QA Engineer

QA Engineer - Mumbai

Position Description

Key Responsibilities and Requirements

Contributes to overall business results by making recommendations that significantly improve operational efficiency and effectiveness of Travel Industry

Facilitate the analysis, design and programming of viable solutions to high complexity business problems according to user specifications

Ensure that systems are functionally appropriate, technically sound and integrated

Document and create test cases and to execute and verify those test cases as part of the overall functional testing of Information Technology products

Contribute to test planning including API Testing

Participate in the activities to develop and execute test to validate system functionality against specifications

Take lead role in the testing of small to medium sized products

Ensure that systems software is thoroughly tested

Solid understanding of Quality Assurance methods and practices

Deep understanding of manual and automated testing concepts

3 to 5 years’ experience as a QA Analyst/Engineer or similar role with a heavy focus on Automation Testing.

Experience with high volume consumer-oriented web sites

Experience working in an Agile Scrum environment

Experience with formal test procedures, release management

Experience in Travel industry experience, GDS’s - SABRE, Amadeus, and Travelport

Ability to distill complex business needs into functional requirements

Excellent follow-up, verbal and written communication skills

Excellent problem-solving skills and an ability to make good decisions

Team player with a professional attitude and learn new products

Ability to manage multiple tasks and maintain tight schedules

Ability to work effectively with a geographically dispersed team in India and United States

Strong skill and experience analyzing data sets of all sizes.

Strategic and Development Responsibilities

Communicate effectively with Executive, Marketing, Sales and Operations teams in gathering product requirements, reporting results and managing expectations.

Willingness to work flexible and/or extended hours as necessary and travel internationally on occasion.

Specifically participate in the following: market research, requirements gathering and documentation, architecture design, resource allocation, issue delegation, release management, project timelines, source code protection, testing/QA (use cases) and outsourcing.

Ability to "think outside the box"

Ability to provide accurate and timely project estimates.

Education

Bachelor of Science in CS, MIS, or equivalent.