[Hiring] Senior QA Analyst @Alight

Role Description

Responsible for interpreting Business and Functional Requirements and ensuring comprehensive test design coverage across all scenario variations.

• Lead requirements elicitation through Agile PI planning, KANBAN reviews, and stakeholder sessions.
• Maintain continuous engagement with business partners to resolve dependencies and finalize end-to-end test scenarios.
• Oversee full lifecycle QA activities including regression testing, combining automated frameworks and manual validation.
• Lead project initiation activities—scope definition, estimation, requirement analysis, and preparation of all test assets.
• Prepare and deliver all release level documentation, including Test Plans, Test Summary Reports, Test Closure Reports, and Sign off packages.
• Drive the development and enhancement of automation frameworks to support business initiatives.
• Partner with business stakeholders and client SMEs to expand automated coverage.
• Lead the transformation of manual regression suites into fully automated pipelines.
• Champion continuous improvement of QA practices by identifying systemic enhancements across value streams.
• Perform integration testing and API testing, and manage traceability of requirements, test cases, and defects using JIRA, Zephyr, and Confluence.
• Facilitate defect lifecycle management through structured defect triage meetings.
• Identify and implement optimization opportunities by proposing strategic solutions and executing Proofs of Concept (POCs).
• Support automated integration and end-to-end testing through alignment with DevOps CI/CD pipelines.
• Conduct tool and platform evaluations, including capability analysis and technology compatibility assessments.
• Ensure alignment of toolsets with the Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Collaborate closely with Development, Business, and QA leadership to define DevOps strategies.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or the equivalent in Software Engineering or a related field.
• 5 years of experience in absence management workflows, or related experience.

Requirements

• Experience with developing and maintaining comprehensive test plans, test cases, and test scripts.
• Defining testing strategies for functional, regression, integration, Cross Browser Testing, Mobile testing, and performance testing.
• Designing, developing, and maintaining automation test scripts using Selenium WebDriver (Java) for web and API testing.
• Validating defect fixes and performing root cause analysis for recurring issues.
• Integrating automated tests into CI/CD pipelines and supporting automation execution in AWS-based environments.
• Developing and maintaining test frameworks using TestNG, JUnit, Maven, or Cucumber.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) and DevOps (Jenkins, GitHub/Bitbucket).
• Logging, tracking, and managing defects using tools like JIRA.
• Documenting test plans, test cases, and test results in test management tools such as JIRA, Zephyr, or qTest.
• Familiarity with BDD/TDD practices and frameworks like Cucumber.
• Participating in sprint planning, retrospective, and daily stand-ups to align QA activities with agile methodologies.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package.
• Continuing education & training.
• Tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.