Digital QA Senior
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| Job Type | |
| Location | Southend |
| Area | South East, UK |
| Sector | Digital |
| Salary | £600 inside IR35 |
| Start Date | 24/06/2018 |
| Advertiser | Leanne Howlett |
| Telephone | 07597378032 |
| Job Ref | LH-LOT-29184 |
- Description
- • Job Title: Digital QA Senior
• CV Submission Deadline: 12th June @ 14:45
• COMPETITIVE Daily Pay Rate: £600 Umbrella
• Location: South East:Alexander House
• Contract Length: 24/06/2018 to 01/12/2018
• DBS Security Clearance
The main role of the Test Analyst will be to:
• Use technical design specifcations and User Stories to devise and document Test Plans in line with project sprints under the guidance of the Test Manager or Senior QA.
• Prepare Test Cases/Acceptance Criteria in accordance with the Test Srategy and Test Plan.
• Carry out Text Execution in accordance with Test Strategy, Test Plan and Test Cases. under the guidance of the Test Manager or Senior QA, Product Delivery Manager or Scrum Master.
• Estimate, plan and schedule testing work on the Project.
he Test Analyst will be required to support project testing by:
• Static testing / Analysis of supplied Project Artefacts in test preparation.
• Requirements / User Story analysis to aid test planning.
• Creating Test scripts / Acceptance Criteria for a set of User Stories (requirements).
• Collaboration with scrum team members and all Test customers & business representatives to detect and resolve defects early and build quality into products.
• Supporting, coaching and developing other Test staff.
• Reviewing technical design specifications produced by HMRC or third party suppliers.
• Peer reviewing Test Artefacts (e.g. Test Scripts) as required.
• Creating Test Data for user stories and saving on Bitbucket.
• Creating realistic, reusable test data.
• Executing test scripts and recording results.
• Raising defects in alignment with Data Engineering guidelines, and assisting in their resolution.
• Reviewing test results to ensure solutions meet business requirements.
• Updating tracking tools, e.g. Jira/Confluence on an ongoing basis to maintain data quality.
• Timely & accurate reporting of the status of testing related activities against plan.
• Attending project ceremonies e.g. sprint planning, retrospectives, stand-ups as appropriate.
• Maintenance of own technical or specialist knowledge.
• Identifying and managing allocated risks & issues.
• Analysing testing related issues arising on projects, devising and implementing pragmatic solutions.
• Ensuring testing infrastructure requirements are known, clearly understood, and progressed appropriately.
• Promoting best practice and supporting Test initiatives in developing HMRC testing capability.
• Working with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
• Testing experience with Pentaho Data Integration and/or Pentaho Reporting.
• Knowledge of SQL and/or Mondrian query languages
• Experience of automating ETL testing.
• Experience with HIVE/IMPALA
• Testing in a Linux environment
• Experience of a range of platforms e.g. Client/Server Internet Browser technologies, Oracle etc.
• Experience of a range of Testing tools e.g. ALM, LoadRunner, Selenium, SOAPUI and JMeter
• Experience of building or using test automation frameworks.
A relevant software testing qualification e.g. ISEB/ISTQB (or equivalent)
It is essential that applicants can demonstrate:
• Proven and current QA/Test Analyst experience in a large Company or Public Sector organisation.
• Excellent testing knowledge throughout all phases of the testing lifecycle.
• Proven testing experience with ETL Technologies.
• Experience with Agile methodologies (e.g. TDD, BDD, SCRUM, Kanban, etc.) and working within an agile, multi-disciplinary team environment.
• Experience in developing product backlogs with measurable success criteria.
• Analysis of user stories to identify acceptance criteria.
• Knowledge and experience of test automation including basic coding experience.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Experience of mentoring.
• Experience in product review.
• Experience of using Jira and Confluence.
• Experience with the use of version control systems.
• Co-ordination and development of testing including Scripting, Scenario Planning and execution to include:-
Integration testing
Functional testing
Co-ordination of User Acceptance testing (UAT)
Performance testing
Regression testing
