Position: Big Data QA Analyst
Company: LoopMe
Category: QA
Experience required: 2y
English level: intermediate

As a QA analyst, you will write and execute test cases based on business and technical requirements. The successful candidate understands the importance of speed to delivery and can identify improvement opportunities through automation. This role is responsible for all testing phases, integration systems testing, user acceptance testing, data validation/testing, and performance/load testing.

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Initiate and complete all aspects of testing.
- Develop and execute test plans and strategies based on technical and business requirements.
- Test solutions with the mindset of an end-user.
- Document results to communicate issues found with software developers and product managers.
- Build automated tests.

Education and Experience:
- 1+ years of testing applications in an Agile development environment
- Previous experience with automated and performance testing.
- Experience writing basic to intermediate SQL queries and understanding of SQL database objects.

Required Skills and Competencies:
- Working knowledge and understanding of version control systems (i.e. Git, SVN).
- Demonstrate ability to understand backend processes; namely, underlying database structures.
- Ability to objectively review and qualify data - be able to provide data required for developers to research and rectify issues.
- Ability to see 'code' and have an understanding of what it means.
- Innovative - willing to think outside the box.
- Demonstrate accuracy and attention to detail.
- Flexible and willing to accept a change in priorities as necessary.
- Ability to work both independently and within a team.