Senior Quality Assurance Analyst

Ropes & Gray • Boston, MA

7d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior QA Analyst is responsible for creation and execution of test plans, test strategies, and test scripts for third party and internally developed solutions. The Senior QA Analyst is accountable to the Project Manager for overall planning and facilitation of the QA phase within projects. The Senior QA Analyst supports all QA and user acceptance testing activities, ensuring knowledge sharing between the analysts, technical & testing resources within the team takes place. The Senior QA Analyst has a deep understanding of and promotes key concepts relating to QA best practices.

Requirements

• 10-12 years experience in a quality assurance role creating and executing test plans, test strategies and test cases
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Experience identifying, documenting and validating Test Cases
• Experience working with different Operating Systems, Browsers and Email Clients
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, written, verbal communication skills and Strong customer focus skills
• Must be both a self-starter and a team player and have excellent communication skills
• Must be creative and flexible in order to respond quickly and positively to shifting demands and opportunities; ability to work under tight deadlines and handle multiple tasks.
• Relates to people in an open, friendly and accepting manner.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working with functional automation tools like TestComplete, Selenium, UFT etc. preferred
• Experience with database testing and strong SQL skills preferred
• Knowledge of testing tools including HP ALM, Quality Center, Azure Dev Ops, SmartSheet etc.
• Knowledge of Python, HTML, JavaScript, ASP or .NET preferred
• Knowledge of PC applications, e.g., Microsoft Office Suite and Project, PowerPoint preferred
• Law firm experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Review business and technical requirements.
• Develop detailed work estimates for testing efforts, including time needed for test planning, documentation, and execution.
• Develop comprehensive test plans and test cases based on business requirements and functional specifications, ensuring full coverage using standardized templates and guidelines.
• Prioritize test cases based on risk and business impact to ensure critical areas are tested first.
• Perform manual testing across functional, system, performance, and regression areas to validate application quality.
• Document, track, verify, and report defects promptly.
• Validate bug fixes and report on test progress and results.
• Design, develop, and execute automated test scripts to validate application functionality, reliability, and performance.
• Test application user interfaces, backend processes, and data layers using appropriate testing tools and techniques.
• Lead and facilitate defect triage meetings, ensuring focus on resolution and timely execution of test cases.
• Identify and/or create test data in accordance with the firm’s data governance standards and security policies.
• Prepare and review testing documentation with the project team prior to test execution.
• Perform post-implementation testing and provide clear results and feedback to the implementation team.
• Collaborate with stakeholders during user acceptance testing (UAT) to ensure successful validation of business needs.
• Maintain QA process documentation, guidelines, and knowledge base.
• Work closely with IT and business stakeholders throughout the project and product lifecycle to ensure quality delivery.
• Establish and promote QA best practices, processes, and metrics.
• Recommend tools and methods to improve QA efficiency and effectiveness.
• Collaborate across teams to develop and standardize quality processes.

Benefits

• Ropes & Gray is proud to offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package to our business support team members.
• The firm also offers comprehensive health and well-being benefits, personal and professional development, career growth opportunities and a collegial and supportive culture.
• this role is eligible for a discretionary bonus based on performance.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees