Quality Assurance Specialist
Gallery Systems - Lower Manhattan - Financial District (Greater New York City Area)
Gallery Systems, an innovative software company located in Manhattan’s Financial District, has an exciting opportunity for a Quality Assurance Specialist with at least four years’ experience. We are seeking a self-motivated individual who is interested in continuous learning and self-development.
Job Description
Reporting to the Quality Assurance Manager, the Quality Assurance Specialist will:
Conceive, develop and implement testing strategies including exploratory testing, functional testing, incremental integration testing, and regression testing among others to identify software defects and improve overall software quality.
Create concise, easily understandable defect reports to enable staff to repair defects with a minimum of further clarifications.
Reconfigure hardware and software environments as needed to facilitate testing.
Local candidates only – no relocation. You must be legally qualified to work in the US – we do not provide sponsorship of H1 visas. Equal opportunity employer.
Please include a cover letter with salary requirements along with your resume when applying.
Desired Skills & Experience
Experience with Microsoft SQL Server and/or Oracle with the ability to write complex SQL statements.
Basic system administration skills, including installing operating systems and service packs, configuring ODBC connections, etc.
In-depth knowledge of various flavors of Windows (7, Server 2008 R2, etc.) and MS Office 2007 and above (Word, Excel, Access).Experience entering defects in a bug tracking application
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to manage time effectively to complete multiple assignments on or ahead of schedule.
Experience with any/all of the following is a major plus:
Testing with different locales.
Web applications testing.
QTP or other automated software testing tools (client/server or browser-based)