Senior Test Analyst

Description

Job Summary: A software testing professional responsible for validation, user acceptance testing (UAT), system maintenance, and supporting development teams, with emphasis on verifying user stories and conducting security testing. Key Highlights: 1. Full involvement in the software development lifecycle 2. Focus on system security and performance testing 3. Direct support to the development team and Product Owner Description: Certifications: Required: * ATC – Certified Test Analyst by IBQTS (Brazilian Institute for Software Testing Quality); * CBTS – Brazilian Software Testing Certification by ALATS (Latin American Association for Software Testing) or equivalent/similar certifications; * CTFL – Certified Tester Foundation Level. Education: Bachelor’s degree in one of the following fields: Systems Analysis, Computer Science, Data Processing, Information Systems, Informatics, Computer Engineering, or other Information Technology disciplines; OR a bachelor’s degree in any field plus a postgraduate specialization in Information Technology. Responsibilities: * Perform validation on final release packages resulting from integration of two or more Sprint products; * Support version UAT; * Maintain system processes running in internal environments; * Support the active UAT team (HMP) for systems; * Support the development team by taking ownership of work items per Sprint; * Support development activities, emphasizing verification and validation of user stories built during Sprints (Software Testing); Duties: * Knowledge of how the systems being tested operate; * Understanding of system behavior under test; * Design of software test scenarios; * Identification of common software defects and errors; * Understanding of business, requirements, programming, and testing to act as co-responsible across the entire development lifecycle; * Assist the Product Owner in writing acceptance criteria for backlog items; * Support the Product Owner in performing sprint story acceptance; * Assist in writing automated unit tests; * Conduct ATDD, BDD, and/or Specification by Example; * Test management and planning, including ability to produce basic test documentation such as test strategy, plans, cases, and scripts; * Familiarity with test management tools, defect tracking tools, test automation tools, test data generation tools, and virtualized interface generation tools; * Create scripts using specific tools—both automated and manual—and execute them while recording and analyzing results; * Conduct acceptance, compatibility, regression, integration, functional, and non-functional tests (exploratory, connectivity, vulnerability, stress, and load); * Build mocks, stubs, and/or simulators to enable test execution; * Evaluate system non-functional performance requirements using specialized tools and monitors; * Monitor and track test coverage levels across systems, promoting increased coverage whenever necessary; * Log defects identified after test execution, linking them to relevant work products; * Evaluate results of each test cycle; * Support managers and responsible teams in system demand UAT; * Understand requirement notations used in both agile and traditional development models; * Ability to design tests based on business scenarios; * Ability to model tests based on experience and past defects; * Maintenance of system lifecycles (active UAT) in defined environments, including daily, monthly, batch, and interface routines; * Knowledge of software defects and testing techniques; * Ability to plan/execute tests aligned with the available timeline for the discipline; * Knowledge to perform Security Testing and Validation, capable of identifying security vulnerabilities and proposing system improvements; * Ability to assess common security aspects indicated by OWASP (https://www.owasp.org/); * Ability to evaluate system non-functional performance requirements using specialized tools and monitors; * Ability to use specialized tools for automation, performance, and test planning, management, and execution; * Experience generating basic test documentation such as test plans, test scripts, evidence, and test data sets; * Ability to create scripts in specialized tools and work with automated execution using variable test data (datapool); * Identify test targets to be evaluated within the scope of testing effort; * Evaluate results of each test cycle. 251209020314893555