QA Analyst

• Communicate plans, status, and issues to technical project manager.
• Design Performance Test Scripts for web applications based on Requirements.
• Execute Benchmark, load, stress, endurance and other non-functional tests. Monitor application logs to determine system behaviour.
• Participate in Performance bottleneck analysis and fixes.
• Generate performance graphs, session reports and other related documentation required for validation and analysis.
• Identifying memory leakage, connection issues & Bottleneck problem in the application.
• Create test plans and coordinate their review and incorporation into project plans.
• Create, document and execute test cases to provide coverage of project requirements.
• Provide reports on the progress of test development and test execution, including requirements coverage and defect metrics.
• Work with Systems Engineering and DBAs to ensure that test environments are available and appropriately configured and populated with test data.
• Analyze the results of testing, submit defect reports, and lead the triage of defect reports to ensure that they are properly prioritized and assigned.
• Review system and operational documentation.
• Lead the quality assurance efforts on multiple and simultaneous projects.
• Create and maintain documentation for quality assurance procedures and audit quality programs and control procedures for adherence to standards and procedures.
• Assess the quality of application development projects.
• Test new programs, tools and techniques for acceptability, usability, and performance as documented; make recommendations as necessary.
• Research new data processing methods, tools and techniques that can improve customer quality and productivity.
• Evaluate processes and coordinate with others to provide recommendations for standards, guidelines and procedures.
• Review the quality of unit testing, functional testing, system integration testing and user testing.

Educational Qualifications

• BE, B. Tech, M. Tech in Computer Science or equivalent

Skills

• Experience in manual as well as in automation testing.
• Good communication and analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to follow through with all tasks, promises, and commitments
• High standards in software engineering and quality assurance methodologies and the ability to apply them to software projects
• Ability to provide estimates of testing effort based on requirements and solution information
• Ability to test multi-tier, web-based applications
• Ability to perform complex SQL queries (data testing directly against the database) using MS SQL Server
• Technical aptitude to develop skills using available tools and software for the purpose of testing
• Proficiency and comfort using Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, Access, and Visio)
• Ability to use test automation tools
• Ability to design and execute performance/load/stress tests with both web and windows client applications is a plus
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High level of initiative and self-motivation
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a wide range of individuals
• Ability to organize time effectively, determines priorities, and move work forward
• Ability to assess the effectiveness of processes and procedures and recommend improvements

Experience

• 2+ years for QA Analyst
• 5+ years for Sr. QA Analyst
• Experience in travel domain is a plus