Senior Software QA Tester

Perks you’ll enjoy

• Salary range from £27,000 to £30,000 per annum dependent on experience.
• No shift work, Monday – Friday 9am-5pm
• Hybrid working Office/Home
• The organisation offers progression opportunities and will up-skill you to offer you the best career path possible.
• 28 days annual holiday which will increase by 1 day for each completed years’ service, to a maximum of 33 days.
• Company sick pay scheme
• Excellent pension and life insurance policies

This is a permanent opportunity with an immediate start date.

• Lead on multiple projects at one time
• Test Planning and Design: Participate / contribute to development of test strategies, including test plans, test cases, and test scenarios covering functional, regression, integration, performance, and user acceptance testing (UAT).
• Analyze business requirements and write manual and automation tests.
• Managing UAT and CAT testing using JIRA / Xray / Automation tools like Selenium.
• Draw up an automation framework for ServiceNow automation testing using AutomatePro (training on AutomatePro will be provided).
• Troubleshoot and problem solve / raise defects and write up bug reports in Jira.
• Design tests to mitigate risk.
• Present findings to software development and business user teams.
• Communicate findings to technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Work towards departmental and project deadlines.

• ISEB Foundation in Software Test or similar relevant accreditation.
• 2+ years of test automation experience with Selenium / Gherkin / Cucumber etc.
• Minimum 3+ years’ experience (preferably in the utilities sector) in software testing with a strong understanding of the tools, testing methods & techniques and process involved.
• Detailed understanding of SDLC (waterfall & agile development methodologies).
• Proficiency in test & defect management tools like JIRA / X-ray or similar testing tools like TestRail, Bugzilla, Quality Center (ALM).
• Able to lead test execution / conduct rigorous testing across various phases (unit, integration, system, UAT), meticulously identifying and reporting defects.
• Work closely with developers, product managers, and UX designers to understand requirements, identify potential issues, and drive improvements throughout the development lifecycle.
• Quality Metrics: Define and track key quality metrics, providing insights into product reliability and areas for improvement.
• Good understanding of defect management with the ability lead defect meeting and to Identify, report and track software defects and issues.
• Experience of front and back-end testing, with an awareness of RDBMS and SQL Scripting.
• Ability to test in different environments including web and mobile.
• Develop and maintain healthy collaborative relationships with key partners such as Business Analysts/ Product Managers / Software Engineers & Business Users.
• Support the QA & Test Team in the establishment and implementation of effective practice and procedures for software testing and quality assurance.
• Mentor and help junior testers fulfil their potential
• Provide peer review of test artifacts produced by other test engineers.
• Provide testing support to the business users during testing.

Advantageous:

• Experience / exposure in testing of billing system software or ServiceNow Platform.
• Experience of Git