Paul Hastings LLP Looking for Quality Assurance Engineer/Senior Quality Assurance Engineer at Los Angeles, CA  Full Time

We have an opening for a Quality Assurance Engineer/Senior Quality Assurance Engineer.

This position may sit in any of our U.S. offices.

The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer is expected to perform the following tasks individually, with limited guidance:

• Ensures the highest standards of excellence and operational coherence in the business’ software systems;
• Provides input on functional requirements and advises on design and configuration of client software applications;
• Ensures delivery of testable and traceable requirements and effectively applies appropriate testing techniques to ensure comprehensive end-to-end black box testing;
• Provides solutions for complex test approaches and plans;
• Designs, develops, documents and maintains test artifacts for functional, integration, system, and acceptance testing;
• Creates test plans outlining test approach and risk mitigation;
• Prepares and may oversee the preparation of test data and readiness of test environment prior to test execution;
• Manages and participates in requirement analysis, user story and test case development, and test execution;
• Analyzes test results to identify defects, errors and configuration issues, and advises on the severity of issues;
• Performs defect triage and assesses potential impact and resolution, providing enough details for the development team to fix issues;
• Publishes and communicates effective test metrics which enable effective decision making around quality;
• Makes recommendations regarding delivery quality and influences the business in implementation decisions;
• Manages schedules to support multiple projects simultaneously;
• Creates & executes automated tests. Generates reporting and defines action plans based on their status;
• Updates and maintains automated test suites to ensure proper execution after enhancements;
• Coordinates with team members on-site, off-site and off-shore;
• Performs testing on mobile/tablet devices for both Android and iOS;
• Conducts peer review sessions with other members of the Quality Assurance team;
• Provides coaching to junior engineers on testing coverage and best practices;
• Elicits business needs and priorities from leadership and stakeholders;
• Works overtime as required; and
• Handles additional related projects as assigned.

Proficiencies:

The Senior Quality Assurance Engineer demonstrates intermediate knowledge of the following processes, tools or applications:

• Expert proficiency with Microsoft applications, legal software applications, and document management systems (iManage DMS, Carpe Diem);
• Proficiency with Litera products such as; Forte, Metadact, Compare, DocXtools, Content Companion & Contract Companion;
• Quality Assurance best practices;
• Test Case / Script Design and Implementation;
• Business Applications (Microsoft Suite, including Visio, Project, etc.);
• Experience working with Visual Studio; and
• Exhibits advancing communication, organization, negotiation, critical thinking, and leadership skills as well as exceptional customer service and collaboration abilities.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years QA experience supporting large, critical business applications (preferred);
• 5+ years QA experience with Test and Issues Management Tools (TFS, JIRA) (preferred);
• 3-5 years of experience using Microsoft applications in a legal environment;
• 3+ years of experience using Litera desktop applications and iManage DMS;
• Testing Activities, Manual and Automated Testing Procedures and Tools;
• Solutions Development Life Cycle in Agile & Waterfall Environments;
• QA Test Management tool (TestRail);
• Web application architecture (web server, client/server communication, databases, proxy, etc.);
• Creation and execution of SQL Queries involving multiple tables, join statements and stored procedures;
• Knowledge of source code management tools (TFS, TFVC);
• Research and document Web application bugs, providing detailed examination of (JavaScript, JSON, HTML and CSS);
• API Testing Methods (Post, Put, Get, Delete);
• Design, build and maintain automation frameworks & scripts using (Visual Studio/.Net/C#/Python/SQL/nUnit/TFS);
• QA Automation Tools (Selenium WebDriver, Robot Framework), Azure DevOps (CI/CD);
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills that non-technical end users can understand;
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills;
• Must be highly effective within a collaborative environment; and
• Strong experience leading teams of peers and partners.

Paul Hastings LLP is an equal employment and affirmative action employer F/M/Disability/Vet/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity. Pursuant to local ordinances, we will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.