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Scotiabank Business Quality Analyst in Toronto, Ontario
Business Quality Analyst
Requisition ID: 197091
Join a purpose driven winning team, committed to results, in an inclusive and high-performing culture.
The Role:
The Business Quality Analyst will work closely with the product owner, developers, vendors and end users to understand the business functions and requirements. The BQA will work withAgile feature teams that deliver user-centric products using modern engineering and technical practices. The position will report to the Senior Manager - Lab Leader.
What will you do?
Design and develop the automation testing strategies. Extend story specifications to align with automation testing strategies while including real world data, edge cases etc.
Facilitate root cause analysis of defects with the team and ensures that they acts as a catalyst for continuous improvement
Facilitates collaborative solution discovery sessions using lightweight techniques such as Story Mapping. Decomposes the solution into small increments of value (stories) that can be independently built and validated
Collaborates with the delivery team to define the overall testing approach and perform acceptance testing tovalidate business requirements in rapid iterations
In conjunction with the development team, perform manual tests, develop test data, construct, and execute exploratory, system, regression, migration, back-end, and user acceptance tests.
Conduct exploratory testing to find bugs that other testing means would not find during every sprint and drive testing workshops.
Wherever possible, conduct functional test and ensure their readability (clear, succinct, and using common business jargon) as well as tests must be maintainable (built with reusable domain specific testing language components)
Embed with development teams and infuse quality in every phase of the software development lifecycle by providing continuous feedback from QA standpoint regarding standards, user experience, possible performance issues, and future bugs.
Participate in product design and requirements analysis, work with the team during project planning to accurately estimate work (data creation, test cases/acceptance test design, test execution, framework design/improvements, scripting tasks, setup environments, etc) and scope release deliverables (prioritizing defects and bugs).
Create and execute acceptance criteria based on requirements, assessing usefulness of test cases and adjusting approach where required
What do you need to succeed?
Demonstrate excellent communication skills and be able to capture and present status reports, test results, functional testing result and do ongoing reporting.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to review the requirements or stories and define and develop test strategy, test plan, test cases, test acceptance criteria and test scripts to support our product and platform teams.
Work with multiple software development groups to help them deliver on high-quality products.
Must have experience of QA processes, agile delivery & testing processes, testing methodologies and procedures.
Possess the ability to work with technology focused peers and work on multiple projects concurrently.
Ideally have worked on agile and waterfall projects in the past and capable of thriving on fast paced, challenging environment and must be proactive and dynamic, and demonstrate initiative and eagerness to learn.
Experience in providing QAT time and effort estimation based on business requirement.
Participate fully as a team member and contribute to a positive work environment that encourages productivity, professionalism, and teamwork.
Contributes to an environment of continuous learning, including the sharing of experience and learning across team members, peers, Scotia partners, and management as appropriate.
Participate in identifying personal development needs and pursue development/career opportunities.
Adhere to established guidelines of conduct.
Do you have skills that will enable you to succeed?
You have 5 to 8 years of experience as Business Analyst and QA role
You pride yourself as a detail-oriented person and you notice all the little details for every document / requirement / conversation that comes across you
You have experience testing application in banking or financial services industry
You have experience with frameworks such as JUnit, SOAPUI, Postman, Protractor, RestAssured etc.
You are comfortable with native, API, integration, exploratory, performance/load/stress, usability, accessibility and security testing
You have experience in executing test cases and documenting results for various types of testing (smoke, integration, functional and regression testing)
Understanding of cloud computing platforms, web, API and database testing technologies
Knowledge of automated testing industry best practices and trends.
Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipeline
You are a self-motivated person and are driven to deliver quality work
You are able to navigate complex and ambiguous situations with ease, multi-task and work on multiple initiatives at the same time
An engineering degree in computer science or relevant work experience
What's in it for you?
We have an inclusive and collaborative working environment that encourages creativity and curiosity and celebrates success
We provide you with the tools and technology needed to create meaningful customer experiences
You'll get to work with and learn from diverse industry leaders, who have hailed from top technology companies around the world
We hire you for your talent — not just a job — so you can grow with us. We’ll equip you for success not only in your role, but also in your career as a whole
Dress codes don't apply here: being comfortable does
Access to thousands of online and in-person courses so you can hone your current skills, or learn new ones
A competitive rewards package that includes a base salary, a performance bonus, company matching programs on pension and profit sharing, paid vacation, personal & sick days, medical, vision, and dental benefits that start from day one and much more
Location(s): Canada : Ontario : Toronto
Scotiabank is a leading bank in the Americas. Guided by our purpose: "for every future", we help our customers, their families and their communities achieve success through a broad range of advice, products and services, including personal and commercial banking, wealth management and private banking, corporate and investment banking, and capital markets.
At Scotiabank, we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the Bank, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment for everyone. If you require accommodation (including, but not limited to, an accessible interview site, alternate format documents, ASL Interpreter, or Assistive Technology) during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know. If you require technical assistance, pleaseclick here (https://www.scotiabank.com/careers/en/careers/technical-support-for-applicants.html) . Candidates must apply directly online to be considered for this role. We thank all applicants for their interest in a career at Scotiabank; however, only those candidates who are selected for an interview will be contacted.