.In this role, you'll work in one of our IBM Consulting Client Innovation Centers (Delivery Centers), where we deliver deep technical and industry expertise to a wide range of public and private sector clients around the world. Our delivery centers offer our clients locally based skills and technical expertise to drive innovation and adoption of new technology.Your role and responsibilitiesThe IT Tester QA Engineer utilizes documented business requirements or user stories to create tests that assess how well software applications adhere to rigorous quality standards, ensuring reliability, stability, and alignment with user expectations. Collaborates closely with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize quality metrics, develop and executes comprehensive testing cases to ensure that the software is delivered with high quality.Analyze business requirements provided by the Product Owner or BA to design optimized test scenarios, plan testing activities, create test cases, and identify data needs.Implement testing strategies and plans to ensure software applications adhere to established quality standards.Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize quality metrics and create test cases that validate the software against these metrics.Stay informed about industry trends and emerging technologies, applying this knowledge to enhance testing and quality assurance processes and tools.Participate in agile development practices, including daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and retrospectives.Communicate testing results and quality metrics to stakeholders and provide actionable recommendations for improvements.Design and execute tests for applications and systems utilizing custom technologies.Identify dependencies on both external and internal applications.Execute test cases manually, report test status, and manage defect creation and resolution.Apply BDD/TDD methodologies, modeling approaches, and test accelerators to enhance quality and efficiency in test delivery.Required educationNonePreferred educationBachelor's DegreeRequired technical and professional expertiseExperience Needed Specific skills needed are listed below; the level of experiencewill vary based on tenure.Possess expertise in core testing, technical testing, and business processes, executing various levels of testing primarily through manual methods.Experience with different testing types, such as functional, system integration, and end-to-end testing methods.Familiarity with bug tracking tools such as Jira or Azure DevOps.Familiarity with agile development practices.Strong communication and collaboration skills, with a demonstrated ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and adapt to evolving project requirements.ABOUT BUSINESS UNITIBM Consulting is IBM's consulting and global professional services business, with market leading capabilities in business and technology transformation