263211 ICT Quality Assurance Engineer

Roles and Responsibilities of 263211 ICT Quality Assurance Engineer

The ANZSCO code information contains examples of quality assurance engineer roles and responsibilities that the applicants can use and nominate the ICT occupation accordingly. The role of a quality assurance engineer includes the following:

1. Defining criteria of product acceptance with the consent of the development team
2. Creating the quality management policy that the development team must follow
3. Developing and executing test case scenarios and developing the test plan
4. Identifying and documenting the record of tracking bugs in the product
5. Providing timely feedback to the development team by reviewing the requirement specification and technical designs
6. Performing quality audits time to time to make sure that the system confirms with the standards and is effectively achieving all quality goals
7. Applying software testing skills and procedures to test the system against quality standards
8. Finding the issues behind the dips in quality of a product and thus finding the right solution to tackle the problem
9. Defining a target for Quality Control and ensuring that these targets are maintained by reviewing them periodically
10. Identifying the risks that may occur in the process of meeting the quality standards
11. Evaluating and analyzing the technical problems that may arise in the installation, repairing, maintenance or configuration of the system including hardware such as desktop, printers etc and software programs such as operating systems, databases, email, internet etc.

Qualifications Required for 263211 ICT Quality Assurance Engineer

• In order to be eligible for nomination of 263211 ICT Quality Assurance engineer, the applicant should have a bachelor or higher qualification in the relevant field which include subjects like quality control, operations research, facilities planning, design and simulation.
• A work experience in the same field for a minimum of 5 years or vendor certificate can also compensate for the formal education.

Skills Required for 263211 ICT Quality Assurance Engineer

The skills required for a quality assurance engineer not only include strong interpersonal abilities but a clear understanding of the ethical procedures of quality assurance. Hence, a quality assurance engineer should possess the following:

1. a passion for perfection
2. an expertise in the principles of engineering
3. must be aware of the ISO standards and ICT software policies
4. knowledge of software development processes
5. critical thinking and analytical skills
6. investigative abilities
7. strong communication skills

ICT core units required for the job role of quality assurance engineer are:

1. ICT Security
2. Quality management
3. Quality Assurance
4. Operations Research
5. Computer Forensics
6. Software Validation
7. Data Communication
8. Software Engineering
9. Database Management Systems
10. Information Security
11. Business Information systems
12. Risk Management
13. Software Testing