APPIAN BA/QA

Appian BA/QA

Job overview:

• Work with stakeholders to capture requirements for an application build in Appian.
• Prepare test scenarios for the application.
• Execute test cycles and provide daily, weekly reports.
• Perform manual as well as automated testing.
• Work in an Agile team.
• Responsible for assisting in the governance of IT disciplines. Collects, analyzes and documents service management related activities.
• Leads, guides and provides cross functional (from the requirement domain) project oversight for the business analysis staff.
• Actively use JIRA to manage product backlog.
• Provides tactical (day-to-day) requirement development guidance, based on the strategic SDLC model, for the business analysis staff.
• Directly handles requirement development tasks associated with high profile, high priority strategic initiatives.
• Helps lead planning sessions related to projects or new technologies to implement process improvement within the functional area. Documents discussions and agreements.
• Facilitates gate reviews, change advisor boards, and IT operational meetings.
• Assesses process improvements opportunities utilizing a structured requirements process (gathering, analyzing, documenting, and managing changes) to assist in identifying priorities and advises on options.
• Provides factual content, analysis and other information to guide development projects and enhancements activities.
• Investigates, resolves and escalates problems.
• Participate in meetings and projects with client staff, project managers, and developers to automate, upgrade, or expand applications that accomplish business operations of assigned work unit(s).
• Create, design, and format specification documentation including current and future state business process flow diagrams, functional and nonfunctional requirements, use cases, business rules, and other information or processes needed to describe required system changes for development, QA, and other internal customers.

Skills

APPIAN; FITNESSE; QA

Required Qualifications

• 10 years of experience as a QA Engineer.
• Experience with Fitnesse or similar automation tools
• Extremely good in verbal and written communication
• Prior experience working in an Agile team
• Prior experience with Atlassian JIRA or similar tools
• 3 years of experience in manual and automated testing of web-based applications.
• 3 years of experience in preparing Test Plan, Test Execution, communicating with different stakeholders and reporting overall progress, risk, dependency, blockers to project team. 
• Good understanding of how Business Process Management (BPM) applications works (requester, approvals flow) - Appian or other.