At Cytel, we work hard to create successful careers with significant professional growth for our employees, as a result of which they work hard to make Cytel successful. Cytel is a place where talent, experience and integrity come together to advance the state of clinical development. Summary of Job Responsibilities:
- Design and prepare test plans, test strategies, test cases and test scripts ensuring high coverage of functional and non-functional requirements
- Discuss and review requirements and software design
- Perform impact analysis of changes and refactor affected test artifacts
- Perform hands-on formal and informal testing, report defects found and track them to closure
- Ensure regulatory compliance by following all processes and documenting testing artefacts as required
- Contribute to sprint planning, task identification and estimation
- Collaborate with internal teams (developers, product owners / product managers) to deliver high quality software products
- Present own work / learnings at internal forums like monthly team meetings
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- Bachelor's / Master's degree in Computer Science / Engineering or equivalent STEM degree
- At least 4 years of experience in testing complex, rich and highly interactive web applications
- Hands-on experience of working with test management tools (TestRail preferred) and other popular tools used in the SDLC process (JIRA, Confluence, Bitbucket, etc.)
- Some knowledge of test automation, API testing and different types of non-functional testing (load, performance, usability, security, etc.)
- Experience of working in Agile Scrum teams and completing testing from sprint to sprint
- Excellent verbal and written English communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and collaborative mindset
Optional Skills and Experience:
- Experience of coding / scripting in any programming language (C# preferred)
- Knowledge of a variety of architectures like client server, layered architecture, microservices, etc.
- Certified by ISTQB, CAST, CSTE (or similar)
- Knowledge of automation tools like Selenium and Ranorex
- Knowledge of tools like Postman, LoadRunner and JMeter
Cytel Inc. is an Equal Employment / Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants are considered for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristics protected by law.
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