$80,000 - $100,000 / year Vertafore is a leading technology company whose innovative software solutions are advancing the insurance industry. Our suite of products provides solutions to our customers that help them better manage their business, boost their productivity and efficiencies, and lower costs while strengthening relationships. Our mission is to move InsurTech forward by putting people at the heart of the industry. We are leading the way with product innovation, technology partnerships, and focusing on customer success. Our fast-paced and collaborative environment inspires us to create, think, and challenge each other in ways that make our solutions and our teams better. We are headquartered in Denver, Colorado, with offices across the U.S., Canada, and India. Employees in this role design and implement test plans to ensure that software functions as expected to meet or exceed customer’s standards.  As a Vertafore Sr. QA Analyst, you will be instrumental in Vertafore’s ongoing success within the insurance industry. Our QA Analysts work with our development teams, focusing on the providing the best products for our valued customers. This is a fast paced, ever changing environment. We continually challenge ourselves to exceed objectives, remove barriers, meet crucial deadlines, and maintain multiple projects, all while pioneering ways for efficiency with a team player attitude. If you have a passion for product quality, love technology, and enjoy thinking outside the box, you’re who we are looking for.  Core Requirements and Responsibilities:   Essential job functions included but are not limited to the following:    Identifies functional and product strategic risk through analysis and how it applies to test planning and test case creation  Assesses risk for business/customer and technology risk  Identifies and communicates risks not mitigated by testing to engineering leadership and updates local processes  Reviews risk and test case prioritization of team, and makes clear and thoughtful tradeoffs of prioritization in test planning activities  Leads test planning and coordinates with Software Engineers, Software Engineers in Test, and managers to determine user acceptance criteria, prioritize tests, clarify ownership to avoid redundancies, and determine plan for feature or product release  Provides feedback to Software Engineers on features or changes and usability metrics to enhance the user experience  Creates and maintains test scenarios, test plans, test cases, and requirement matrices for features or aspects of the product and/or multiple products and ensures coverage of all aspects of the product for a quality user experience  Writes and checks own test cases for quality and participates in test case reviews  Creates test systems, conducts systems set-up, and maintains test environments (varies by product)  Completes manual and automated front-end user testing and back-end code-based testing of more complex features or aspects of products and product integration; identifies opportunities for and performs test case refactoring  Participates in code reviews and collaborates with Software Engineers and Software Engineers in Test to identify issues and potential enhancements to code based on front-end and back-end test results to ensure a quality user experience  Identifies patterns of bugs or defects using the backlog, troubleshoots more complex issues, and verifies bug fixes that span multiple product features and/or multiple products; coordinates with Product Management to highlight risks or issues and suggest enhancements to product features and/or products to ensure quality user experience  Opens bugs based on issues found during testing and troubleshooting  Organizes and participates in triage sessions, prioritizes problems to help resolve bugs or defects in new code or during production; investigates customer requests as needed; serves as a technical reference for complex problems/issues  Monitors overall testing process and uses results to create test summaries or reports and provide results to team and stakeholders; provides recommendations for sign-off and release  Provides feedback on, uses, and updates documentation on user stories and work items  Reviews support materials and documentation as provided by others and collaborates with support or documentation teams on customer documentation    Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:    Ability to define problems, collect data, analyze data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions  Ability to manage a broad range of deliverables in an ever-changing environment  Ability to communicate and work effectively with cross-functional teams  Ability to comprehend documentation clearly and effectively  Excellent verbal and written communication skills  Working knowledge of OOP coding concepts  Strong time management and organizational skills  Detail oriented; demonstrated ability to handle multiple strategic projects and priorities with efficiency and accuracy  An inherent drive to solve problems, collaborate with others and mentor team members  Strong presentation, verbal and written skills as proven with well-written technical, project, client and related communications and presentations