Quality Analyst

Over the last 20 years, Ares' success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry.

Job Description

PRIMARY FUNCTIONS AND ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
 Performs manual/automated, regression, functional, performance testing of business facing
applications.
 Handle and supervise the defects, assign, and brings up defects as vital.
 Communicates QA metrics, test results, concerns and project status to management team and
other partners in a timely manner.
 Ensures the QA related documentation such as test plans, performance evaluation, functionality
testing and required maintenance planning.
 Drives innovation and automation of testing processes by making use of tools or scripts.
 Works closely with development, product management, and technical support to ensure that the
quality objectives of all projects are met within schedule constraints.

Qualifications
Education:
 Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience required.
 3-5 years' experience working in a Quality Assurance role in an IT environment.
 Demonstrated experience in test planning, creation, and execution.
 Experience with structure test methodologies and handling multiple projects/initiatives.
 Experience testing all phases of the SDLC.
 Experience with process improvement, QA automation and performance testing tools.
 Superb interpersonal skills (written/verbal), ability to work closely with members multi-functional.
Experience Required:
 Sound understanding of overall financial and asset management domain.
 Able to understand asset management and financial data and design test scenarios/strategies
for data flow across business applications.
 Solid knowledge in manual and automated software testing
 Extensive experience in software development methodologies including both Agile (Scrum,
Kanban, XP) and Waterfall models.
 Proven expertise in test design, test development, and QA of cost-efficient enterprise level
application systems, middleware, and web solutions that exceed client's business requirements
and expectations.
 Demonstrable experience using test management and defect tracking systems such as Azure
DevOps, HP Quality Center (ALM), Jira, Bugzilla, ServiceNow and others.
 Hands on expertise with test automation tools such as Spec Flow, Selenium, Coded UI, others.
 Experience in performance of build validation and verification, positive and negative, Boundary
values analysis, equivalent classes partitioning, smoke (sanity), functional, integration, system,

Proficient in multiplatform (Windows. Linux, MacOS) and cross browser testing (IE, Firefox,
Chrome, Safari), mobile testing on different devices (Android, iOS Phone/Ipad/Tablet) a plus.
 Experience and/or basic understanding of infrastructure, networking, and security concepts is a
plus.
 Solid grasp of SDLC as well as software testing life cycle.
 Self- driven and self-motivated person with superb communication and presentation skills.
 Comfortable working as a member of coordinated team as well as independently.
 Work schedule flexibility, with the ability to accommodate work in different shifts or on holidays
to meet project deadlines.
 Provide mentorship and support to junior QA team members on testing tools, methodologies, and
best practices to enhance their skills and capabilities.
 Candidate should be capable to drive the Project Strategy, Tooling, Architecture/Designing of
Automation Framework
 Candidate should be able to lead QA on new engagements.
Technical Requirements:
 Test process tools like Selenium, Jira, Bugzilla, functional, performance, database, Java, link and
web test tools.
 Development Languages: Java, Python, C#, SQL, HTML5, XML, CSS, JavaScript
 SD Methodologies: Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, Kanban
 Architecture: OOP, client server, web based and mobile applications a plus
 Databases: MS SQL Server, My SQL
 Infrastructure: SVN, TWiki, XMLSpy
 Operating Systems: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7/10, Linux, MacOS
 Software and Tools: Azure DevOps, Team Foundation Server (TFS), MS Visio
General Requirements:
 Candidate should be willing to work flexible hours in hybrid model from the local Ares office when
needed due to the nature of cybersecurity threats.
 Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
 High level of personal integrity, and the ability to professionally handle confidential matters and
show an appropriate level of judgment and maturity.
 Communicate effectively at all levels with sensitivity to cultural diversity.
 Ability to adapt as the external environment and organization evolves.
 Passionate about Cybersecurity domain and has the inclination to learn current technologies /
concepts / improvements.
 Knowledge of cyber security frameworks and attack methodologies
 Experience working with EDRs, Proxies, and anti-virus.
 Hands on penetration testing, vulnerability, threat, and risk management
 Understanding of common Attack methods and their SIEM signatures
 Understanding of network protocols (TCP/IP stack, SSL/TLS, IPSEC, SMTP/IMAP, FTP, HTTP
etc.)
 Understanding of Operating System, Web Server, database, and Security devices
(firewall/NIDS/NIPS) logs and log formats
 Knowledge of intrusion detection methodologies and techniques for detecting host- and network based
intrusions via intrusion detection technologies
 Excellent verbal and written English social skills.

Reporting Relationships

Manager, Quality Assurance COE

There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.

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