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Quality Analyst (6 - 12 month contract) - Madden
4 years ago
Summary
The QA Analyst is a technical test expert that applies white box, grey box and black box testing techniques to determine a testing approach to help prevent and identify/isolate/report issues as early as possible. This requires an approach that wants to understand system designs and building a test strategy that both ensure functionality and challenges the system. As a QA Analyst, you look at a game as not only a player experience but as complex interactions between Software & Hardware (ex: I/O systems, wireless communications, client/server architecture, external services, and databases).
Responsibilities
- Identify, isolate, regress and communicate defects effectively and efficiently. Focus on high complexity, hard to isolate and potentially high impact bugs.
- Work embedded with development teams to ensure quality of code deliverables within the Agile Development process
- Develop in-depth understanding of systems/area under their ownership and communicate progress, status and risks.
- Provide Development Support as needed – Private Build Testing, System and Risk Analysis, Investigation and Isolation and Regressions
- Verify TFCs (Tests for Completion) for their area of ownership
- Develop partnerships with Development Teams and QA Partners
- Develop expertise with in-house and 3rd party test tools (i.e. code coverage & load testing tools)
- Helps mentor team members
- Root cause analysis of defects
- Integration testing
Recommended Knowledge
- Experience with Test Automation and Test Tools
- Familiarity with P4V or other version filing/collaborating tools
- Online testing experience a plus.
- Knowledge of Agile (Scrum, XP etc…) Development Processes (Asset)
Passion for Games (Preferably Madden NFL or other sports games) (Asset)
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