Verisk

Senior QA Analyst

Verisk

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Jersey CityNew JerseyUnited States

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Salary

💰 $70,500 - $116,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Review and analyze business requirements, functional specifications, and acceptance criteria to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
  • Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, and Development teams to clarify requirements and resolve gaps early in the Agile sprint cycle.
  • Design, develop, and execute manual test cases, test plans, and test scenarios, and maintain test documentation using tools such as Jira, Zephyr, and Confluence.
  • Develop and maintain automation frameworks and create automated test scripts for functional, regression, integration, and API testing using tools such as Selenium, Playwright, Postman, or equivalent.
  • Write clean, maintainable, and scalable automation scripts to validate application functionality.
  • Estimate, prioritize, plan, and coordinate testing activities to meet project timelines.
  • Identify, log, track, and validate defects, working closely with development teams through resolution.
  • Perform risk-based, exploratory, and edge-case testing to identify high-impact issues.
  • Continuously improve test processes, automation frameworks, and test coverage to enhance efficiency and product quality.
  • Serve as the QA contact for release readiness, giving clear feedback on application stability for deployment, migration, and release.
  • Provide QA sign-off for releases and maintain detailed documentation of test results and QA processes.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or master’s in computer science, IT, or related field.
  • 4+ years of professional experience in Software Quality Assurance.
  • Strong direct experience with manual and automated testing of scalable applications.
  • Solid understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
  • Proficiency in at least one programming or scripting language: Java, C#, .NET, or Python.
  • Experience with REST API testing (Postman), Web/UI automation (Selenium WebDriver, Playwright) using C# or TypeScript, and performance testing tools such as JMeter.
  • Practical experience with SQL and a solid grasp of relational database principles are essential for backend testing and ensuring data accuracy.
  • Demonstrates a strong commitment to taking responsibility and consistently striving to achieve excellent outcomes.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines, particularly using Azure DevOps, is a plus.
Benefits
  • Health Insurance
  • Retirement Plan
  • Disability benefits
  • Paid Time Off program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
manual testingautomated testingtest case designtest planstest scenariosAPI testingSQLperformance testingprogramming languagesAgile methodologies
Soft Skills
collaborationproblem-solvingcommunicationresponsibilitycommitment to qualitytime managementattention to detailadaptabilitycritical thinkingfeedback provision