India | Full-time
Testing Engineer
The Testing Engineer will perform the system validation, documentation of validation throughout the life of the product/release, and will ensure that validations are fully performed with thoroughness. This position will adhere to established standard operating procedures (SOP), where applicable, in facilitating innovative solutions that meet the specified requirements and add value to the business. The testing engineer will collaborate with development engineer development manager to document all validation documents as part of the product release.
Key responsibilities:
- Authors test cases for larger computer systems within the scope of a broader defined testing strategy and is typically involved in test strategy development for systems.
- Authors test cases for larger computer systems and complex multi-system integrations and works with other members of the product team to gain necessary input and execute appropriate revisions to ensure accurate and complete software testing activities.
- Ensures creation of test data to support test case execution and supports creation and maintenance of libraries of reusable test data sets.
- Author and execute test cases to validate data integrity, consistency, and accuracy of data.
- Author complex SQL queries to perform backend data validation.
- Validate the accuracy of BI reports and dashboards against business requirements.
- Conduct regression testing to identify potential issues resulting from database modifications or BI enhancements.
- Assess the functionality, usability, and performance of BI solutions.
- Executes test cases and logs/retests issues found.
- Performs internal peer reviews of test cases from other Analysts prior to and following execution as required to ensure issues/errors with the test scripts are identified and resolved.
- Leverages automated testing tools for test planning and management, test case authoring, test case execution and issue/defect tracking.
- Performs review of deliverables produced by other members of the IT department throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle, for completeness and detail ensuring the specifications are of a high quality and can be used to write test scripts.
- Possess a detailed understanding of the requirements elicitation, analysis, and specification process including user requirement specifications and functional specifications for larger, complex applications.
- Reviews requirements specifications for testability and verifying/ensuring traceability of testing to requirements and viceversa.
- Typically involved in the project-planning phase of a computer system and be required to provide work estimates.
- Reports status, progress and concerns in a proactive, consistent and accurate manner to senior SVT team members and to the IT Project Manager directly or via the Testing Lead. May serve as testing lead for a project.
Required Knowledge:
- Possess fine-tuned analytical skills and be very detail oriented.
- Ability to deconstruct problems/systems into smaller components; organize components as part of larger system.
- Demonstrate and articulate the application of logical, analytical thought to a testing issue
- Excellent oral/written interpersonal skills; user focused; work well with team members.
- Increasing competence in test management/automated testing tools; Solid working knowledge of test management and functional testing tools strongly preferred.
- Very strong knowledge/skills around test case creation and test execution; ability to create and execute test cases as part of broader testing strategy. Test case creation and execution would be for discreet portions or multiple portions of larger sized systems that are complex and may interface with other products.
- Ability to author and execute test cases as well as to assist in authoring test plans and strategies and coordinate testing and testing assignments. Requires minimal technical instructions and guidance with complex tasks.
- Ability to articulate a testing strategy and create test cases based on functional operation (OQ) or how users will use the product (PQ).
- Solid understanding of the requirements elicitation, analysis, and specification process. Ability to perform primary testing role in review of requirements specifications for testability, in design review and in testing strategy reviews. May lead testing strategy review sessions.
- Solid understanding of relational database theory, multi-tiered application architecture and related testing strategies.
- Possess extensive knowledge of software quality engineering activities, including project management, user requirements, functional and detail specifications.
Educational Qualification:
- Candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree
- Candidate should have a minimum of 4-7 years of software testing or computer systems validation experience; or equivalent combination of education, training and experience
- Candidate should possess good understanding of GCP & CFR Part 11 understanding.
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