Sr. Associate Quality Analyst

The Senior Associate Quality Analyst will be responsible for ensuring the quality and reliability of our software applications within Global Technology by implementing comprehensive testing processes ,methodologies and governance. This role demands attention to detail, good analytical skills, and a proactive approach to test management and continuous improvement.

The candidate will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including developers, business analysts, and project managers, to understand requirements and make sure that testing aligns with business objectives.

What youll be DOING

What will your essential responsibilities include?

• Develop ,review and validate test scenarios, test cases, and automated test scripts to make sure alignment with business requirements and technical specifications.
• Produce, maintain and communicate the following test artefacts: concise Test Level progress metrics, progress reports and completion reports.
• Provide a comprehensive approach to defect management i.e. defect clustering, triaging, etc.
• Confirm adherence to test governance processes, standards, and best practices across testing phases
• Support test environment setup, data preparation, and configuration management.
• Determine how to implement the various stages of test, e.g. Systems Test, Integration Testing, Regression Testing, etc. during the project lifecycle
• Provide day-to-day support and guidance in test principles, techniques and tools to other Test Team members.
• Actively participate in test automation framework and scripts development and make sure the efficient test coverage by reviewing the scripts
• Coordinate and facilitate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) efforts, working closely with business stakeholders to define UAT scope, prepare test cases, and support users throughout the UAT phase to make sure smooth execution and sign-off.

• Collaborate with our testing vendor partners as well as our AXA XL delivery team members to make sure comprehensive testing coverage and the timely delivery of software changes/enhancements
• Identify, communicate & track testing risks and issues then help develop mitigation plans to bring them to closure
• Work with the TCoE team to understand best practices and effectively implement them on your assigned applications to achieve our expected quality results.
• Define, collect, and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) & metrics to evaluate testing effectiveness and drive improvements.

What you will BRING

Were looking for someone who has these abilities and skills:

• Bachelors degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Effective understanding of software development methodologies, including agile
• Proficiency in testing frameworks, tools, and best practices, especially TMMi and ISTQB.
• Robust knowledge of the various types of software testing static, smoke, system, system integration, regression, UAT etc.
• Experience in database and API testing and knowledge of SQL, NoSQL, REST,SOAP services
• Experience of testing the applications hosted in cloud based platforms such as Azure , AWS etc
• Deep understanding of test automation tools such as Selenium , Playwright, UFT ,RestAssured etc

• • Experience working with teams across distributed geographical boundaries, particularly with the majority of the business representatives located in Europe and India

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills to effectively collaborate with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience with property & casualty insurance lines of business and products will be preferred