Quality Assurance Analyst III

Position Summary

The Quality Assurance Analyst III will collaborate with Scrum/project teams to understand,

test and support program applications, key business functionalities and complex

technologies across the enterprise.

This role will be responsible for the advancement, ownership, and support of the testing

efforts for the team including activities such as creating end-to-end testing strategies, test

execution and coordination of all testing activities to ensure that all quality objectives are

met and functioning to expected requirements.

Testing efforts may include various types withing the testing pyramid, UI, Service

layer/Integration, End to End, performance, load, functional or security and collaboration

will be encouraged with engineers to establish a comprehensive understanding of unit

testing, networking, infrastructure, and overall application architecture.

The Quality Assurance Analyst III will have an opportunity to learn and modernize the

Clayton Technology QA practice, which may involve off-the-shelf applications, custom

applications and/or enterprise-level integrations, and/or existing legacy applications.

The ideal candidate cultivates a team atmosphere that is collaborative and promotes

business impact. This role requires someone who can lead by example and a has a

willingness to solve complex; as well as simple challenges with equal energy and

excitement to provide the highest level of quality in every delivery.

About The Team

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Primary Responsibilities

• Creation, maintenance and execution of manual/exploratory test cases, and ability

to identify and execute automation for common test scenarios.

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• Collaborate with direct team members as well as other team members and

stakeholders across the enterprise and in the field to understand the key processes,

Technologies, Business Needs And Requirements For Supported Business Functions,

and facilitate meetings.

• Support other QA team members in mentoring and provide technical guidance to

encourage ownership of goals, build morale, increase skills of others, and set a

positive tone for the team.

• Assist team in removing daily roadblocks to help provide a smooth high quality,

and on time product delivery to the end user.

• Lead the execution and reporting of detailed root cause analysis and issue triage to

provide solution-based insight on areas of improved and deliverable quality.

• Advocate for quality and driving positive change in all phases of the software

development lifecycle, including customer issues and resolution SLAs, often

providing recommended solutions and improvements to ongoing process and

delivery.

Primary Qualifications

• 5+ years’ experience in Quality Assurance (Automation Testing background is a big

plus)

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in Computer Science or Information Technology, or

5-7 years of equivalent experience

• Experience working with a test management tool such as Tricentis qTest.
• Experience working in an Agile environment.
• Experience testing and working with IBM applications (iSeries AS400) a plus.
• Experience testing complex application architectures with multiple dependencies

beyond the UI layer.

• History and experience pairing with developers and engineers to do root cause

analysis and evaluation of test coverage based on requirements.

Technical Skills

• Agile Methodology
• Defect Tracking Tools (Reporting Tools)
• Functional Testing
• Integration Testing
• Performance Testing
• Quality Assurance
• Regression Testing
• Stakeholder Engagement

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• System Testing
• Test Automation
• Test Management
• Test Planning

Behavioral Competencies

• Analytical Thinking
• Comfort with Ambiguity
• Communicating
• Continuous Learning
• Deliberative Decision Making
• Information Seeking
• Organizing and Documenting Information
• Process Management
• Quality Focus
• Time Management

Why Clayton?

Clayton is a leading single-family, values-driven home builder dedicated to attainable housing, sustainable practices and creating a world-class experience for customers and team members. Quarterly profit share bonus program. Onsite gym with variety of classes, wellness, professional and personal development programs and much more! Clayton is committed to creating an inclusive workplace. Clayton is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status.

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