Senior Associate, QA Tester

ROLE SUMMARY
Pfizer's Global Identity Security and Access Management (ISAM) team plays a critical role in safeguarding the company's digital assets, protecting everything from our innovative scientific research to our manufacturing operations, and ensuring the security of the data we rely on to serve patients worldwide. As part of our strategic commitment to enhancing security posture, the ISAM team is embarking on a multi-year modernization and transformation effort.
Strong identity security and access controls are vital to the security and operational resilience of Pfizer. We are seeking a Senior Associate, QA Tester to join our ISAM organization. This role requires a highly analytical and detail-oriented professional who thrives in a fast-paced, DevOps-driven environment. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of problem solving and combines business analysis skills with strong testing capabilities, ensuring requirements are well-defined, traceable, and validated through automated testing approaches.
This position will play a critical role in supporting, testing, and enhancing our identity and access management solutions, including both legacy platforms and modern technologies like SailPoint, Ping, and CyberArk.
ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES
This role reports to the Senior Manager, Identity Lifecycle Management and requires communication skills, and a strong drive for accountability, ownership, and pride in work.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to gather, analyze, and document business and technical requirements.
• Translate requirements into test cases, acceptance criteria, and user stories.
• Design, develop, and execute automated test scripts using modern tools ( qTest, Selenium, Cypress, Playwright, etc.).
• Perform regression, integration, and end-to-end testing for ISAM solutions.
• Partner with developers and product owners to identify defects early and ensure timely resolution.
• Support UAT and ensure test coverage aligns with business priorities.
• Maintain test frameworks, reporting dashboards, and automation pipelines.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, computer science, or related field.
• 3+ years of experience as a Business Analyst or Quality Assurance Tester, or hybrid role within software delivery teams.
• 2+ years of hands-on experience with automated testing tools and frameworks.
• Experience in cybersecurity or identity and access management solutions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with attention to detail.
• Familiarity with Agile/Scrum methodology and tools (Jira, Confluence, TestRail, etc.).
• Familiarity with API testing (Postman, RestAssured, etc.).
• ISTQB or similar testing certifications.
• Excellent English communication skills (written and spoken).

Work Location Assignment: Hybrid
Purpose
Breakthroughs that change patients' lives... At Pfizer we are a patient centric company, guided by our four values: courage, joy, equity and excellence. Our breakthrough culture lends itself to our dedication to transforming millions of lives.
Digital Transformation Strategy
One bold way we are achieving our purpose is through our company wide digital transformation strategy. We are leading the way in adopting new data, modelling and automated solutions to further digitize and accelerate drug discovery and development with the aim of enhancing health outcomes and the patient experience.
Flexibility
We aim to create a trusting, flexible workplace culture which encourages employees to achieve work life harmony, attracts talent and enables everyone to be their best working self. Let's start the conversation!
Equal Employment Opportunity
We believe that a diverse and inclusive workforce is crucial to building a successful business. As an employer, Pfizer is committed to celebrating this, in all its forms - allowing for us to be as diverse as the patients and communities we serve. Together, we continue to build a culture that encourages, supports and empowers our employees.
Disability Inclusion
Our mission is unleashing the power of all our people and we are proud to be a disability inclusive employer, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all candidates. We encourage you to put your best self forward with the knowledge and trust that we will make any reasonable adjustments to support your application and future career. Your journey with Pfizer starts here!
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