Validation Services Analyst

Validation/Quality Assurance of client applications, including analyzing user requirements, defining test plans, test scripts, and related validation and QA documentation, and ensuring quality application development by:

• Interfacing with client sponsors, business managers, application users, and shared services

• Reviewing, understanding, and suggesting improvements to user requirements and functional specifications

• Planning a validation approach for small applications or modules of larger applications

• Working within a team to ensure high quality application releases

• Building validation (test) scripts for single functions and scenarios in alignment with internal and/or client processes

• Assisting in the creation of test script suites for modules and full applications, ensuring complete coverage of new code for application releases

• Executing and documenting the results of validation scripts for application releases, including both new and regression scripts

• Creating automated test scripts

• Ensuring execution of automated test scripts as appropriate in support of application releases

• Assisting in the troubleshooting of application failures

Maintains Quality Service and Departmental Standards by

• Verifying work of other validation services team members to ensure quality deliverables

• Reading, understanding and adhering to organizational Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)

• Assisting in establishing and enforcing departmental standards

• Participating in the modification of company SOPs

• Understanding and adhering to client SOPs

Contributes to team effort by:

• Helping others to accomplish results

• Performing other duties as assigned

• Suggesting and implementing improvements to work processes to better meet project schedule and budget, reduce project risk, or improve the final product

Maintains Technical Knowledge by

• Attending and participating in applicable company sponsored and client-required training

• Self-directed learning of applicable tools, processes, and industry standards

What we are looking for :

• Bachelors degree in computer science, engineering or related field, or suitable related job experience

• 2+ years experience in software validation or quality assurance, preferably within the pharmaceutical industry and/or within supply chain

• Proven ability to validate software applications using standardized methodologies

• Proven ability to analyze complex issues

• Working knowledge of SQL

• Competency with MS Office

• Working knowledge of test management tools

• Working knowledge of automated testing tools

• Working knowledge of Software Development Life Cycles

• Ability to work in a team environment

• Strong problem-solving and organizational skills

• High attention to detail

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and complete work within allocated time frames

• Excellent oral and written communication skills