frameworks e.g., Gatling, Jmeter, LoadRunner.

Is familiar with testing various security aspects focusing on operational testing, automatic/manual penetration etc. Has experience with security testing tools e.g., Nessus, modesecurity, FireEye, Radar.

Is familiar with non-functional test practices such as stress tests, stability and resilience tests, usability and user acceptance tests, mobile and compatibility tests and how they are implemented.

Can prepare, implement, and evaluate automated test cases. Have experience with automation tools and frameworks such as Selenium, Jenkins, Appium, Junit.

Has experience in handling test data management tools e.g., Liquibase, Flyway, Informatica, InfoSphere, Postman.

Understands how test data can be generated and manipulated to cover different test scenarios. Is familiar with creating, modifying, and managing test data to ensure comprehensive test coverage.

Understands how interactions between user and product proceed as purposefully as possible. Can test and optimize user satisfaction and experience with applications.

Has experience in testing application programming interfaces (APIs). Can verify API functionality, data exchange, error handling, and integration with other components or systems.

Understands ISTQB standard. Has experience with organizing IT test management in accordance with ISTQB procedures and best practices.

Understands principles and practices of integrating testing activities into the CI/CD pipeline. Can collaborate with development teams to incorporate automated tests into the CI/CD process.

Understands what technical debt is, how it impacts software quality, and how it can be minimized.

Can ensure deployment of authorized, compatible software. Can run release tests and approve the software individually and in conjunction with other components. Can define the process for updating releases. Can assess new changes with regards to correctness and completeness. Can bundle changes to sensible releases.

Has practical experience in software development with agile methods, e.g., Scrum or Kanban. Understands foundations (values and culture, roles, ceremonies, artifacts) and practices/approaches in projects with agile methods.

Understands agile collaboration and documentations tools. Can leverage collaboration tools to communicate with teams to manage processes and knowledge. Has in-depth knowledge and can set up advanced configurations of collaboration tools.

Is familiar with common methods of project management (Agile, Hybrid, Waterfall). Has experience in applying these methods. Can implement the methods as part of leading project teams.

Understands key technologies and trends in the industry, including digital, cloud, and security.