Test Analyst

Role Description

• The Test Analyst is responsible for scoping and creating functional test plans and test data, maintaining the integrity of the test environment and presenting all work output in an accurate, well documented and professional manner.
• When analysing solutions, the Test Analyst is responsible for initially clarifying the scope of the work at a high level; and then to get into the detail by problem solving, understanding issues and driving out answers to issues.
• Required to know the business very well, and to have a thorough understanding of the drivers of business value. They will be required to work closely with the business, prod and other business teams, such as BanCs and third party developer teams, in order to clarify testing requirements and outputs.
• The Test Analyst will be required to thoroughly understand the business processes and will be required to re-engineer test processes where required, in order to gain operational and cost efficiencies.
• Participates in reviews of requirement specifications, in order to ensure sufficient testing scenarios are created to provide the coverage required.
• Participate in design reviews to eliminate defects early on.
• Responsible for ensuring that the appropriate standards, methods, tools and applications are being used throughout every piece of testing work.
• Takes ownership of the end to end test process.
• Generates testing reports based on the testing progress during a sprint.
• Required to communicate complex technical information to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Generates automated test packs where possible
• The Test Analyst is required to self-organise.

UAT Test Activities

• UAT Tester:
• Planning testing in a timely manner to ensure requirements are met and signed off
• Executing test cases and analysing test results
• Writing understandable, actionable and repeatable defect reports
• verifying operation of product in production environment
• Involved in daily meetings around UAT testing activities
• Liaising with development and 3^rd party testing department
• Work with Project Managers and / or Test Manager to identify testing tasks and
• associated estimates, proper implementation and utilization of various tools,
• including source control, issue tracking, test case definition tracking and test case

execution

• Coordinate and facilitate Test Readiness Reviews

Most important competencies required for the role.

  Knowledge & Skills:

• Knowledge of agile methodology advantageous
• Knowledge of the Microsoft Windows operating systems and Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook and Excel are essential)
• Knowledge of QC
• Ability to generate appropriate test packs that mitigate risk for the business
• Knowledge of automation practices that will help relieve the burden through regression testing.
• A basic technical understanding of client/server software systems.
• High attention to detail and very strong problem solving ability.
• Is able to identify potential risk areas within a system.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Must have excellent communication, organization, and time management skills.
• Ability to ask the right questions, in order to identify relevant testing scenarios.
• Active listener that provides positive input to all processes where required.

Behaviours:

• Is passionate about the quality of delivered work.
• Innovative and thinks ‘out of the box’.
• Enquiring mind.
• Natural aptitude to break / find defects in systems.
• Professionally assertive, flexible and versatile.  
• The ability to develop and maintain on-going, productive working relationships.
• Effective at working collaboratively with the team to achieve deliverables.
• Confident and creates a positive, credible impression.
• Strong customer focus: concern for internal customer satisfaction and being accountable for internal customers’ perceptions.
• Understanding relationships amongst different components of the system.
• Respectful, professional interpersonal working style.
• Approachable and willingness to jump in and help where required.
• Should handle constructive feedback well.
• Should be able to provide constructive feedback to team members in an appropriate manner.
• Maturity to handle healthy conflict.
• Ability to self-manage.
• Proactive in ensuring continual test process improvement at all stages of the SDLC.

• Keeps up to date with software testing trends and techniques.