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Quality Assurance Analyst Jobs in Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area at On-Demand Group
Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Company: On-Demand Group
Location: Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
Title: Quality Assurance Analyst
Duration: 10 Months
Location: Remote
Responsibilities:
• Review business and technical requirements to understand project goals and determine testing needs.
• Collaborate with project team to identify edge cases and clarify acceptance criteria for user stories.
• Develop a test strategy that includes unit, integration, regression, performance, security, and accessibility testing.
• Establish a process to prioritize test cases based on impact and risk to ensure critical functionalities are covered.
• Write detailed, clear, and comprehensive test cases using Gherkin style language or equivalent for each feature, bug, and user story.
• Execute test cases, both manually and through automated scripts where applicable, and document results thoroughly.
• Identify data needs for testing, and work with the development team to prepare test data.
• Develop and maintain automated tests using relevant tools for Angular and .NET applications, focusing on API testing, SQL Server, UI testing, and regression testing.
• Collaborate with the development team to integrate automated tests into the CI/CD pipeline to ensure continuous quality checks.
• Log defects in a clear and detailed manner, specifying steps to reproduce, expected vs. actual results, and severity.
• Track and prioritize bugs based on severity and business impact, working closely with the development team to ensure timely resolutions.
• Provide regular testing status updates to project managers and stakeholders, highlighting risks or delays.
• Conduct performance tests to evaluate the application’s scalability and responsiveness under different loads.
• Ensure basic security checks are in place, collaborating with developers to validate that the backend meets security standards for cloud-hosted applications.
• Coordinate and support UAT activities, ensuring that all critical test scenarios are covered and that stakeholders are well-prepared.
• Document and address UAT feedback, tracking issues reported by end-users and ensuring satisfactory resolution.
• Maintain detailed documentation in test cases, test scripts, and QA processes to support future development and training.
• Provide knowledge transfer to State staff.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
(Desired Qualifications on next page)
Desired Qualifications
• Experience with authentication systems
• Experience in cloud testing environments (Azure, Azure DevOps)
• Experience working within Agile methodologies and on Scrum teams.
• Experience in web applications, preferably with Angular, .NET, and SQL Server projects.
• Experience with test automation tools (e.g. Playwright, Selenium, Cypress, Postman, Bruno for API testing), SQL for database validation, tSQLt, and CI/CD tools (e.g., Azure DevOps).
• Experience with QA methodologies, test case design, test automation, and cloud-based testing.
The projected hourly range for this position is $60/hour – $70/hour.
On-Demand Group (ODG) provides employee benefits, including healthcare, dental, and vision insurance. ODG is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law.
