QA Analyst, Lead

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

QA Analyst, Lead

QA Analyst, Lead


* This position is responsible for testing, coordinating and documenting various testing activities for critical national applications.

This includes leading efforts in developing, implementing, and enhancing test documentation to ensure exhaustive testing is conducted.


* Training materials and test methodologies need to be written and communicated to ensure general knowledge is delivered to internal and external customers for multiple national distributed software systems, both existing and new.


* This position is responsible for supporting internal business line testing and external customer testing, including coordination and tracking of all testing activities. 



* Principal Accountabilities


* Oversight of the SharePoint sites and Confluence sites and the retention policies will be a primary responsibility


* Have a working knowledge of the COSO based risk assessment framework and ensure control activities are tested, documented, and working effectively based on a sound understanding of the control environment of FSO CATS in-scope applications


* Run Unix commands and SQL queries to aid in the interpretation of error messages in the on-prem environment


* Support testing in the transition from on-prem environments to AWS Cloud environments


* Review and edit files using a software editing tool to aid in testing scenarios as well as assist business lines with layout issues


* Coordinate interface testing with multiple FRS business lines with no supervision


* Utilize automated testing solutions and debugging tools 


* Develop and establish quality assurance measures and testing standards for new applications, and/or enhancements to existing applications throughout their development/product lifecycles.


* Ensure that testing activities meet business requirements, systems goals, end-user requirements, performance requirements, security requirements and identify existing or potential issues. 


* Identify and troubleshoot problems and document results.


* Plan, develop and execute regression testing scenarios.

Lead and coordinate the efforts of one or more Quality Assurance Analysts when complex testing assignments require the business knowledge of the function as well as the efforts of a testing team.


* Deliver efficient and effective support, training, training materials, and documentation to end users.


* Collaborate with the application development team in application testing, such as system, unit, regression, load, and user acceptance testing methods


* Participate on System wide workgroups as assigned


* Provide constructive and actionable feedback to management, development team, and other QA team members and assume responsibility for the resolution of problem issues


* Provide weekend testing support for national applications in rotation with other members of the department, ...