Qa specialist

Remote$5-15/hrRequired Skills & Experience- 4+ years of QA experience- 2+ years of experience testing data-driven or analytics solutions- Experience with manual web-application testing across Window and Android- 4+ years with test-automation tools including Selenium, Playwright or Cypress- Scripting and programming experience in Python, Bash, or Power Shell- Understanding of REST/JSON payloads, basic security, and performance test fundamentals - Jmeter preferred- SQL skills including experience with joins, aggregations, and queries against large tables as well as writing queries- Experience creating test cases from well-defined requirements and from sparse, ad-hoc informationNice to Have Skills & Experience- Manual web-application testing across mac OS/IOS/- Familiarity with AWS analytics stack -- Glue, S3- Experience with CI/CD systems such as Azure Dev Ops- Experience with Microsoft Server components: IIS, SQL Server, Windows Server OS, ASP,. NET- Familiarity with web application development technologies and languages: HTML, XML, Ajax, CSS- Knowledge of Visual Studio, C#, or Java for deeper integration with developer unit-test frameworks- Exposure to compatibility testing, accessibility, standards, and basic penetration testing.Job DescriptionA Management Consulting client of Insight Global is seeking a versatile Quality-Assurance Specialist who can move comfortably between hands-on UI testing and automated validation of data-centric UI features to join their Reporting and Analytics group. You will test the self-service reporting features used by their higher-education and research clients, help design repeatable test frameworks, and ensure that data flowing from operational databases into our analytics lake (AWS Glue / Iceberg / Snowflake) is accurate, timely, and secure.This role will be a blend of Manual QA (25%) and Automation and Data QA (75%).Key responsibilities include:Automation and Data Responsibilities:- Write and maintain automated tests (Selenium or similar) for critical workflows; integrate them into Azure Dev Ops pipelines.- Build validation jobs that run during CDC deployments to flag feature regressions and errors, and incorrect data returned in reporting features.- Contribute to load, stress, and scalability tests for application features.Manual Responsibilities:- Execute exploratory and scripted tests across Chrome/Edge/Firefox to validate reporting features like Query Builder, delivered dashboards, and other UI features that connect to the application reporting data model.- Compare data returned in reporting features to source data targets, verify row counts and values to ensure features deliver expected data content.- Review UI/UX changes with Product and Engineering, create clear test cases, and log defects with complete repro steps.- Participate in backlog / grooming sessions to refine acceptance criteria and provide test estimates.- Perform cross-browser, accessibility, and basic security smoke tests on each release candidate.- Re-test after bug fixes and maintain regression-test documentation