Systems Test Analyst - office based in Bratislava

PURPOSE

In this key testing role, you will be a significant contributor towards the testing of QuintilesIMS Integrated Engagement Services products primarily in the pharmaceutical commercial space. These products form a major technical foundation block in QuintilesIMS' overall commercial strategy such as CRM, and patient engagement platforms. Additionally, we are looking for team members who will ensure quality solutions are developed throughout the system development life cycle. You will work with an integrated team of architects, designers, business analysts, data analysts, developers, and testers, creating solutions that help our customer's commercial sales organization.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Authors test cases commercial sales applications in pharmaceutical industry within the scope of a broader defined testing strategy and is typically involved in test strategy development for projects and systems.
• Collaborates with other members of the project team to gain necessary input and execute appropriate revisions to ensure accurate and complete software testing activities.
• Executes test cases and logs/retests issues found. Assists with coordination of user acceptance testing performed by business stakeholders.
• Performs internal peer reviews of test cases from other Analysts prior to and following execution as required to ensure issues/errors with the test scripts are identified and resolved.
• Participates in technical meetings with Business Analysts and Developers.
• Leverages automated testing tools for test planning and management, test case authoring, test case execution and issue/defect tracking.
• Performs review of deliverables produced by other members of the IT department throughout the Systems Development Life Cycle, for completeness and detail ensuring the specifications are of a high quality, and can be used to write test scripts.
• Possess a detailed understanding of the requirements elicitation, analysis, and specification process including user requirement specifications and functional specifications for larger, complex applications.
• Reviews requirements specifications for testability and verifying/ensuring traceability of testing to requirements to design and vice versa.
• Typically involved in the project-planning phase of a computer system and provides work estimates.
• Reports status, progress and concerns in a proactive, consistent and accurate manner to senior team members and to the IT Project Manager directly or via the Testing Lead.
• Performs other duties as required.

REQUIREMENTS

Candidates should possess a Bachelor's degree, and/or have a minimum of 4-5 years of relevant testing experience

• Motivated self-starter that possesses fine-tuned analytical skills and be very detail oriented.
• Very strong knowledge/skills around test case creation and test execution; ability to create and execute test cases as part of broader testing strategy. Test case creation and execution would be for discreet portions or multiple portions of larger sized systems that are complex and may interface with other products.
• Ability to author and execute test cases as well as to assist in authoring test plans and strategies and coordinate testing and testing assignments. Requires minimal technical instructions and guidance with complex tasks.
• Solid understanding of the requirements elicitation, analysis, and specification process. Ability to perform primary testing role in review of requirements specifications for testability, in design review and in testing strategy reviews.
• Demonstrate and articulate the application of logical, analytical thought to a testing issue.
• Experience with testing tools that allow cross browser and device testing preferred
• Experience with automation testing preferred
• Experience in testing web and mobile applications
• Knowledge writing and executing SQL scripts
• Experience in the Healthcare / Pharma Industry / Contract Research Organization (CRO) a strong plus
• Excellent oral/written interpersonal skills; user focused; work well with global team members. Strong technical and business writing skills.
• Flexibility, ability to learn, and ability to work within in a collaborative fast-paced QA testing team environment
• Familiarity with Quality Center and testing automation, Jira, and TopTeam tools
• Prior experience working with Agile/SCRUM methodologies a plus
• Specific experience in commercial sales solutions such as Salesforce.com a strong plus
• Strong ability to communicate technical and data concepts to non-technical audiences, and business concepts to technical audiences.
• Strong relationship building and facilitation skills to work directly with business users who are not technical in nature.
• Critical thinking abilities to take complex, ambiguous, abstract requirements and break them into smaller components, patterns, views and features.