.**Primary Purpose**:**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time.- Work in assigned projects in designated area of responsibility by prioritizing tasks and adhering to deadlines to meet department objectives and individual performance metrics- Analyze business requirements and technical specifications for completeness, redundancy, ambiguity and testability- Define and identify testing scope, risks, assumptions used to design, build and prioritize test cases- Ability to give input on high level estimate for testing effort- Give input on creating test plans and ensure all scenarios are covered for functional, integration, and regression testing- Write detailed test scripts- Update and maintain traceability matrices to ensure test coverage- Give input into the creation of necessary test data prior to test execution; ability to perform queries and table updates to create test data- Execute test scripts accurately and efficiently- Capture and communicate the results of testing accurately and clearly; participate in defect triage meetings- Provide accurate report of test progress to the management team and follow up with development team on defects; participate in root cause analysis discussions for all defects- Pro-actively follow up with QA management on issues and escalations and provide suggestions for possible resolutions- Work with members of Business Analysis, Application Development, and Project Management to assure timely completion of testing plans- Meet aggressive deadlines while also ensuring quality changes are released into production- Build and enhance individual development and skill-set by seeking educational opportunities, participating in available training and researching innovative technology and methodologies to provide strong departmental support- Contribute to a positive work environment fostering the values of initiative and accountability- Assist in all phases of code deployments; including, but not limited to, off-hours support and an occasional weekendJOB REQUIREMENTS**Minimum Skills and Competencies**:The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
