Position: User Acceptance Tester II
Duration: 6 Months
Location: Montvale, NJ (hybrid)
Description:;
The User Acceptance Testing (UAT) analyst is responsible for ensuring the code delivered by IT meets both functionalities specified by the Business Analysts and the meets the ultimate needs of the business. They are responsible for reviewing and understanding the business requirements, creating a comprehensive set of testing to cover the functionality both in isolation and in combination, and to perform the tests themselves. Ultimately it is their responsibility to identify the defects and document the circumstances the defect was identified and able to retest their defects.
Responsibilities:
Analysis and interpretation of Business Requirements, and where necessary, elicitation of further information from Business Analysts and Product Owners
Creation of test scenarios per user story to be validated by the Business Lead, scripts and other UAT documentation including the identification and extraction of custom data for use in testing
Execution of UAT against previously defined and signed-off business requirements or user stories, including fixed defects ready for retest Collation and reporting of test results for all documented test scenarios Provision of information to relevant parties to allow informed decisions to be made
Highlighting key issues and problems relating to the product sign-off once the testing phase is complete
Establish good working relationships within IT and across the Business teams Be part of a cross functional team and advise this team on testability of business requirements
Carry out analysis of business requirements as part of the review cycle/signoff process and give recommendation to Business Leads Support and enable delivery of projects through completion
Skills:
5 years' experience as a testing analyst
5 years' experience working at a professional services firm Prefer someone with real experience or high degree of familiarity with software development lifecycle methodologies.
Ability to independently develop and precisely follow test scripts with attention to detail, document findings.
Ability to independently schedule UAT tasks.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, the ability to create strong relationships in a professional setting, the ability to multitask Strong analysis, evaluation and problem-solving skills.
Must be a self-starter with a sense of urgency, strong work ethic and results oriented team player.
Experience working on large global projects.
Ability to review both business and technical documentation.
Good understanding of the SDLC and cross departmental co-operation
Familiarity with CRM systems, SaaS, PaaS, IaaS service models
Strong familiarity with MS Office and related products (MS Excel, MS Projects, MS Visio, SharePoint),
very good understanding of Test Tracking and Execution tools like HP ALM, Jeera.
Familiarity with MS Visual Studio/Azure DevOps is a plus.