Quality Assurance Analyst Job at Byteworks Technology Solutions Limited

Byteworks Technology Solutions Limited is a fast-growing software and technology company indigenously owned; constituted of smart and committed young professionals. The thrust of Byteworks is that by implementing its products through excellence, commitment, innovation, and integrity, there is a consistent increase in revenue generation in Nigeria as a whole by employing its products in every state/sector it is applied.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Position: Quality Assurance Analyst

Job Locations: Abuja (FCT) and Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

Job Description

• The Quality Assurance Analyst complies with defined quality standards and ensures that every assigned product meets the established standards of quality including security, reliability, usability, and performance.
• The successful candidate will develop and execute exploratory and automated tests to ensure all products meet the established standards of quality.

Responsibilities

• Running manual and automated tests including, but not limited to stress testing, performance testing, functional testing, scalability testing
• Effectively communicating/presenting findings to software development and business user teams including technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Responsible for maintaining all the quality control and assurance artifacts.
• Create detailed, comprehensive, and well-structured test plans and test cases
• Estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
• Design, develop and execute automation scripts using open-source tools
• Identify, record, document thoroughly, and track bugs
• Perform thorough regression testing when bugs are resolved
• Develop and apply testing processes for new and existing products to meet client needs
• Liaise with internal teams (e.g., developers and product managers) to identify system
• requirements
• Monitor debugging process results
• Investigate the causes of non-conforming software and train users to implement solutions
• Track quality assurance metrics, like defect densities and open defect counts
• Stay up-to-date with new testing tools and test strategies
• Accountability

Experience / Skills / Certifications

• A good academic background with a minimum of B.Sc. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Management Information Systems, Mathematics, Statistics or any related fields. Additional qualifications and related certifications would be an advantage.
• ISTQB foundational level certificate or similar certification is required
• 3 years of demonstrated/hands-on software testing and software development experience in a formal SDLC and/or Agile environment
• Experience working with various testing tools for various environments
• Demonstrated experience in designing, updating & executing test cases
• Passion for technology, curiosity, problem-solving skills, and ability to work with varying stakeholders
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Attention to detail with the ability to deliver excellent work on tight schedules
• The Successful candidate must be able to dive into the module to test it completely – like break the code!
• The Successful candidate must think beyond what is expected of the software and think about how users can misuse the software i.e., finding loopholes.
• The Successful candidate must not only be aware of different testing techniques but also must have worked on at least some testing techniques.
• The Successful candidate must always be able to communicate most effectively and efficiently on any issues discovered in the course of testing to the development team.
• The Successful candidate should have the capability to recognize and resolve unfamiliar problems and should formulate a strategy to validate them.
• The Successful candidate must be able to prioritize features and test cases that are to be tested.

Method of Application
Interested and qualified candidates should send their Applications to: baltraide@byteworks.com.ng using the Job position as the subject of the email.