Summary
Date Posted: Wednesday, September 08, 2021 , Base Salary: Not Disclosed

JOB DETAILS:

Software Tester

Job description
Role Purpose:
In this role you will be responsible for testing the company’s portfolio of systems across all phases of testing, ensuring the release is of the highest possible quality. You will be responsible for maintaining and improving multiple test frameworks, the creation of manual and automated test cases, performance testing and integration testing.
Reporting to the Technical Team Leader, you will be responsible for conducting and communicating all test progress and outlining any improvements to process. Although you will have no direct line reports, the role will incorporate the mentoring of peers, promoting a testing culture, transparency and the importance of good practices.

KEY AREAS OF ACCOUNTABILITY:
• Work with Project Managers and Product Owners to ensure that designs and technical deliverables meet quality objectives and are realistically estimated
• Take responsibility for identifying and reviewing activities and deliverables critical to project quality
• Liaise proactively with Project Managers, Analysts, Business leads, Developers and other testers to identify testing requirements
• Agree and document the test structure (scenarios, test cases and test scripts)
• Update and maintain testing documentation (project specific test strategy and test plan)
• Carry out the writing of test scripts
• Organize and coordinate End to end functional testing (E2E), UAT (User Acceptance Testing), System Integration Testing (SIT) and Non-Functional Testing (NFT)
• Manage the execution of test cycles and reporting on JIRA
• Publish weekly dashboards for multiple test phase metrics
• Promote quality achievement and performance improvement throughout the organization
• Ensure test activities comply with good test practices
• Proactively reduce the number of ‘bug’ related issues being logged by users

Experience And Skills
Essential:
• Prior experience in a software testing role
• Experience of working in Waterfall and Agile engineering teams
• Experience of different testing styles
• Experience of using manual, automation and performance testing tools
• Experience of using Jira and multiple plugins
• Ability to derive test cases from User Stories and functional specs
• Passion for self-motivated learning and knowledge sharing
• Experience in challenging/pushing back and not sacrificing quality
• Passion for driving new ideas and standards
• Experience of working with development teams both near and offshore
• Ability to challenge the status quo and provide new innovative ideas
• Ability to collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders, product owners and other colleagues

Desirable:
• Knowledge of TDD and BDD
• Previous experience of Test Automation frameworks ie, Selenium, SpecFlow
• Passion for learning and experimenting with existing/emerging testing standards and software
• Attended any conferences/meetups around software testing

Qualifications
• ISEB/ISTQB Foundation Level Certification qualification or similar
Or
• 2+ years testing experience across all phases of testing (development, System, UAT, Integration)

Work Hours: 8

Experience in Months: 24

Level of Education: Bachelor Degree

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