Information Technology Roles at ByteWorks Technology Solutions

Job Description

• Establish and evolve formal QA processes, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best practices.
• Act as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
• Lead the software system testing process, resources, programming, projects and documentation.
• Develop departmental policies and standard operating procedures, as needed, to effectively execute the principles and responsibilities of software quality assurance.
• Responsible for the selection and development of people, resources, and budgets necessary to perform the functions of software quality assurance.
• Responsible for assuring that output from the software development process includes adequate identification and interpretation of product requirements, such as: (a) traceability requirements (b) test requirements (c) usability, etc.
• Ensure appropriate scheduling of software quality resources/personnel to projects.
• Monitor program performance after implementation to prevent reoccurrence of program operating problems and ensure efficiency of operation.
• Review product design documentation to ensure that requirements stated are correct, unambiguous, and verifiable.
• Assist in generation of use cases to ensure that all functional requirements of a system are captured during the product design phase.
• Consult with product development to evaluate system interfaces, operational requirements, and performance requirements of overall system.
• Define test methods and create test plans for new or updated software projects to determine if the software will perform accurately and reliably according to documented requirements as well as established standards under both normal and abnormal conditions.
• Conduct compatibility tests with vendor-provided programs
• Recommend design improvements or corrections to engineers throughout the development process.
• Maintain effective communication with the project software engineers on project limitation, capability, performance requirement and hardware interface changes.
• Execute test plans and create test reports to describe program evaluation, testing, and correction.
• Formulate and design software systems, using scientific analysis and mathematical models to predict and measure outcome and consequences of design.

Education & Qualification

• First class or Second class upper degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline
• At least 1- 3 years experience in I.T Quality Assuarance
• Understands software development and maintenance lifecycle
• Proficiency in the use of MS Project, MS Excel, Powerpoint and other related tools.

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Responsibilities

• Analyzes user requirements.
• Documents and demonstrates solutions by developing documentation, flowcharts, layouts, diagrams, charts, code comments and clear code.
• Prepares and installs solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
• Develops software solutions by studying information needs; conferring with users; studying systems flow, data usage, and work processes; investigating problem areas; following the software development lifecycle.
• Tests new programs for fault finding.
• Writes and tests code and then refines and rewrites as necessary.
• Creates technical specifications and test plans.
• Improves operations by conducting systems analysis; recommending changes in policies and procedures.
• Improves existing software programs by analyzing and identifying areas for modification.
• Maintains systems by monitoring and correcting software defects.
• Continually updates technical knowledge and skills by studying state-of-the-art development tools, programming techniques, and computing equipment; participating in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Protects operations by keeping information confidential.
• Provides information by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing development and service issues.
• Works closely with other staff, such as project managers, graphic artists, designers, developers, systems analysts, and sales and marketing professionals;
• Investigates new technologies.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Proficient in Java
• Understands software development lifecycle and the tools and processes needed to develop and maintain software
• First class or Second class upper degree in Engineering, Computer Science or related discipline
• Years of Experience: 1 - 3 years
• OCPJP and ITIL v3 certifications will be added advantage