Job Vacancies at EquiSoft

Job description

Description

The ideal candidate is a team player which has strong testing skills, insurance industry knowledge, a good acquaintance with quality assurance concepts, good communication skills, the ability to adapt depending on the platform and the willingness to learn.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain test scenarios
• Develop and conduct automated test scripts
• Analyse the causes of issues identified during the testing
• Conduct a range of functional, integration, regression and performance tests
• Participate in team meetings during the various phases of a project

Skills and abilities

• Communication skills and a commitment to high quality of service
• Good writing and synthesis skills
• Ability to work closely with clients
• Teamwork
• Autonomy, rigor, initiative and discipline
• Strong organizational skills
• Tact and diplomacy
• Knowledge of insurance industry and Policy Administration processes are strong assets

Requirements

• Essential – Familiar with the QA process (2 years experience or more)
• Essential – Experience in elaborating test plans
• Essential – English fluency (spoken and written)
• Important – Experience with relational databases (SQL)
• Asset – Scripting automated tests (SoapUI, Selenium, JMeter, Neoload, C#, etc.)
• Asset – Experience with Agile methodologies and Jira
• Asset – Qualification in computer science or software engineering
• Asset – Fluent in French or Spanish (spoken and written)
• Position may require occasional international travel

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Job description

Responsibilities

• Configure business processes based on defined business requirements
• Configure product features (such as calculations) based on product specifications
• Load product rates
• Define product parameters
• Configure access and security roles
• Use OIPA built in functionality where possible to meet business requirements
• Work with the technical team to ensure integration points are supported through configuration
• Work with the Quality Assurance team to troubleshoot and resolve issues

Skills and abilities

• A strong understanding of SQL and general database concepts, in terms of query building and optimization
• A general understanding of the various insurance and/or annuity products
• Ability to self-start, multi-task and manage conflicting priorities
• Works well in a team environment
• Communicate effectively in both oral and written form
• Demonstrate strong analytical and problem solving skills

Requirements

• Essential – B.Sc. with any science as a major (preference given to major in Mathematics, Physics, Computer Science, and Information Systems)
• Asset – Programming experience; specifically in procedural programming
• Asset – Graduate degree in a science-related field
• Asset – Experience with Insurance Policy Administration processes