Quality Assurance Specialist

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree / HND in Computer/System/ Electrical/ Electronic Engineering/ Applied physics/ Computer Science or a related discipline

• Relevant certification such as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),

• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) ,Certified associate in software Testing (CAST)

• Minimum of three (3) years in a similar function with a focus on IT Quality control

Requirements

• Minimum of Bachelor’s Degree / HND in Computer/System/ Electrical/ Electronic Engineering/ Applied physics/ Computer Science or a related discipline

• Relevant certification such as ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),

• International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB), Certified Software Quality Analyst (CSQA) ,Certified associate in software Testing (CAST)

• Minimum of three (3) years in a similar function with a focus on IT Quality control

Strategy & Planning

• Enforces quality assurance measures and testing standards for new applications, products, and/or enhancements to existing applications throughout their development/productlifecycles.

• Ensures that software quality measures comply with regulatory standards, industry standards, and accepted best practices.

• Performs the pre-testing phase of application development by preparing proposals in order to identify potential problem areas, and make the appropriate recommendations.

• Operations (Quality Assurance)

• Develop, maintain and execute test plans and detailed test cases manual or automated scripts.

• Performs the testing of developed solutions to ensure they are in line with functional specifications before being deployed for customers.

• Performs research, industry analysis and reports findings to the Manager, Quality

• Assurance, Security and Compliance

• Tracks systems development projects in line with the Systems Development Life Cycle

• (SDLC)

• Identifies, reports, guides and tracks the rectification of faults in products during development stage.

• Performs tests on computer software programs to make sure the programs perform

• properly and are easy to use. Determines weaknesses in the computer codes.

• Ensures that testing activities allow applications to meet business requirements and

• systems goals, fulfil end-user requirements, and identify existing or potential issues.

• Ensures proper technical documentation of all product and project activities.

• Reviews new or modified programs, including documentation, diagram, and flow charts,

• to determine if the programs will perform according to user requests and conform to

• guidelines.

• Ensures that regression tests are done for any existing products that have been enhanced

• to discover any bugs.

• Makes recommendations for improvement of applications to programmers and software developers or engineers.

• Oversees manual testing in situations where automated tests cannot be achieved.

• Communicates application issues to the concerned development team for timely resolution.

• Ensures PCIDSS standards are met through close monitoring of outputs.

• Aids in creation of methodologies and processes for the collection and analysis of data for

• ensuring software, systems, and product quality.

Operations (Systems Analysis)

• Analyses formal test results to discover and report any defects, bugs, errors, configuration  issues, and interoperability flaws.

• Conducts research on hardware and software products to justify recommendations and to support purchasing efforts.

• Makes recommendations for improvement of applications to programmers and software  developers / engineers.

• Communicates test progress, test results, and other relevant information to relevant project stakeholders.

• Participates in developing, distributing, and coordinating in-depth end-user reviews for modified and new systems or applications.