IT Quality Assurance Analyst , Digital Technology Solutions

IT Quality Assurance Analyst 1, Digital Technology Solutions

Job Title:

IT Quality Assurance Analyst 1, Digital Technology Solutions

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Start Date:

11/10/25

Work Arrangement:

Current UC employees must apply internally via Success Factors

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Plan, design, and execute systems and applications testing on projects within the assigned Agile team. Work collaboratively with the members of the functional area (Quality Assurance) to support the IDEAS team and other DTS teams.

• Develop test plans, test cases, test scripts and test reports for software application development projects.
• Execute test cases utilizing targeted test data and report results and exceptions (defects).
• Participate in execution of User Acceptance Test with BCS.
• Participate in business/functional requirements development, ensure that defined requirements are testable.
• Participate in defining Acceptance criteria for definition of test completeness and test coverage.
• Manage defects process during product development phase.
• Participate in defect triage meetings and provide defect status reporting.
• Utilize risk‑based testing process to assure that high priority business functions tested first.
• Identify and communicate all risks relative to testing for evaluation by project team. Identify and document all product discrepancies during test execution phase.
• Define most effective test strategy for each project based on technology, complexity, scope, and timeline.
• Provide constant input for QA/test process improvements to achieve high quality product release.
• Ensure compliance of the application with defined standards and guidelines (security, accessibility, etc.).
• Establish and document measurable test objectives and provide test metrics progress reports to project team.
• Maintain and execute automated scripts to support CI/CD process and regression testing.
• Perform related duties based on departmental need. This job description can be changed at any time.

• Associate’s Degree
• Two (2) years of relevant education, experience and/or other specialized training can fulfill minimum education and experience requirements

• Working knowledge of Waterfall and Agile/Scrum software development methodologies.
• Familiarity with all aspects of Quality Assurance testing of software systems and application, including functional, integration and regression testing.
• Working knowledge of designing and documenting test strategy, test plans, test cases, acceptance criteria and user stories.
• Experience in test data creation and maintenance, understanding of data validation process.
• Basic knowledge of Test automation and Test automation tools and frameworks (Selenium, KSE, etc.).
• Understanding of WCAG
  2.0 AA Compliance Auditing & Testing.
• Understanding of Information Security scanning & remediation support.
• Working knowledge of Atlassian Jira for tasks and defects management.

• Experience with WCAG 2.1, WCAG 2.2, ATAG, or other Accessibility standards.
• Use of Test…