QA Analyst

Kuvare Holdings


Date: 6 days ago
City: Des Plaines, IL
Contract type: Full time
Kuvare is a growth-oriented insurance platform that delivers diversified annuities, life insurance, and supplemental products to the middle-income and mass-affluent consumer segments through its acquisition-led growth strategy. Kuvare provides proven capabilities, strategic support, substantial resources, and patient capital to help insurance companies pursue and achieve sustainable growth opportunities. With its patient capital, Kuvare targets differentiated annuity and life insurance companies to bring into its family of brands.

Summary/Objective

The role of Quality Assurance analyst will oversee the testing phase of the production process to ensure final deliverables meet company standards. This individual will design, implement, and execute test plans, identify procedures for quality control, inform project teams of defects and errors, and continuously communicate to stakeholders. This individual will work collaboratively with resources throughout the organization to ensure quality standards are met.

Duties & Responsibilities

  • Design test plans, scenarios, and scripts ensuring they are repeatable and meet company standards.
  • Create and maintain QA artifacts.
  • Employ and execute various testing strategies including, but not limited to, functional testing, values testing, regression testing, black/white/grey box testing, smoke testing, and automated testing.
  • Document system and product defects and validate post-defect resolution.
  • Participate in system and product design reviews and provide input on the functional requirements, schedules, issues, and risks.
  • Participate in the evaluation and selection of QA testing tools and methodologies that best fit the company needs.
  • Handle issues related to QA testing components within projects.
  • Adhere to specific QA testing standards and guidelines for projects.
  • Effectively communicate insights and plans to cross-functional team members and management.

Experience

  • Bachelor’s degree in data science, computer science, information systems, computer engineering or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • Five or more (5+ years) of Life and/or Annuity Insurance experience.
  • Five or more (5+ years) of QA Analyst experience.
  • Knowledge about leading software tools and technologies including test automation.
  • Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  • Experience with Waterfall and Agile development methodology and concepts.
  • Experience working in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
  • Strong familiarity with applicable data privacy practices, regulations, and laws.

Skills/Competencies

  • Excellent written and oral communication skills.
  • Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong attention to detail.
  • Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
  • Analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
  • Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.
  • Strong customer service orientation.

Physical Demands

  • Normal office working environment
  • Occasional evening and weekend hours to meet deadlines
  • Ability to sit for extended periods of time
  • Ability to type / perform data entry
  • Ability to read from a computer screen and paper reports
  • Express ideas and otherwise communicate with the spoken word
  • Limited travel (5-10%) may be required

Upon request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Kuvare company is an equal opportunity employer that makes hiring decisions based on merit, qualifications, and the business need. We are dedicated to a policy of nondiscrimination in employment on any basis including age, sex, color, race, creed, national origin, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, or disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply.

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