Quality Assurance Analyst with Redshift and SQL (Contract)

Job Description

Broadridge is growing! We are currently hiring a Quality Assurance Analyst with Redshift and SQL to join our team in a remote capacity on contract basis! In this role, you'll be primarily responsible for understanding moderate to highly complex testing requirements, test scripting, test execution, and reporting test results for enterprise level financial software applications. If you're passionate about joining a growing creative team, please read below.

Analysis

• You'll analyze requirements documents, design specifications, functional specifications, and changed or modified code with applicable Broadridge departments (e.g. product management, development, etc.) as well as other key partners (sponsor, end customer, etc.).
• You will review user requirements and perform impact analysis of the changes to be tested.

Planning

• You'll participate in the preparation of comprehensive test plans and scripts for new and changed functionality as per department policies and procedures for the following: automated and manual; positive and negative; regression, integration, system, and smoke testing.
• You will assist the manager to ensure understanding of the testing scope & actively partake in planning the testing activity – setting landmarks, resourcing & monitoring.
• Participate in defining and implementing standard methodologies, scripting guidelines and standards, and evaluation and use of productivity improvements.
• Plan for the automation feasibility study after every release to identify cases for automated regression.

Testing

• You'll test complex & critical projects, for both new functionality within the existing product and for new product testing.
• Performance testing of complex software changes to ensure there is no degradation of performance or usability.
• Liaise with the development teams and the product managers on testing discrepancies identified.

Test Management

• Coordinate and manage comprehensive and re-usable test data to cover all test conditions. Ensure test data sets are published and made available to developers.
• Understand the organization’s quality standards and procedures.
• Actively supply to the development of consistent testing methodology/process & ensure implementation to improve the quality.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree
• 10+ years financial/brokerage services experience
• 10+ years software QA testing, programming, analysis, or system support
• Proven background with Redshift / SQL / AWS / Linux
• Strong background in database data validation/automation, Flat file data validation/automation
• Interaction with internal customers
• Experience using SDLC frameworks such as Scrum or other Agile frameworks and using tools such as JIRA to facilitate
• Experience with Cloud Technologies

• Solid communication (written/ oral) skills
• Consistent record in delivering high quality applications
• Positive working attitude, attention to detail and ability to work under tight deadlines
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills
• Proven project management skills and team oriented
• Goal/results oriented, focused with moderate negotiating skills

Additional Information

Broadridge is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other protected status. "Our Associates Matter. Everyone Benefits from Diversity & Inclusion. Diverse & Inclusive Teams Drive Growth." US applicants: Click here to view the "EEO is the Law" poster.