Quality Assurance Analyst Job Lawrence area,Kansas USA,IT/Tech

About The Role

The Quality Assurance Analyst is responsible for supporting the full software development lifecycle through the planning, design and execution of system testing on projects of varying sizes and complexities to ensure the delivery of high quality business‑critical applications and reports.

The QA Analyst will work within the IT department and collaboratively with other areas of the business to execute and validate test cases based upon system requirements.

The QA Analyst will also deliver management information and perform ad‑hoc analysis to the business as and when required.

This role is a temporary contract until December 2026.

Key Accountabilities

To define and execute the testing strategy
To establish quality standards and monitor these over time in order to drive improvements
To help assure coding / config quality throughout the systems development lifecycle through robust testing procedures
To help assure coding quality of any complex Management Information / data imports / data cleanses etc. through robust testing procedures
To test any software upgrades using appropriate test scripts and involving the relevant user groups
To test solution proposals in the test environments prior to implementation to ensure that they will work in practice
To work closely with colleagues across the business to understand their requirements and processes through requirements gathering and validation
To work closely with end users, identifying test scenarios and any gaps in user requirements / acceptance criteria
To develop and maintain a catalogue of appropriate test scripts for each system, keeping up to date as required
To carry out both blackbox and whitebox testing to appropriate testing standards which will cover the following: unit, integration, functional, system, stress, performance, usability, acceptance and regression testing.
To identify appropriate tools and automate testing wherever necessary
To accurately record and monitor issues and report on progress
To sign off new functionality / reports from an IT perspective
To communicate test findings clearly and accurately to relevant stakeholders (both internal and external)
To take ownership of the test environments for each of the core systems
To ensure the right stakeholders are involved in UAT and lead the UAT sessions accordingly, supporting the end users throughout the process
To identify data accuracy / integrity issues and then identify and implement solutions
To support the Business Systems Manager in championing the use of ‘fit for purpose’ applications across the organisation, ensuring that IT is being used effectively as a tool to support the business at all times
To undertake tasks to promote new systems / functionality, obtain user buy in, engagement and maximise the use of systems across the business
To support the full project lifecycle which will normally include System and Process design, build, testing, training, system documentation, post go‑live support and ongoing system administration
To support the Business Systems Manager to deliver on project deadlines and ensure that any improvements to Applications and Information System processes are kept up to date and properly documented
To prepare timely adhoc information & reports (for whatever purpose) where the organisation is not yet able to ‘Self‑Serve’ (ensuring that suitable quality controls are in place)
To assist with the development & preparation of reporting tools which provide better Performance Monitoring and Management Information
To escalating any concerns with underlying data quality / integrity with the IT Management Team and System Owners as appropriate, along with recommendations for improvement and implement data cleanses wherever necessary
To escalating any concerns with the quality of functionality with the IT Management Team and System Owners as appropriate, along with recommendations for improvement
To escalating any concerns to the project sponsor around attendance or quality of UAT sessions
To implement solutions in order to enforce data integrity
Work closely with other members of the IT team to deliver the overarching IT digital strategy
To participate and actively…


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