Quality Assurance Engineer

Organization

iMMAP is an international non profit organisation that provides information management services to humanitarian and development organizations. Through information management, we help our partners target assistance to the world’s most vulnerable populations. Our core philosophy is that better data leads to better decisions and that better decisions lead to better outcomes. iMMAP’s critical support to information value chains helps to solve operational and strategic challenges of our partners in both emergency and development contexts by enabling evidence-based decision-making for better outcomes.

Background

Registered in Iraq since 2011 with a presence in Erbil and Baghdad, iMMAP Inc. is implementing a project partnership with UNESCO aiming at operating, maintaining, training, and further developing the Education Management Information System (EMIS) for the Ministry of Education in Federal Iraq.

Description of Duties

Part of the EMIS project team, the Quality Assurance Engineer will work under the supervision of the Senior Software Engineer working on the EMIS project. He/she will be responsible for performing data validation and cleaning to ensure data accuracy and integrity within the EMIS, conduct software quality assurance (QA) testing, including functional, regression, and user acceptance testing (UAT) to identify and resolve system bugs. He will coordinate closely with the Software Engineering team to verify that all system updates and enhancements meet quality standards before deployment, document and report any issues identified during testing, and track them through the Jira platform until resolved.

Requirements

• Education

• University degree in Information Technology, mathematics, statistics, computer sciences or related area.

• Experience

• Mastery of the principles of data handling and processing.
• Minimum of 5 years of hands-on QA experience testing complex multi-tier client/server enterprise applications.
• Knowledge of Windows OS and familiarity with running Windows-based/Web-based applications.
• Strong knowledge of QA process and methodology.
• Strong project management skills including schedule development, project effort estimation and tracking, and risk assessment.
• Strong problem analysis and solving experience and skills. Knowledge and experience in software test automation.

Guiding Principles

Personnel is expected to conduct itself in a professional manner and respect local laws, customs and iMMAP’s policies, procedures, and values at all times and in all Countries.

iMMAP has zero-tolerance for sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse, human trafficking, child abuse and exploitation. Any violations of these principles and policies will be treated as serious misconduct.

iMMAP is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of background.