QA Analyst

Job Summary

Title: QA Analyst
Location: 1 Enterprise Drive, Quincy, MA (Hybrid)
Term: 12+ months
Pay: $60/hr

Apex Systems is currently seeking a Quality Assurance Analyst. If you are interested, please reach out to Evan Meltsakos with your resume and a brief introduction to get the conversation started.

• Architecting a scalable, reusable, and maintainable automation framework from scratch (using Selenium, Playwright, or Cypress) tailored to support both UI and API testing across various Agile teams.
• Defining automation scope, test data management, and environment strategies that align with Program Increment (PI) planning and support the Agile Release Train objectives.
• Establishing governance and standardizing automated testing processes to prevent duplication and ensure consistency across multiple distributed Agile teams.
• Create modular, scalable, and reusable test scripts to prevent redundancy across multiple cross-functional Agile teams.
• Analyze automated test results and promptly collaborate with developers to fix test failures or escalating issues.
• Collaborating with the team to define clear acceptance criteria, shifting left by baking in testability and Test-Driven Development practices during PI increments.
• Develop, execute, and document detailed test plans and test cases for new and existing features.
• Perform functional, integration, regression, and user acceptance testing across multiple work streams with a focus on data integrity and validation.
• Test configurations, workflows, and integrations with external data sources.
• Test across roles and permissions to validate privacy and security.
• Log, track, and manage defects using QMetry or Zephyr and Jira, ensuring timely resolution and clear communication with development teams.
• Create and maintain clear, comprehensive testing documentation. Collaborate with business stakeholders to support user acceptance testing and ensure testing activities align with project goals and timelines.
• Provide actionable feedback to improve product usability, performance, and reliability.
• Stay current with QA best practices, tools, and emerging testing approaches, including test automation.

• 3–5 years of professional experience in software quality assurance or testing (or equivalent training/education).
• Solid understanding of the software development lifecycle and Agile methodologies, with proven experience in test planning, execution and defect management within the Scaled Agile Framework.
• Strong attention to detail with the ability to identify inconsistencies and edge cases.
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving, and decision‑making skills.
• Excellent written clarity and documentation.
• Excellent verbal articulation when interacting with both technical and non‑technical members such as developers and business teams during the testing process.
• High proficiency in automation frameworks across the Continuous Delivery Pipeline (Acceptance Test Driven Development) to ensure quality is built‑in rather than inspected at the end.
• Ability to work independently in a remote setting while maintaining strong collaboration with team members.
• Experience testing Salesforce applications, APIs, and integrations.
• Adaptable and quick learner of new systems, tools, and processes.
• Experience with data validation testing across integrated systems.
• Experience using Atlassian Jira and Confluence.

• Experience working in public health, healthcare, or government IT projects.
• Certification in SAFe for Teams or SAFe Practitioner.
• Salesforce Associate Certification or Salesforce Administrator Certification.
• Experience with Snowflake.
• Experience using Zephyr, or QMetry for test case management lifecycle.

• This position is a full‑time position with a hybrid setting, remote and with some level of on‑site attendance expected (schedule driven by project ceremonies).
• Requires reliable internet connection to participate in virtual meetings without technology issues.
• Must adhere to internal organizational and project policies and compliance requirements.
• Must practice professional code of conduct, respectful communication and collaboration and a supportive remote culture.
• Atten…