Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Title:

Senior Quality Assurance Analyst (Selenium, REST API & Azure DevOps/TFS)

Total Required Experience in Years: 12%2B Years

Mode of Work:Onsite

Job Description:

Seeking an experienced Senior Quality Assurance Analyst to support enterprise software development initiatives through comprehensive manual and automated testing, REST API validation, business analysis, and quality assurance best practices. The ideal candidate will possess strong expertise in Selenium automation, REST API and Microservices testing, Azure DevOps/TFS, Agile methodologies, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

The consultant will collaborate closely with business stakeholders, developers, project managers, and technical teams to ensure the delivery of high-quality enterprise applications while developing scalable automation frameworks and validating system functionality across the entire Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).

Key Responsibilities:

• Design, develop, execute, and maintain comprehensive manual and automated test plans.

• Create and execute Selenium automation scripts for enterprise web applications.

• Design and maintain scalable automation frameworks using Page Object Model (POM) and similar design patterns.

• Perform functional, regression, integration, system, smoke, and User Acceptance Testing (UAT).

• Validate REST APIs and Microservices using Postman, Insomnia, or similar API testing tools.

• Perform endpoint validation, contract testing, payload verification, and API regression testing.

• Develop, maintain, and enhance automation scripts to support evolving application features and UI changes.

• Utilize Azure DevOps and/or Team Foundation Server (TFS) to manage test cases, defects, and release activities.

• Translate business and functional requirements into comprehensive test scenarios and technical specifications.

• Facilitate Joint Application Development (JAD) sessions and stakeholder meetings.

• Analyze business processes and develop process flow diagrams and technical documentation.

• Collaborate with developers, business analysts, and project stakeholders to resolve defects and improve application quality.

• Perform root cause analysis for defects and recommend corrective actions.

• Produce technical documentation, testing reports, and quality metrics.

• Participate in Agile ceremonies including Sprint Planning, Daily Standups, Reviews, and Retrospectives.

Required Skills:

• Quality Assurance (QA)

• Manual Testing

• Test Automation

• Selenium

• Automation Framework Development

• Page Object Model (POM)

• REST API Testing

• Microservices Testing

• Postman

• Insomnia

• API Validation

• Payload Verification

• Contract Testing

• Azure DevOps

• Team Foundation Server (TFS)

• Agile Methodology

• Scrum

• User Acceptance Testing (UAT)

• Regression Testing

• Functional Testing

• Integration Testing

• System Testing

• Smoke Testing

• Defect Management

• Business Analysis

• Joint Application Development (JAD)

• Technical Documentation

• Process Modeling

• Requirements Analysis

• Root Cause Analysis

• Stakeholder Communication

Preferred Skills:

• CI/CD Pipelines

• TestNG

• JUnit

• Cucumber

• BDD

• SQL

• Performance Testing

• Load Testing

• Security Testing

• Continuous Testing

• Test Data Management

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor\'s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (preferred).

• Minimum 7%2B years of Quality Assurance and/or Business Analysis experience.

• Minimum 7%2B years of Agile Software Development experience.

• Minimum 7%2B years of manual testing experience.

• Minimum 7%2B years of automation testing using Selenium or similar tools.

• Minimum 7%2B years of experience designing and maintaining automation frameworks from scratch.

• Minimum 7%2B years of experience using Azure DevOps and/or Team Foundation Server (TFS).

• Minimum 7%2B years of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) experience.

• Minimum 7%2B years facilitating JAD sessions and stakeholder meetings.

• Minimum 5%2B years of REST API and Microservices testing experience.

• Strong experience with Postman, Insomnia, or similar API testing tools.

• Experience translating business requirements into technical specifications and test scenarios.

• Excellent analytical, communication, documentation, and problem-solving skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with enterprise-scale software development projects.

• Experience developing reusable automation frameworks.

• Experience with CI/CD and DevOps testing practices.

• Experience working in government or public sector environments.

• Experience with enterprise application modernization initiatives.

Deliverables:

• Test Strategy

• Test Plans

• Test Cases

• Automation Frameworks

• Selenium Test Scripts

• REST API Test Suites

• UAT Documentation

• Defect Reports

• Test Execution Reports

• Regression Test Suites

• Process Flow Diagrams

• Technical Documentation

• Quality Metrics Dashboards

• Knowledge Transfer Documentation

Education:

• Bachelor\'s Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field (preferred). Equivalent work experience may be considered.