What are the responsibilities and job description for the Intermediate Quality Assurance Analyst position at STRATACACHE?
Job Details
Job Location
STRATACACHE Headquarters - Dayton, OH
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
High School
Job Category
QA - Quality Control
Description
STRATACACHE delivers in-store retail experience transformation and exceptional customer journeys through a wide array of marketing technology. Our solutions enable retailers to learn deeply about their customers’ shopping preferences and behaviors, delivering targeted promotional or task-based messaging on any digital display. With 3.3 million software activations globally, we power the biggest digital networks for the world’s largest brands. Across the STRATACACHE family of complementary Marketing Technology solution companies, we have the technology, expertise, and track record to bring retail innovation that delivers results. Learn more about the STRATACACHE family at
STRATACACHE values our employees – in addition to the opportunity to join a collaborative team and do interesting work, we offer competitive compensation to our employees. Our comprehensive offerings include major medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance options as well as Employee Benefit Time, matching 401K, corporate discounts, and an Employee Assistance Program. We’ll be happy to tell you more during the interview process!
The Intermediate Quality Assurance Analyst is responsible for leading test planning, managing test data and environments, test lab infrastructure, test automation, process ownership, production issue follow up and client testing assistance.
Principle Accountabilities
QUALIFICATIONS
STRATACACHE and its family of companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.
While we are excited and appreciate your interest in our opportunities, please keep in mind that we are not able to contact all applicants that have applied.
No vendor/agency solicitation please.
Job Location
STRATACACHE Headquarters - Dayton, OH
Position Type
Full Time
Education Level
High School
Job Category
QA - Quality Control
Description
STRATACACHE delivers in-store retail experience transformation and exceptional customer journeys through a wide array of marketing technology. Our solutions enable retailers to learn deeply about their customers’ shopping preferences and behaviors, delivering targeted promotional or task-based messaging on any digital display. With 3.3 million software activations globally, we power the biggest digital networks for the world’s largest brands. Across the STRATACACHE family of complementary Marketing Technology solution companies, we have the technology, expertise, and track record to bring retail innovation that delivers results. Learn more about the STRATACACHE family at
STRATACACHE values our employees – in addition to the opportunity to join a collaborative team and do interesting work, we offer competitive compensation to our employees. Our comprehensive offerings include major medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance options as well as Employee Benefit Time, matching 401K, corporate discounts, and an Employee Assistance Program. We’ll be happy to tell you more during the interview process!
The Intermediate Quality Assurance Analyst is responsible for leading test planning, managing test data and environments, test lab infrastructure, test automation, process ownership, production issue follow up and client testing assistance.
Principle Accountabilities
- Test Planning: Lead test planning by contributing insights to shape test strategies, define the scope of testing and provide accurate time estimates for timely testing completion.
- Managing Test Data and Environments: Take charge of test data set maintenance to ensure their relevance and accuracy. Establish and maintain test environments, ensuring hardware and software alignment with the production setup.
- Test Lab infrastructure: Build a customized test lab infrastructure that aligns with the specific project requirements, customized and aligned with the specific needs of the projects.
- Software and Hardware Testing: Execute a variety of test types, including Functional, Regression, Smoke, Software-update, Hardware, Promotion Content and Performance testing, using tools such as TestRail, QMetry or similar software. Ensure project objectives, client user requirements, and company goals are met. Assist with comprehensive UAT testing.
- Test Automation: Involved in proposing, editing, and crafting automation test scripts. Proficient in writing simple scripts to automate repetitive tasks using tools like Cypress and JavaScript or similar.
- Defect Management: Take ownership of defect management processes, including providing log information or other relevant data, triaging, tracking, and resolution. Utilize Tableau Analytics to evaluate the possible impact of the reported issues.
- Documentation: Actively participate in crafting and maintaining crucial test documentation, encompassing test plans, test cases, and verification checklists for both functionality and content. Utilize collaborative tools like Jira, Test Rail, QMetry, and Confluence to enhance the efficiency of documentation processes. Enhance training documentation for Junior QA Analysts with your expertise, fostering continuous learning.
- Release management: Navigate release management processes with precision, prioritizing meticulous documentation utilizing tools such as Confluence and Jira, and actively participating in thorough pre-release testing. Collaborate seamlessly with team members across levels, actively contributing to the refinement of release coordination practices.
- Production Issue Follow-up: Follow up on issues that may arise in production, conduct thorough investigations, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement timely and effective resolutions.
- Process Ownership: Identify opportunities for process improvement and contribute to optimizing testing procedures. Demonstrate full ownership of understanding application functionality, cultivating confident knowledge of its components. Foster a deep understanding of the system architecture, empowering you to make informed decisions and contribute effectively to the QA process.
- Cross-functional Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with developers, product managers, and stakeholders to maintain and elevate quality standards across the projects.
- Client Testing Assistance: Collaborate with other QA teams and assist in the testing of various clients, not limited to the project initially assigned. Provide support in understanding client requirements and ensuring that testing efforts meet their specific needs.
QUALIFICATIONS
- High school diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology or Computer Science is preferred; Will also accept equivalent practical experience in IT.
- Minimum 2 years in Software Quality Assurance
- Familiar with HTML, CSS, JSON, Windows OS, Mac OS, Web applications, Development tools, Postman
- Basic knowledge of JavaScript, Tableau Analytics and SQL for database testing, Linux commands, networking and IPs, Cypress or similar automation frameworks
- High degree of attention to detail and accuracy
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Ability to work independently or as a team
STRATACACHE and its family of companies provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.
While we are excited and appreciate your interest in our opportunities, please keep in mind that we are not able to contact all applicants that have applied.
No vendor/agency solicitation please.
