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To ensure the quality of software development and deployment, we have a very qualified team of quality assurance engineers. They are involved in performing manual tests to guarantee that the software created by our Development team is fit for our partner's needs. Some of their duties include analysis of software and systems, risk mitigation, bug reporting, and prevention of software issues.
The Quality Assurance Engineers contribute to ensuring the quality of our product by providing testing on all stages of the development lifecycle. They perform manual testing by writing, performing, and updating test suites as well as defining the acceptance criteria for our products' features.


In order to progress in our development path and Level Up or Step Up, our Quality Assurance team must:</br>
Developing in this framework is not only about effectively testing but, beyond that, it means advocating for the quality of Secure Group’s products and ensuring they are up to the standards of our partners' expectations.
* Meet the criteria of the Level & Step Chart for the [[Individual_Contributors|Individual Contributors Path]]
 
* Score at least a grade 4 in the [[KAI]] of the position in order to reach Level 3
 
= Progression=
In order to progress in our development path and Level Up or Step Up, our QAs must:
* Meet the criteria of the Level & Step Chart for the [[Performance#Individual_Contributors_Levels|Individual Contributors Path]]
* Meet the [[Qyality_Assurance#KAI_of_the_framework|KAI]] grade of the framework related to each level
* Demonstrate proficiency in [[Secure Group Knowledge]]
* Demonstrate proficiency in [[Secure Group Knowledge]]
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= Salary Grid =
= Salary Grid =
All mentioned salary ranges represent the monthly income in Bulgarian Lev after taxes and deductions.
All mentioned salary ranges represent the monthly income in Bulgarian Lev after taxes and deductions.
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!4
!4
|-
|-
!Quality Assurance Engineer
!1
|1.500
|2.300
|1.650
|2.450
|1.800
|2.600
|1.950
|2.750
|-
|-
!Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer lvl II
!2
|2.500
|3.300
|2.650
|3.450
|2.800
|3.600
|2.950
|3.750
|-
|-
!Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer lvl III
!3
|3.500
|4.300
|3.650
|4.450
|3.800
|4.600
|3.950
|4.750
|-
|-
!Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer lvl IV
!4
|4.500
|5.300
|4.650
|5.450
|4.800
|5.600
|4.950
|5.750
|-
|-
!Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer lvl V
!5
|5.500
|6.300
|5.650
|6.450
|5.800
|6.600
|5.950
|6.750
|-
|-
!Sr. Quality Assurance Engineer lvl VI
!6
|6.500
|7.300
|6.650
|7.450
|6.800
|7.600
|6.950
|7.750
|}
|}
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= [[Knowledge_Management#Knowledge_Accountability_Index|KAI]] of the position =
= [[Knowledge_Management#Knowledge_Accountability_Index|KAI]] of the framework =
 
== Extensive Knowledge ==
<!-- JOB FRAMEWORK -->
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!rowspan="1"|Concepts
|- style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#EAECF0; color:#172B4D;"
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agile_software_development Agile]
! rowspan="2" | Type
|-
! rowspan="2" | Knowledge Description
!rowspan="1"|Frameworks
! colspan="6" | Minimum Grade to acquire Level X
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development) Scrum]
|- style="font-weight:bold; vertical-align:middle; background-color:#F4F5F7; color:#172B4D;"
|-
| Level 1
!rowspan="16"|Softwares/Tools/ Platforms - Usage
| Level 2
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jira_(software) Atlassian Jira]
| Level 3
|-
| Level 4
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BambooHR BambooHR]
| Level 5
|-
| Level 6
|[https://combain.com/ Combain]
|-
|[https://goharbor.io/ Docker Harbor]
|-
|[https://www.elastic.co/kibana Elastic Kibana]
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hexnode Hexnode]
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openfire Ignite Realtime Openfire]
|-
|[https://inlinemanual.com/ Inline Manual]
|-
|[https://www.inspectlet.com/ Inspectlet]
|-
|[https://www.kamailio.org/w/ Kamailio]
|-
|[https://products.office.com/en-us/exchange/email MS Exchange]
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|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRTG_Network_Monitor Paessler PRTG]
| style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#F4F5F7; color:#172B4D; text-align:center;" | Frameworks
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_(software_development) Scrum]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://www.small-improvements.com/ Small Improvements]
| rowspan="7" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#F4F5F7; color:#172B4D; text-align:center;" | Protocols
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIP_(software) SIP]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://www.idaptive.com/ Idaptive]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XMPP XMPP]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://unwiredlabs.com/ Unwired Labs]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ZRTP ZRTP]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://www.paycor.com/ximble Ximble]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pretty_Good_Privacy PGP]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
!rowspan="3"|Softwares/Tools/ Platforms - Configuration
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-the-Record_Messaging OTR]
|[https://docs.docker.com/get-started/overview/#docker-engine Docker Engine/Container]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://www.elastic.co/ Elasticsearch]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OMEMO OMEMO]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samsung_Knox Samsung Knox]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security SSL]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
!rowspan="6"|Languages
| rowspan="6" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#F4F5F7; color:#172B4D; text-align:center;" | Programming languages
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets CSS]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascading_Style_Sheets CSS]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML HTML]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTML HTML]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) Java]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) Java]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript Javascript]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript Javascript]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotlin_(programming_language) Kotlin]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kotlin_(programming_language) Kotlin]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PHP PHP]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shell_script?wprov=srpw1_0 Shell Script]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
!rowspan="1"|Languages (Idioms)
| rowspan="2" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#F4F5F7; color:#172B4D; text-align:center;" | Libraries
|Advanced English
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhantomJS#CasperJS CasperJS]
|}
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
  </div>
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
</div>
| Applied theory
</div>
| Applied theory
 
| Applied theory
<!-- JOB FRAMEWORK -->
| Applied theory
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== Specific Knowledge ==
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    <div class="center">
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="9"|'''Concepts'''
|[https://developer.android.com/guide/components/activities/process-lifecycle Application Lifecycle]
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balanced_scorecard Balanced Scorecard]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://developer.android.com/training/testing/espresso Espresso]
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black-box_testing Black-box testing]
| rowspan="13" style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#F4F5F7; color:#172B4D; text-align:center;" | Software/Tools/Platforms
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appium Apache Tomcat]
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[http://tryqa.com/what-is-a-defect-life-cycle/ Defect life cycle]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/15711/synapsert-test-management-for-jira?hosting=server&tab=overview Atlassian Jira SynapseRT]
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_documentation Functional Documentation]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Studio Android Studio]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Integration_testing Integration testing]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://count.ly/ Countly]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stress_testing_(software) Stress and Robustness  testing]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://docs.docker.com/get-started/overview/#docker-engine Docker Engine/Container]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Test_automation Test Automation]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://www.elastic.co/ Elasticsearch]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-box_testing White-box testing]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git Git]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
!rowspan="11"|Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Usage
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://www.gerritcodereview.com/ Gerrit]
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_Studio Android Studio]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appium Appium]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamailio Kamailio]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://www.atlassian.com/software/bamboo Atlassian Bamboo]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://count.ly/ Microsoft Azure]
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confluence_(software) Atlassian Confluence]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Openfire Openfire]
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitbucket Bitbucket]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | Secure Manager
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://count.ly/ Countly]
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#0052CC; text-align:left;" | SAS
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
| Applied theory
|-
|-
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Git Git]
| style="font-weight:bold; background-color:#F4F5F7; color:#172B4D; text-align:center;" | Languages (idioms)
|-
| style="background-color:#FFF; color:#172B4D; text-align:left;" | Advanced Business English
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instabug Instabug]
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
|-
| style="background-color:#FFFAE5;" | Limited experience
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IntelliJ_IDEA IntelliJ IDEA]
| style="background-color:#E3FCEF;" | Practical application
|-
| Applied theory
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium_(software) Selenium]
| Applied theory
|-
| Applied theory
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SQuirreL_SQL_Client SQuirrel SQL client]
|-
!rowspan="4"|Softwares/Tools/Platforms - Configuration
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appium Apache Tomcat]
|-
|[https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/15711/synapsert-test-management-for-jira?hosting=server&tab=overview Atlassian Jira SynapseRT]
|-
|[https://count.ly/ Microsoft Azure]
|-
|[https://openstf.io/ OpenSTF]
|-
!rowspan="2"|Libraries
|[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PhantomJS#CasperJS CasperJS]
|-
|[https://www.espressolibrary.com/ Espresso]
|}
|}
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Latest revision as of 08:12, 6 October 2022

The Quality Assurance Engineers contribute to ensuring the quality of our product by providing testing on all stages of the development lifecycle. They perform manual testing by writing, performing, and updating test suites as well as defining the acceptance criteria for our products' features.

Developing in this framework is not only about effectively testing but, beyond that, it means advocating for the quality of Secure Group’s products and ensuring they are up to the standards of our partners' expectations.


Progression

In order to progress in our development path and Level Up or Step Up, our QAs must:


Salary Grid

All mentioned salary ranges represent the monthly income in Bulgarian Lev after taxes and deductions.

Quality Assurance Step
Level
Individual Contributor Path 1 2 3 4
1 2.300 2.450 2.600 2.750
2 3.300 3.450 3.600 3.750
3 4.300 4.450 4.600 4.750
4 5.300 5.450 5.600 5.750
5 6.300 6.450 6.600 6.750
6 7.300 7.450 7.600 7.750

KAI of the framework

Extensive Knowledge

Type Knowledge Description Minimum Grade to acquire Level X
Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 Level 5 Level 6
Frameworks Scrum Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Protocols SIP Limited experience Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
XMPP Limited experience Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
ZRTP Limited experience Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
PGP Limited experience Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
OTR Limited experience Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
OMEMO Limited experience Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
SSL Limited experience Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Programming languages CSS Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
HTML Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Java Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Javascript Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Kotlin Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Shell Script Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Libraries CasperJS Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Espresso Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Software/Tools/Platforms Apache Tomcat Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Atlassian Jira SynapseRT Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Android Studio Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Countly Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Docker Engine/Container Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Elasticsearch Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Git Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Gerrit Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Kamailio Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Microsoft Azure Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Openfire Practical application Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Secure Manager Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
SAS Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory
Languages (idioms) Advanced Business English Limited experience Limited experience Practical application Applied theory Applied theory Applied theory