Associate - Quality Assurance Engineer at PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria

PricewaterhouseCooper (PwC) Nigeria has been operating in Nigeria since 1953 through its predecessor firms of Coopers & Lybrand and Price Waterhouse. We're one of the leading professional services firms in the country with offices in Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt, over 1000 staff and 31 resident partners.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Associate - Quality Assurance Engineer

Reference Number: 410119WD
Location: Lagos
Department: Internal Firm Services
Management Level: Associate
Line of Service: Internal Firm Services
Specialism: IFS - Network Management

Description

• As a Quality Assurance Engineer, you will work as part of a vibrant team of solution providers to develop innovative applications that solve complex business issues from strategy to execution.
• In this role, you will work closely with cross-functional teams to generate transformative ideas, identify and understand business requirements, provide solutions, and support the implementation of agile projects that meet both current and future needs of the clients.

Duties
PwC Professional skills and responsibilities for this management level include but are not limited to:

• Design and implement tests, debug and define corrective actions, review system  requirements and track quality assurance metrics (e.g. defect densities and open defect counts).
• Partake in all stages of software development to proactively identify potential issues.
• Ensure products and services meet regulatory standards and customer needs.
• Partake in periodic review of established Quality Assurance measures and testing standards for new applications, products, and/or enhancements and fixes to existing applications throughout their development/product life cycles.

Functions and Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand business requirements and develop and execute test cases.
• Validate functionality and system performance through manual testing and automated testing.
• Liaise with multi-disciplinary engineering teams to analyze and resolve issues detected through testing.
• Review and update periodic project progress reports.  
• Perform system-integrated testing of the entire product as well as testing of the critical individual components.
• Meet with the project team regularly to review project deliverables and deadlines.
• Performing granular and detailed business analysis, mitigating potential risks, and identifying appropriate opportunities and solutions
• Proficient in industry-standard techniques for quality assurance
• Identify, manage and mitigate technical and project risks by coordinating with BA, developers and project managers
• Working closely with a technical build team to communicate functional requirements and ensure good technical understanding so build activities can commence

Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, and Information Systems.
• 1-2 years(s) of progressive roles managing IT system/software development and project management processes
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team, potentially across multiple assignments
• Commitment to personal development in relevant skills.
• Strong written, oral, and presentation skills.
• Good knowledge of automated testing tools (postman, selenium).
• Exposure to the knowledge of QA terminology and methods.
• Exposure to test management tools such as Jira.
• Good knowledge of any programming language [Java, C#, Javascript].
• Proven work experience in software testing.
• ISTQB certification is an added advantage.

Application Closing Date
10th Feburary, 2023.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
Click here to apply online