Manual Tester

Key Responsibilities

• Review business requirements, functional specifications, and change requests to identify test scenarios and test cases.
• Develop and execute test cases based on approved business and functional requirements.
• Prepare test data and maintain traceability between requirements and test cases.
• Perform System Integration Testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), regression testing, and production validation.
• Validate application functionality, business rules, workflows, system outputs, and end-to-end business processes.
• Perform API testing and validate transactions across integrated applications.
• Verify data accuracy using application interfaces, reports, files, and database queries.
• Identify, document, reproduce, investigate, and track defects through resolution.
• Coordinate with business users, developers, system analysts, and project managers to resolve issues and communicate testing progress.
• Prepare test evidence, execution reports, defect summaries, and other testing documentation.
• Maintain test repositories, test artifacts, and project documentation.
• Support implementation activities, post-deployment validation, and issue verification as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field.
• 5–7 years of experience in IT development, programming, and testing.
• Participation in at least three projects or releases as a tester, with involvement throughout the project lifecycle.
• Solid understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Software Testing Life Cycle (STLC).
• Hands-on experience in manual testing, test scenario development, test case design, and test execution.
• Experience with SIT, UAT, regression testing, and defect lifecycle management.
• Knowledge of requirements analysis, traceability, and end-to-end business process testing.
• Experience in web application testing and basic API integration testing.
• Basic SQL querying and data validation skills.
• Understanding of XML structures and validation concepts.
• Familiarity with API testing tools such as Postman.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, documentation, and communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to manage priorities, work independently, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in banking, financial services, or regulatory reporting.
• Exposure to implementation testing, production validation, and disaster recovery testing.
• Familiarity with automation and performance testing tools such as TOSCA and JMeter.
• Understanding of CI/CD and DevOps concepts.
• Exposure to performance, load, usability, or accessibility testing.
• ISTQB Foundation Level certification or relevant software testing/QA training.