QA Analyst (API/Mobile/Application)

Job Title: QA Analyst

Location: Chattanooga, Tennessee , (Hybrid 3 days onsite, 2 days remote)

Duration: 01 year contract and potential full time conversion

Top Skills Required

• API testing
• Mobile application testing
• General Agile development experience

High-Level Role Overview

• Our client is seeking an experienced Quality Assurance (QA) Professional to support software and mobile application testing initiatives.
• This individual will play a key role in ensuring product quality through effective test planning, execution, and validation across the software development lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Execute manual testing for software and mobile applications.
• Develop, maintain, and execute comprehensive test cases and test scenarios.
• Identify, document, and track defects through resolution.
• Collaborate closely with developers, product managers, and Agile teams.
• Learn new products quickly and become a subject matter expert on functionality and user experience.
• Ensure releases meet quality standards and business requirements.
• Support API testing efforts and validate integrations between systems.
• Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, standups, and retrospectives.

Required skills/experience:

• Two+ years of experience testing web-based software applications
• Experience using SQL to extract, modify and add data to SQL Server databases
• Knowledge and application of structured testing concepts, methodologies, and tools
• Solid understanding of the SDLC and Agile software development methodology
• Creative, detail-oriented and a problem solver
• Strong organizational and analytical skills
• Self-motivated and driven; takes ownership of personal and team goals
• Able to excel with limited supervision in a rapidly changing environment under aggressive
• timelines
• Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills

Preferred skills/experience:

• One year of experience using automation tools (Selenium ideal) and techniques for user
• interface automation and also tools similar to Fiddler or Postman, for web services testing.
• Knowledge of hardware devices such as card processing devices, access control locks, mobile devices, POS (Point of Sale) terminals, etc.
• Experience with applications that use near-field communication (NFC)
• Electrical/wiring experience
• Experience using JIRA for Agile development & reporting of bugs
• Experience using TestRail for the writing, organization & completion of test cases.

Education

• BS or BA degree. Preferred Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience