ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES AT ALL LEVELS:

Focus Areas (see addendum for additional details):

• IT Quality Assurance
• IT Technical Quality Assurance
  • Ability to function autonomously on assigned projects with minimal direction.
  • Ability to successfully interact and collaborate with colleagues, customers, operating and technical staff, and other GCI departments. 
  • Actively participate in sessions with business stakeholders.
  • Strong oral and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate with, and understand the needs of, non-technical internal clients are essential.
  • Demonstrated ability to meet deadlines and multi-task in a dynamic, complex, and rapidly changing environment.
  • Ability to reconcile divergent demands and prioritize individual workload.
  • Technically astute, highly organized, and have a reputation for meeting deadlines and budget commitments.
  • Understanding of SDLC (Software Development Life Cycle) leveraging traditional Waterfall, Agile, LEAN-Agile, SAFe, and/or blended frameworks. 
  • Testing experience in internal software application and/or hosted development and systems integration. 
  • Strong analytical, problem-solving, and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to instinctively sense issues and opportunities.
  • Ability to create and execute test plans and test scripts.
  • JIRA, Zephyr or other test system software experience including planning, creating, and executing test cases.
• Experience with development of electronic presentation materials, MS Teams, Zoom, Skype and the ability to handle ad-hoc question-and-answer sessions. 

• Demonstrated commitment to GCI’s Basic Principles, Mission Statement, Declaration of Principles and diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) by promoting and maintaining an inclusive and equitable work environment for all employees and contractors, and in interactions with customers, vendors, and the general public.
• ACCOUNTABILITY- Takes ownership for actions, decisions, and results; openly accepts feedback and demonstrates a willingness to improve.
• BASIC PRINCIPLES - Interacts with people in a way that builds mutual trust, confidence, and respect; adheres to GCI’s Code of Conduct for Employees – the Basic Principles.
• COLLABORATION - Works effectively with others to accomplish common goals and objectives; maintains positive relationships even under difficult circumstances.
• COMMUNICATION- Conveys thoughts and expresses ideas appropriately and professionally.
• COMPLIANCE - Follows internal controls; protects confidential information; abides by GCI’s Code of Business Conduct & Ethics.
• CUSTOMER FOCUS - Demonstrates commitment to service excellence; gives high priority to customer satisfaction.
• RELIABILITY - Consistently follows through on assigned tasks as expected; demonstrates timely attendance at meetings, training, and other work obligations.
• RESULTS - Uses a combination of job knowledge, initiative, sound decision making, innovation, adaptability, and problem solving.
• SAFETY & SECURITY - Supports a safe work environment by following all workplace safety rules and guidelines; complies with applicable Security policies and procedures.
• Proficient computer skills and MS Office knowledge (e.g., Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel) to complete job duties effectively. 

Additional Preferred Competencies:

• User Acceptance Test Planning and Implementation experience for hosted and/or on-premises applications and integrations.
• Test Automation or Monitoring Experience.
• Netcracker platform experience or other order to billing/CRM/Financial software package.
• Experience testing: Website development, User Experience (UX) Design, Mobile Apps, Telecom software and systems, financial systems, engineering systems and switching, mobile device design, Cloud based solutions, Next gen connected devices, E-commerce, CRM, e-payment, and/or order to cash product process development lifecycles.
• SQL scripting skills in Oracle and MS SQL.
• Testing experience in a production environment with regular and frequent code releases.
• Business analysis and/or Project Management skills.
• Ability to use and create or configure automated testing tools for testing such as scripts or other available testing tools.
• Functional testing experience.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Kanban. 
• Functional understanding of Intranet and Internet technologies including HTTP, FTP servers, application servers, and internet protocols.
• Experience with web analytics/reporting tools.

Level Definition

Position Title: Quality Assurance Analyst I

Grade: E03

Additional Job Requirements:

This is an entry level position working under close supervision. Provides assistance to higher level staff.

Additional Duties:

• Identify, develop, document, and execute test plans and test cases in accordance with functional requirements and technical specifications. 
• Validate application functionality meets the client’s requirements, including data accuracy, visual presentation, and alignment with design specifications. 
• Record and report in detail all defects in the defect module within JIRA.
• Effectively communicate with developers and clientele to isolate core issues causing system defects. 
• Evaluate incoming client requests for prioritization against backlog - providing input/clarity and on testing requirements and document level of effort estimates per request. 

Minimum Qualifications:

Required: *A combination of relevant work experience and/or education sufficient to perform the duties of the job may substitute to meet the total years required on a year-for-year basis

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Computer Science or relevant field. *
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in quality assurance, product/project management, configuration/development, business systems analysis, monitoring, or other related experience. *

Preferred: 

• IT Project Experience.
• Software Test Certifications.
• Project Management Professional (PMP and/or PMP-ACP). 
• Agile Certified Professional (ACP), IC Agile, LEAN Six Sigma.
• Certified Scrum Master (SAFE Certification).
• Applications, Programming, and Software certifications desirable. 
• ITIL Certification (V3 or 4), Foundation, Practitioner, Intermediate, Expert, Managing Professional, Strategic Leader, Master.
• Telecommunications experience.
• Other telecom industry or job specific certifications. 

DRIVING REQUIREMENTS: 

• This position may require access to reliable transportation for occasional travel between retail store locations, offices, worksites, or other locations as needed.

• Work is primarily sedentary, requiring daily routine computer usage.
• Occasional business travel required.
• Ability to work shifts as assigned, work in standard office/home office setting, and operate standard office equipment.
• Ability to accurately communicate information and ideas to others effectively.
• Physical agility and effort sufficient to perform job duties safely and effectively.
• Ability to make valid judgments and decisions. 
• Available to work additional time on weekends, holidays, before or after normal work hours when necessary. 
• Must work well in a team environment and be able to work with a diverse group of people and customers.
• Virtual workers must comply with remote work policies and agreements.