Development Engineer Location: Hybrid/London Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 Our client is looking for a Developer in the Java/Microservices/AWS space to join a growing practice. What you'll be doing: You will be part of an agile team contributing to the build of digital products, developing new and enhancing existing software components. Your primary role is to develop clean code, adhering to SOLID principles that is well tested, performant and maintainable. They should adhere to the agreed development life cycle, frameworks and quality criteria and collaborate readily with other agile delivery team members to enable the right outcome for the customer. This includes, working with Quality Assurance to support test automation, DevOps engineers to support security, configurability and smooth code deployment, plus pairing with other team members/new colleagues to assist with knowledge transfer, on boarding and pair coding/code reviews. In this role, you will be primarily responsible for: * Delivery of high-quality development work results (structure, content, form) * Integrating the application Front End services (with a basic understanding of web Front End technologies) * Managing the exchange of data between different Back End services (owned by separate development teams) and Front End application and third party API integration * Development of all Server Side logic, working with BA and Quality Assurance to ensure business logic is implemented as required and fully testable * Introducing and owning technical user stories for integration and service optimisation * Documenting solutions through flowcharts, diagrams, code comments, clear code and via Confluence/knowledge base articles * Ensuring compliance with quality guidelines (Unit Tests, Code Quality, Test Driven Development) * Addressing non-functional requirements and operational/support-relevant topics during conception and implementation (eg logging, capacity/performance management, monitoring and distributed tracing/debugging) * End-to-end thinking during development - supporting and improving releases from test to integration and production environments * Proactive skill and artefact building with regards assessing and adopting new technologies * Presentation and demonstration of concepts and services via show-and-tell demos, tech-talks and taking part in direct user feedback and evaluation sessions * Providing and collaborating to produce development work estimates * Following agile software development life cycles, but maintaining foresight to reduce tech debt where possible and not at the cost of good documentation, test automation and non-functional considerations * Working under pressure and at pace when required to meet urgent client needs. What experience you'll bring: In order to be successful in this role, you will have proven experience in and a solid understanding of most of the following: * Delivering integration micro-service patterns using Java Spring Boot * Applying SOLID principles and creating clean code * Experience working with streaming data (eg Apache Kafka) and AWS native messaging/streaming features * API specification/design and documentation * Working with SQL and NoSQL data sources such as Postgres and Mongo Experience with DevOps tooling and application hosting services such as: * Jenkins, Drone, AWS CodeCommit/Pipeline/Deploy * Atlassian stack, Azure DevOps/Docker/Kubernetes/Function as a Service deployments * Broader AWS knowledge (eg S3, KMS, EKS) * Great attention to detail, organisational skills and a keen analytical mind * Experience with Front End JavaScript frameworks, such as React * Proven delivery success in large scale development projects (including, for example, enterprise integration patterns, high assurance/secure services, high throughput/availability non-functional demands) * Demonstrable collaborative team working and taking ownership of delivery commitments and addressing challenges Education and Experience * SC Cleared * Experienced in consulting and ability to cope with pressured environments. * Ideally Public Sector/Central Government experience * Proven experience as Microservices Developer * Ideally AWS or Kubernetes Application Developer Certified Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Development Engineer Location: Hybrid/London Salary: £60,000 - £65,000 Our client is looking for a Developer in the Java/Microservices/AWS space to join a growing practice. What you'll be doing: You will be part of an agile team contributing to the build of digital products, developing new and enhancing existing software components. Your primary role is to develop clean code, adhering to SOLID principles that is well tested, performant and maintainable. They should adhere to the agreed development life cycle, frameworks and quality criteria and collaborate readily with other agile delivery team members to enable the right outcome for the customer. This includes, working with Quality Assurance to support test automation, DevOps engineers to support security, configurability and smooth code deployment, plus pairing with other team members/new colleagues to assist with knowledge transfer, on boarding and pair coding/code reviews. In this role, you will be primarily responsible for: * Delivery of high-quality development work results (structure, content, form) * Integrating the application Front End services (with a basic understanding of web Front End technologies) * Managing the exchange of data between different Back End services (owned by separate development teams) and Front End application and third party API integration * Development of all Server Side logic, working with BA and Quality Assurance to ensure business logic is implemented as required and fully testable * Introducing and owning technical user stories for integration and service optimisation * Documenting solutions through flowcharts, diagrams, code comments, clear code and via Confluence/knowledge base articles * Ensuring compliance with quality guidelines (Unit Tests, Code Quality, Test Driven Development) * Addressing non-functional requirements and operational/support-relevant topics during conception and implementation (eg logging, capacity/performance management, monitoring and distributed tracing/debugging) * End-to-end thinking during development - supporting and improving releases from test to integration and production environments * Proactive skill and artefact building with regards assessing and adopting new technologies * Presentation and demonstration of concepts and services via show-and-tell demos, tech-talks and taking part in direct user feedback and evaluation sessions * Providing and collaborating to produce development work estimates * Following agile software development life cycles, but maintaining foresight to reduce tech debt where possible and not at the cost of good documentation, test automation and non-functional considerations * Working under pressure and at pace when required to meet urgent client needs. What experience you'll bring: In order to be successful in this role, you will have proven experience in and a solid understanding of most of the following: * Delivering integration micro-service patterns using Java Spring Boot * Applying SOLID principles and creating clean code * Experience working with streaming data (eg Apache Kafka) and AWS native messaging/streaming features * API specification/design and documentation * Working with SQL and NoSQL data sources such as Postgres and Mongo Experience with DevOps tooling and application hosting services such as: * Jenkins, Drone, AWS CodeCommit/Pipeline/Deploy * Atlassian stack, Azure DevOps/Docker/Kubernetes/Function as a Service deployments * Broader AWS knowledge (eg S3, KMS, EKS) * Great attention to detail, organisational skills and a keen analytical mind * Experience with Front End JavaScript frameworks, such as React * Proven delivery success in large scale development projects (including, for example, enterprise integration patterns, high assurance/secure services, high throughput/availability non-functional demands) * Demonstrable collaborative team working and taking ownership of delivery commitments and addressing challenges Education and Experience * SC Cleared * Experienced in consulting and ability to cope with pressured environments. * Ideally Public Sector/Central Government experience * Proven experience as Microservices Developer * Ideally AWS or Kubernetes Application Developer Certified Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.
Development Engineer Location: Hybrid/London Salary: 60,000 - 65,000 Our client is looking for a Developer in the Java/Microservices/AWS space to join a growing practice. What you'll be doing: You will be part of an agile team contributing to the build of digital products, developing new and enhancing existing software components. Your primary role is to develop clean code, adhering to SOLID principles that is well tested, performant and maintainable. They should adhere to the agreed development lifecycle, frameworks and quality criteria and collaborate readily with other agile delivery team members to enable the right outcome for the customer. This includes, working with Quality Assurance to support test automation, DevOps engineers to support security, configurability and smooth code deployment, plus pairing with other team members / new colleagues to assist with knowledge transfer, on boarding and pair coding / code reviews. In this role, you will be primarily responsible for: Delivery of high-quality development work results (structure, content, form) Integrating the application front-end services (with a basic understanding of web front-end technologies) Managing the exchange of data between different backend services (owned by separate development teams) and front-end application and third party API integration Development of all server-side logic, working with BA and Quality Assurance to ensure business logic is implemented as required and fully testable Introducing and owning technical user stories for integration and service optimisation Documenting solutions through flowcharts, diagrams, code comments, clear code and via Confluence / knowledge base articles Ensuring compliance with quality guidelines (Unit Tests, Code Quality, Test Driven Development) Addressing non-functional requirements and operational/support-relevant topics during conception and implementation (e.g. logging, capacity / performance management, monitoring and distributed tracing / debugging) End-to-end thinking during development - supporting and improving releases from test to integration and production environments Proactive skill and artefact building with regards assessing and adopting new technologies Presentation and demonstration of concepts and services via show-and-tell demos, tech-talks and taking part in direct user feedback and evaluation sessions Providing and collaborating to produce development work estimates Following agile software development lifecycles, but maintaining foresight to reduce tech debt where possible and not at the cost of good documentation, test automation and non-functional considerations Working under pressure and at pace when required to meet urgent client needs. What experience you'll bring: In order to be successful in this role, you will have proven experience in and a solid understanding of most of the following: Delivering integration micro-service patterns using Java Spring Boot Applying SOLID principles and creating clean code Experience working with streaming data (e.g. Apache Kafka) and AWS native messaging/streaming features API specification/design and documentation Working with SQL and NoSQL data sources such as Postgres and Mongo Experience with DevOps tooling and application hosting services such as: Jenkins, Drone, AWS CodeCommit / Pipeline / Deploy Atlassian stack, Azure DevOps / Docker / Kubernetes / Function as a Service deployments Broader AWS knowledge (e.g. S3, KMS, EKS) Great attention to detail, organisational skills and a keen analytical mind Experience with front-end JavaScript frameworks, such as React Proven delivery success in large scale development projects (including, for example, enterprise integration patterns, high assurance / secure services, high throughput / availability non-functional demands) Demonstrable collaborative team working and taking ownership of delivery commitments and addressing challenges Education and Experience SC Cleared Experienced in consulting and ability to cope with pressured environments. Ideally Public Sector/Central Government experience Proven experience as Microservices Developer Ideally AWS or Kubernetes Application Developer Certified Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.
Apr 18, 2024
Full time
Development Engineer Location: Hybrid/London Salary: 60,000 - 65,000 Our client is looking for a Developer in the Java/Microservices/AWS space to join a growing practice. What you'll be doing: You will be part of an agile team contributing to the build of digital products, developing new and enhancing existing software components. Your primary role is to develop clean code, adhering to SOLID principles that is well tested, performant and maintainable. They should adhere to the agreed development lifecycle, frameworks and quality criteria and collaborate readily with other agile delivery team members to enable the right outcome for the customer. This includes, working with Quality Assurance to support test automation, DevOps engineers to support security, configurability and smooth code deployment, plus pairing with other team members / new colleagues to assist with knowledge transfer, on boarding and pair coding / code reviews. In this role, you will be primarily responsible for: Delivery of high-quality development work results (structure, content, form) Integrating the application front-end services (with a basic understanding of web front-end technologies) Managing the exchange of data between different backend services (owned by separate development teams) and front-end application and third party API integration Development of all server-side logic, working with BA and Quality Assurance to ensure business logic is implemented as required and fully testable Introducing and owning technical user stories for integration and service optimisation Documenting solutions through flowcharts, diagrams, code comments, clear code and via Confluence / knowledge base articles Ensuring compliance with quality guidelines (Unit Tests, Code Quality, Test Driven Development) Addressing non-functional requirements and operational/support-relevant topics during conception and implementation (e.g. logging, capacity / performance management, monitoring and distributed tracing / debugging) End-to-end thinking during development - supporting and improving releases from test to integration and production environments Proactive skill and artefact building with regards assessing and adopting new technologies Presentation and demonstration of concepts and services via show-and-tell demos, tech-talks and taking part in direct user feedback and evaluation sessions Providing and collaborating to produce development work estimates Following agile software development lifecycles, but maintaining foresight to reduce tech debt where possible and not at the cost of good documentation, test automation and non-functional considerations Working under pressure and at pace when required to meet urgent client needs. What experience you'll bring: In order to be successful in this role, you will have proven experience in and a solid understanding of most of the following: Delivering integration micro-service patterns using Java Spring Boot Applying SOLID principles and creating clean code Experience working with streaming data (e.g. Apache Kafka) and AWS native messaging/streaming features API specification/design and documentation Working with SQL and NoSQL data sources such as Postgres and Mongo Experience with DevOps tooling and application hosting services such as: Jenkins, Drone, AWS CodeCommit / Pipeline / Deploy Atlassian stack, Azure DevOps / Docker / Kubernetes / Function as a Service deployments Broader AWS knowledge (e.g. S3, KMS, EKS) Great attention to detail, organisational skills and a keen analytical mind Experience with front-end JavaScript frameworks, such as React Proven delivery success in large scale development projects (including, for example, enterprise integration patterns, high assurance / secure services, high throughput / availability non-functional demands) Demonstrable collaborative team working and taking ownership of delivery commitments and addressing challenges Education and Experience SC Cleared Experienced in consulting and ability to cope with pressured environments. Ideally Public Sector/Central Government experience Proven experience as Microservices Developer Ideally AWS or Kubernetes Application Developer Certified Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.
QA Automation EngineerLocation: WestminsterSalary £60,000 - £65,000What you'll be doing: Working with the product team to define the acceptance criteria and testing DOD for each story Pairing with the developers to define and review the required tests that will address all features and functions of a product delivery at the unit and component layer Performing exploratory testing at all levels Working with the Product team to define tests throughout the product delivery into live Automating tests where required. Working collaboratively with developers to design and test stubs Ensure the team define tests to validate NFR's at the appropriate level Ensuring traceability is maintained throughout the product delivery Ensuring the team is aware of test progress and quality metrics, and that the team delivers them in a format this is consumable by those who have asked for them. Raising the profile of quality throughout the product lifecycle Working in an Agile team, you will be responsible for inputting to the design and build of automated tests to ensure adequate and effective test coverage Provide test assurance of the user stories according to the defined acceptance test criteria; whilst working in a test-first environment. Work closely with Software Engineers to deliver the test activities to meet the requirements, whilst contributing to effective agile delivery. Able to participate in estimation activities and are encouraged to identify opportunities to maximise test benefit within the team. Provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience working in Agile delivery teams using TDD with Java and be able to work autonomously. Experience of PACT frameworks that enable Consumer Driven Contract testing is desirable Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their importance in Automation Testing process Exposure to command line and scripting languages for at least one OS (Windows or Linux) Good coding skills (SOLID, DI, Design Patterns, etc.) Able to unit test the framework builtWhat we're looking for: Strong relevant experience as a QA Automation Engineer Experience and knowledge of API testing and the use of Postman Cypress Docker for running the Cypress container Working with Gitlab for storage of all developed test automation TDD Using Junit SonarQube Jenkins Splunk Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
QA Automation EngineerLocation: WestminsterSalary £60,000 - £65,000What you'll be doing: Working with the product team to define the acceptance criteria and testing DOD for each story Pairing with the developers to define and review the required tests that will address all features and functions of a product delivery at the unit and component layer Performing exploratory testing at all levels Working with the Product team to define tests throughout the product delivery into live Automating tests where required. Working collaboratively with developers to design and test stubs Ensure the team define tests to validate NFR's at the appropriate level Ensuring traceability is maintained throughout the product delivery Ensuring the team is aware of test progress and quality metrics, and that the team delivers them in a format this is consumable by those who have asked for them. Raising the profile of quality throughout the product lifecycle Working in an Agile team, you will be responsible for inputting to the design and build of automated tests to ensure adequate and effective test coverage Provide test assurance of the user stories according to the defined acceptance test criteria; whilst working in a test-first environment. Work closely with Software Engineers to deliver the test activities to meet the requirements, whilst contributing to effective agile delivery. Able to participate in estimation activities and are encouraged to identify opportunities to maximise test benefit within the team. Provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience working in Agile delivery teams using TDD with Java and be able to work autonomously. Experience of PACT frameworks that enable Consumer Driven Contract testing is desirable Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their importance in Automation Testing process Exposure to command line and scripting languages for at least one OS (Windows or Linux) Good coding skills (SOLID, DI, Design Patterns, etc.) Able to unit test the framework builtWhat we're looking for: Strong relevant experience as a QA Automation Engineer Experience and knowledge of API testing and the use of Postman Cypress Docker for running the Cypress container Working with Gitlab for storage of all developed test automation TDD Using Junit SonarQube Jenkins Splunk Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.
QA Automation Engineer Location: Westminster Salary 60,000 - 65,000 What you'll be doing: Working with the product team to define the acceptance criteria and testing DOD for each story Pairing with the developers to define and review the required tests that will address all features and functions of a product delivery at the unit and component layer Performing exploratory testing at all levels Working with the Product team to define tests throughout the product delivery into live Automating tests where required. Working collaboratively with developers to design and test stubs Ensure the team define tests to validate NFR's at the appropriate level Ensuring traceability is maintained throughout the product delivery Ensuring the team is aware of test progress and quality metrics, and that the team delivers them in a format this is consumable by those who have asked for them. Raising the profile of quality throughout the product lifecycle Working in an Agile team, you will be responsible for inputting to the design and build of automated tests to ensure adequate and effective test coverage Provide test assurance of the user stories according to the defined acceptance test criteria; whilst working in a test-first environment. Work closely with Software Engineers to deliver the test activities to meet the requirements, whilst contributing to effective agile delivery. Able to participate in estimation activities and are encouraged to identify opportunities to maximise test benefit within the team. Provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience working in Agile delivery teams using TDD with Java and be able to work autonomously. Experience of PACT frameworks that enable Consumer Driven Contract testing is desirable Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their importance in Automation Testing process Exposure to command line and scripting languages for at least one OS (Windows or Linux) Good coding skills (SOLID, DI, Design Patterns, etc.) Able to unit test the framework built What we're looking for: Strong relevant experience as a QA Automation Engineer Experience and knowledge of API testing and the use of Postman Cypress Docker for running the Cypress container Working with Gitlab for storage of all developed test automation TDD Using Junit SonarQube Jenkins Splunk Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
QA Automation Engineer Location: Westminster Salary 60,000 - 65,000 What you'll be doing: Working with the product team to define the acceptance criteria and testing DOD for each story Pairing with the developers to define and review the required tests that will address all features and functions of a product delivery at the unit and component layer Performing exploratory testing at all levels Working with the Product team to define tests throughout the product delivery into live Automating tests where required. Working collaboratively with developers to design and test stubs Ensure the team define tests to validate NFR's at the appropriate level Ensuring traceability is maintained throughout the product delivery Ensuring the team is aware of test progress and quality metrics, and that the team delivers them in a format this is consumable by those who have asked for them. Raising the profile of quality throughout the product lifecycle Working in an Agile team, you will be responsible for inputting to the design and build of automated tests to ensure adequate and effective test coverage Provide test assurance of the user stories according to the defined acceptance test criteria; whilst working in a test-first environment. Work closely with Software Engineers to deliver the test activities to meet the requirements, whilst contributing to effective agile delivery. Able to participate in estimation activities and are encouraged to identify opportunities to maximise test benefit within the team. Provide assurance at team retrospectives and planning sessions to ensure test best practice, continual improvements and appropriate standards are adhered to Must have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience working in Agile delivery teams using TDD with Java and be able to work autonomously. Experience of PACT frameworks that enable Consumer Driven Contract testing is desirable Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and their importance in Automation Testing process Exposure to command line and scripting languages for at least one OS (Windows or Linux) Good coding skills (SOLID, DI, Design Patterns, etc.) Able to unit test the framework built What we're looking for: Strong relevant experience as a QA Automation Engineer Experience and knowledge of API testing and the use of Postman Cypress Docker for running the Cypress container Working with Gitlab for storage of all developed test automation TDD Using Junit SonarQube Jenkins Splunk Disclaimer: This vacancy is being advertised by either Advanced Resource Managers Limited, Advanced Resource Managers IT Limited or Advanced Resource Managers Engineering Limited ("ARM"). ARM is a specialist talent acquisition and management consultancy. We provide technical contingency recruitment and a portfolio of more complex resource solutions. Our specialist recruitment divisions cover the entire technical arena, including some of the most economically and strategically important industries in the UK and the world today. We will never send your CV without your permission.
The Vacancy Test Lead Salary: £72,000 per annum We also offer 26 days of annual leave, 9%+ pension contributions, private medical and dental insurance and 6 months paid maternity/paternity/shared parental leave. Location: Aldgate East, London. We are a hybrid workforce and spend 40% of our time in the office. Hours: This role is available part-time, as a job-share or full-time. We offer other flexible work options, such as compressed hours. Job description: The Test Lead is responsible for test planning, execution, co-ordination, and reporting of FSCS information systems and software applications to ensure the delivery of high-quality business applications following industry best practice. The systems include; Customer Relationship Management, Web Applications, Workflow Management, Document Management, Microsoft Power Apps and Data Integration. The Test Lead will be required to work closely with our suppliers and partners delivering solutions to meet the business needs and therefore requires strong communication, planning and co-ordination skills. Priorities- What will be Delivered Testing Strategy, Planning & Execution Define and execute test cases. Capture test results, defects and defect priority. Work with business resources and co-ordinate creation of UAT test scenarios and scripts. Work closely with the business stakeholders, delivery and technology teams to deliver requirements successfully into production with minimal risk. Support continuous improvement of the testing framework based on industry standard functional and non-functional frameworks and tools, embracing agile ways of workings. Understand business requirements and processes to define test plans. Continuous review of scope and testability of all requirements. Provide test estimates and approach to Product Managers. Identify and documenting Risk, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies in test phase. Embed best practices and quality improvements. Including Test Automation. Embed performance metrics. Responsibility for test phases. Including 3rd party test activities. Information Security and Data Protection related responsibilities Successfully pass the FSCS information security induction training annually. Adhere to FSCS policies including Information Security, Data Protection, Acceptable Use as well as relevant supporting documents. Ensure that procedures for Information Security and Data Management are adhered to. Ensure that Data Handling is managed securely and in accordance with its classification. Report any security breaches and/or incidents identified to the relevant team. Person specification Technical Skills & Knowledge ISEB/ISTQB Software Testing accredited or equivalent. Experience of using test management tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, HP ALM, Jira) Substantial experience using the following technology suite (Selenium, Specflow, Nunit, Extent-Reporting, Page Object Model). C# Programming language Visual Studio 2019 or higher SQL Experience of MS Office, MS Project and Visio. SDLC methodology. Testing in an Agile (SCRUM) environment. ETL testing experience Test leadership and execution of functional and non-functional testing in an Agile (SCRUM) environment. Integrating automated test cases with CI/CD frameworks and tools (Azure DevOps). Good knowledge of risk management, defect management, task planning and measuring and reporting performance against key metrics. Browser Compatibility test tools e.g. BrowserStack (desirable) Experience of xml and service orientated protocols (desirable). Functional Competencies Excellent analytical skills and ability to demonstrate proven track record in leading web-based applications testing, including mobile devices and Database Testing. Willingness to record, capture and document all tasks and projects without exception through the appropriate IT process/procedure. Good organisation skills with a logical, analytical approach to solving IT problems and the ability to prioritise work to meet demands and deadlines of both IT support and IT development. A self-starter who can adapt and respond effectively to changing requirements and priorities. Capable of analysing complex requirements and design specifications and corresponding test cases to prove specifications. Excellent attention to detail with verbal and written communication. Experience Demonstrate experience of Leading Test Teams in an agile environment using SCRUM. Substantial experience of writing detailed, structured test scripts using best practice design principles. Full software development lifecycle experience using structured and agile approaches. Excellent understanding of testing methodology and analytical skills to ensure full understanding of potential defects. Test automation framework and tools delivery. Demonstrable experience of testing across technology platforms such as: Customer Relationship Management (e.g. Dynamics 365, Siebel) Enterprise Document Management Systems (e.g. OpenText) Web Portals / Online Application Forms, and integration Proven ability to work at a detailed level adopting a "hands-on" approach to identify and pro-actively resolve issues. Experience in preparing status reports and defect reports (including dashboards). We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. About Us For the past 21 years, FSCS has been getting customers of failed authorised financial services firms back on track. Our strength is in our numbers. Since 2001, we have helped 6.5m customers and paid back £26bn in compensation. Over the years we have continually strived to be better, faster, and more empathetic to our customers' needs in an ever more complex financial world. Our people have worked together to make sure we can offer protection and reassurance every step of the way, even during the toughest of times over the last two years. FSCS is an organisation that makes a difference, and in which our people truly make a difference. We have grown from modest beginnings in 2001 to helping customers during historic events such as the 2008 banking crisis and supporting vulnerable customers during the pandemic. As a result of this success, FSCS has become increasingly respected, insightful, and influential in the regulatory eco-system. It is an exciting time in our journey as we now have an opportunity to play a bigger role in breaking the cycle of rising consumer harm and costs; by being part of a system that is about prevention rather than cure.
Apr 17, 2024
Full time
The Vacancy Test Lead Salary: £72,000 per annum We also offer 26 days of annual leave, 9%+ pension contributions, private medical and dental insurance and 6 months paid maternity/paternity/shared parental leave. Location: Aldgate East, London. We are a hybrid workforce and spend 40% of our time in the office. Hours: This role is available part-time, as a job-share or full-time. We offer other flexible work options, such as compressed hours. Job description: The Test Lead is responsible for test planning, execution, co-ordination, and reporting of FSCS information systems and software applications to ensure the delivery of high-quality business applications following industry best practice. The systems include; Customer Relationship Management, Web Applications, Workflow Management, Document Management, Microsoft Power Apps and Data Integration. The Test Lead will be required to work closely with our suppliers and partners delivering solutions to meet the business needs and therefore requires strong communication, planning and co-ordination skills. Priorities- What will be Delivered Testing Strategy, Planning & Execution Define and execute test cases. Capture test results, defects and defect priority. Work with business resources and co-ordinate creation of UAT test scenarios and scripts. Work closely with the business stakeholders, delivery and technology teams to deliver requirements successfully into production with minimal risk. Support continuous improvement of the testing framework based on industry standard functional and non-functional frameworks and tools, embracing agile ways of workings. Understand business requirements and processes to define test plans. Continuous review of scope and testability of all requirements. Provide test estimates and approach to Product Managers. Identify and documenting Risk, Issues, Assumptions and Dependencies in test phase. Embed best practices and quality improvements. Including Test Automation. Embed performance metrics. Responsibility for test phases. Including 3rd party test activities. Information Security and Data Protection related responsibilities Successfully pass the FSCS information security induction training annually. Adhere to FSCS policies including Information Security, Data Protection, Acceptable Use as well as relevant supporting documents. Ensure that procedures for Information Security and Data Management are adhered to. Ensure that Data Handling is managed securely and in accordance with its classification. Report any security breaches and/or incidents identified to the relevant team. Person specification Technical Skills & Knowledge ISEB/ISTQB Software Testing accredited or equivalent. Experience of using test management tools (e.g. Azure DevOps, HP ALM, Jira) Substantial experience using the following technology suite (Selenium, Specflow, Nunit, Extent-Reporting, Page Object Model). C# Programming language Visual Studio 2019 or higher SQL Experience of MS Office, MS Project and Visio. SDLC methodology. Testing in an Agile (SCRUM) environment. ETL testing experience Test leadership and execution of functional and non-functional testing in an Agile (SCRUM) environment. Integrating automated test cases with CI/CD frameworks and tools (Azure DevOps). Good knowledge of risk management, defect management, task planning and measuring and reporting performance against key metrics. Browser Compatibility test tools e.g. BrowserStack (desirable) Experience of xml and service orientated protocols (desirable). Functional Competencies Excellent analytical skills and ability to demonstrate proven track record in leading web-based applications testing, including mobile devices and Database Testing. Willingness to record, capture and document all tasks and projects without exception through the appropriate IT process/procedure. Good organisation skills with a logical, analytical approach to solving IT problems and the ability to prioritise work to meet demands and deadlines of both IT support and IT development. A self-starter who can adapt and respond effectively to changing requirements and priorities. Capable of analysing complex requirements and design specifications and corresponding test cases to prove specifications. Excellent attention to detail with verbal and written communication. Experience Demonstrate experience of Leading Test Teams in an agile environment using SCRUM. Substantial experience of writing detailed, structured test scripts using best practice design principles. Full software development lifecycle experience using structured and agile approaches. Excellent understanding of testing methodology and analytical skills to ensure full understanding of potential defects. Test automation framework and tools delivery. Demonstrable experience of testing across technology platforms such as: Customer Relationship Management (e.g. Dynamics 365, Siebel) Enterprise Document Management Systems (e.g. OpenText) Web Portals / Online Application Forms, and integration Proven ability to work at a detailed level adopting a "hands-on" approach to identify and pro-actively resolve issues. Experience in preparing status reports and defect reports (including dashboards). We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process, and you will be asked whether you require any during your application. About Us For the past 21 years, FSCS has been getting customers of failed authorised financial services firms back on track. Our strength is in our numbers. Since 2001, we have helped 6.5m customers and paid back £26bn in compensation. Over the years we have continually strived to be better, faster, and more empathetic to our customers' needs in an ever more complex financial world. Our people have worked together to make sure we can offer protection and reassurance every step of the way, even during the toughest of times over the last two years. FSCS is an organisation that makes a difference, and in which our people truly make a difference. We have grown from modest beginnings in 2001 to helping customers during historic events such as the 2008 banking crisis and supporting vulnerable customers during the pandemic. As a result of this success, FSCS has become increasingly respected, insightful, and influential in the regulatory eco-system. It is an exciting time in our journey as we now have an opportunity to play a bigger role in breaking the cycle of rising consumer harm and costs; by being part of a system that is about prevention rather than cure.
We've been made aware recently of individuals impersonating HCA Healthcare UK colleagues as part of a fraudulent job scheme. Please be aware that HCA Healthcare UK would never ask for payments to secure a job offer, visa or work permit. If you are ever in any doubt about the validity of your job application / offeryou can contact our recruitment team directly via email at London Bridge - Hybrid 2-3 days a week in the office Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Permanent HCA Healthcare UK's Information Technology Group (ITG) is a Group IT function, developing and managing all aspects of healthcare IT across our portfolio of hospitals, clinics, outpatient centres, laboratories, and other associated businesses. The ITG Technology Delivery Department, under the ITG Head of Technology Delivery, oversees the Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Solutions Design and QA teams, and is responsible for maintaining all the technology infrastructure components, and as well as looks after all the aspects of applications, services, storage, networking and connectivity elements that are used in the day-to-day operations of an organization. What you'll do: The role will involve Installing, managing, controlling, deploying and maintaining infrastructure systems software, to meet operational needs and service levels. Ensures that system software is provisioned and configured to facilitate the achievement of service objectives. Evaluates new system software and recommends adoption if appropriate. Plans the provisioning and testing of new versions of system software. Investigates and coordinates the resolution of potential and actual service problems. Ensures that operational procedures and diagnostics for system software are current, accessible and Deploying, configuring and operating IT Infrastructure. Provides technical leadership to optimise the performance of IT infrastructure. Investigates and manages the adoption of tools, techniques and processes (including automation) for the management of systems and services. Oversees the planning, installation, maintenance and acceptance of new and updated infrastructure components and infrastructure-based services. Aligns to service expectations, security requirements and other quality standards. Ensures that operational procedures and documentation are fit for purpose and kept up to date. Ensures that operational issues are identified, recorded, monitored and resolved. Provides appropriate status and other reports to specialists, users and managers. What you'll bring: Endpoint security management Mobile Device Management Administration experience. Good understanding of PowerShell Basic understanding of networking principles Exchange administration experience (Desirable) Capacity management and planning experience (Desirable) Experience of Packaging applications (Desirable) Why HCA UK? Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world's leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we're one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing. By caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That's why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Senior End User Computing Engineer, you'll be eligible for: 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you. Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals. Private pension contribution which increases with length of service. Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme. Group Life Assurance from day one. Critical illness cover. Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay. Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland. Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you. Discounts with over 800 major retailers. Diversity and Inclusion Patients first. Colleagues always. That's the guiding philosophy behind our approach to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. We believe healthcare is built on a foundation of inclusion, compassion and respect for our patients and for each other. By working together with our colleagues we're creating a truly inclusive environment, where individual differences are celebrated and everyone can achieve their potential. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. That's why we're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
We've been made aware recently of individuals impersonating HCA Healthcare UK colleagues as part of a fraudulent job scheme. Please be aware that HCA Healthcare UK would never ask for payments to secure a job offer, visa or work permit. If you are ever in any doubt about the validity of your job application / offeryou can contact our recruitment team directly via email at London Bridge - Hybrid 2-3 days a week in the office Full-time, 37.5 hours per week Permanent HCA Healthcare UK's Information Technology Group (ITG) is a Group IT function, developing and managing all aspects of healthcare IT across our portfolio of hospitals, clinics, outpatient centres, laboratories, and other associated businesses. The ITG Technology Delivery Department, under the ITG Head of Technology Delivery, oversees the Platform Engineering, Software Engineering, Solutions Design and QA teams, and is responsible for maintaining all the technology infrastructure components, and as well as looks after all the aspects of applications, services, storage, networking and connectivity elements that are used in the day-to-day operations of an organization. What you'll do: The role will involve Installing, managing, controlling, deploying and maintaining infrastructure systems software, to meet operational needs and service levels. Ensures that system software is provisioned and configured to facilitate the achievement of service objectives. Evaluates new system software and recommends adoption if appropriate. Plans the provisioning and testing of new versions of system software. Investigates and coordinates the resolution of potential and actual service problems. Ensures that operational procedures and diagnostics for system software are current, accessible and Deploying, configuring and operating IT Infrastructure. Provides technical leadership to optimise the performance of IT infrastructure. Investigates and manages the adoption of tools, techniques and processes (including automation) for the management of systems and services. Oversees the planning, installation, maintenance and acceptance of new and updated infrastructure components and infrastructure-based services. Aligns to service expectations, security requirements and other quality standards. Ensures that operational procedures and documentation are fit for purpose and kept up to date. Ensures that operational issues are identified, recorded, monitored and resolved. Provides appropriate status and other reports to specialists, users and managers. What you'll bring: Endpoint security management Mobile Device Management Administration experience. Good understanding of PowerShell Basic understanding of networking principles Exchange administration experience (Desirable) Capacity management and planning experience (Desirable) Experience of Packaging applications (Desirable) Why HCA UK? Originally founded over 50 years ago by Dr Thomas Frist, HCA has gone on to become one of the world's leading healthcare providers. In the UK, we're one of the largest providers of privately funded healthcare and have invested over £500 million in the latest treatments, technology, techniques, medication and facilities. Being part of a large multisite, established healthcare group we can offer you unrivalled opportunities for career progression through internal and external courses, as well as working conditions that prioritise both your mental and physical wellbeing. By caring for our employees, we empower them to provide exceptional care for our patients. That's why we offer a host of flexible benefits that reflect the invaluable contribution they make every day. As a Senior End User Computing Engineer, you'll be eligible for: 25 days holiday each year (plus bank holidays) increasing with service, with option to buy or sell leave to suit you. Private Healthcare Insurance for treatment at our leading hospitals. Private pension contribution which increases with length of service. Season Ticket Loan and Cycle to Work scheme. Group Life Assurance from day one. Critical illness cover. Enhanced Maternity and Paternity pay. Corporate staff discount for all facilities including Maternity packages at The Portland. Comprehensive range of flexible health, protection and lifestyle benefits to suit you. Discounts with over 800 major retailers. Diversity and Inclusion Patients first. Colleagues always. That's the guiding philosophy behind our approach to Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. We believe healthcare is built on a foundation of inclusion, compassion and respect for our patients and for each other. By working together with our colleagues we're creating a truly inclusive environment, where individual differences are celebrated and everyone can achieve their potential. We believe everyone should feel comfortable to bring their full self to work and be afforded the same opportunities. That's why we're happy to discuss flexible working arrangements to suit your needs as well as offer reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, and in the workplace, to anyone that needs them.
A large scale public sector organisation in the Greater Manchester area are currently recruiting for a Test Manager. The test manager needs to be able to set up the testing team foundations from scratch, manage a small team and a budget. The testing at the organisation will be to test systems provided by a third party, so there will be a lot of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and working with staff across the business. There will also be some software development testing involved. You will have; Experience planning, managing, and delivering testing and quality assurance for major programmes of work, involving multiple systems and technologies from different vendors in a mid to large size organisation. Demonstrable experience of leading testing activities, coordinating test planning and execution activities across multiple projects in IT, including defining automation test frameworks and knowledge of testing tools. Well-developed experience of communicating the technical approach of system testing to stakeholders with varying degrees of technical understanding. Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong background in both the Waterfall methodology and Agile methodologies. Extensive experience of using technical knowledge to turn a high-level solution design into a test approach. Practical knowledge of best practices, frameworks and testing methodologies. Able to develop and manage testing performance metrics to track, communicate and support the progress of testing. Exposure to complex IT environments and interdependencies, including ERP, SaaS solutions, Cloud, Virtualisation and Data migration etc. Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong background in both the Waterfall methodology and Agile methodologies. Significant experience of holding 3rd parties account to contractual commitments. Significant experience of managing large teams through the line management of managers and experience of managing multi-disciplined teams and matrix management. Experience of management across the full budget lifecycle, forecasting, agreeing, managing and the treatment of variances. Please apply immediately to be considered.
Apr 16, 2024
Full time
A large scale public sector organisation in the Greater Manchester area are currently recruiting for a Test Manager. The test manager needs to be able to set up the testing team foundations from scratch, manage a small team and a budget. The testing at the organisation will be to test systems provided by a third party, so there will be a lot of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and working with staff across the business. There will also be some software development testing involved. You will have; Experience planning, managing, and delivering testing and quality assurance for major programmes of work, involving multiple systems and technologies from different vendors in a mid to large size organisation. Demonstrable experience of leading testing activities, coordinating test planning and execution activities across multiple projects in IT, including defining automation test frameworks and knowledge of testing tools. Well-developed experience of communicating the technical approach of system testing to stakeholders with varying degrees of technical understanding. Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong background in both the Waterfall methodology and Agile methodologies. Extensive experience of using technical knowledge to turn a high-level solution design into a test approach. Practical knowledge of best practices, frameworks and testing methodologies. Able to develop and manage testing performance metrics to track, communicate and support the progress of testing. Exposure to complex IT environments and interdependencies, including ERP, SaaS solutions, Cloud, Virtualisation and Data migration etc. Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong background in both the Waterfall methodology and Agile methodologies. Significant experience of holding 3rd parties account to contractual commitments. Significant experience of managing large teams through the line management of managers and experience of managing multi-disciplined teams and matrix management. Experience of management across the full budget lifecycle, forecasting, agreeing, managing and the treatment of variances. Please apply immediately to be considered.
A large scale public sector organisation in the Greater Manchester area are currently recruiting for a Test Manager. The test manager needs to be able to set up the testing team foundations from scratch, manage a small team and a budget. The testing at the organisation will be to test systems provided by a third party, so there will be a lot of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and working with staff across the business. There will also be some software development testing involved. You will have; Experience planning, managing, and delivering testing and quality assurance for major programmes of work, involving multiple systems and technologies from different vendors in a mid to large size organisation. Demonstrable experience of leading testing activities, coordinating test planning and execution activities across multiple projects in IT, including defining automation test frameworks and knowledge of testing tools. Well-developed experience of communicating the technical approach of system testing to stakeholders with varying degrees of technical understanding. Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong background in both the Waterfall methodology and Agile methodologies. Extensive experience of using technical knowledge to turn a high-level solution design into a test approach. Practical knowledge of best practices, frameworks and testing methodologies. Able to develop and manage testing performance metrics to track, communicate and support the progress of testing. Exposure to complex IT environments and interdependencies, including ERP, SaaS solutions, Cloud, Virtualisation and Data migration etc. Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong background in both the Waterfall methodology and Agile methodologies. Significant experience of holding 3rd parties account to contractual commitments. Significant experience of managing large teams through the line management of managers and experience of managing multi-disciplined teams and Matrix management. Experience of management across the full budget life cycle, forecasting, agreeing, managing and the treatment of variances. Please apply immediately to be considered.
Apr 15, 2024
Full time
A large scale public sector organisation in the Greater Manchester area are currently recruiting for a Test Manager. The test manager needs to be able to set up the testing team foundations from scratch, manage a small team and a budget. The testing at the organisation will be to test systems provided by a third party, so there will be a lot of User Acceptance Testing (UAT) and working with staff across the business. There will also be some software development testing involved. You will have; Experience planning, managing, and delivering testing and quality assurance for major programmes of work, involving multiple systems and technologies from different vendors in a mid to large size organisation. Demonstrable experience of leading testing activities, coordinating test planning and execution activities across multiple projects in IT, including defining automation test frameworks and knowledge of testing tools. Well-developed experience of communicating the technical approach of system testing to stakeholders with varying degrees of technical understanding. Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong background in both the Waterfall methodology and Agile methodologies. Extensive experience of using technical knowledge to turn a high-level solution design into a test approach. Practical knowledge of best practices, frameworks and testing methodologies. Able to develop and manage testing performance metrics to track, communicate and support the progress of testing. Exposure to complex IT environments and interdependencies, including ERP, SaaS solutions, Cloud, Virtualisation and Data migration etc. Excellent planning and organisation skills with a strong background in both the Waterfall methodology and Agile methodologies. Significant experience of holding 3rd parties account to contractual commitments. Significant experience of managing large teams through the line management of managers and experience of managing multi-disciplined teams and Matrix management. Experience of management across the full budget life cycle, forecasting, agreeing, managing and the treatment of variances. Please apply immediately to be considered.
UK Power Networks (Operations) Ltd
Crawley, Sussex
Cyber Security Technical Assurance Manager Reference Number - 78651 This Cyber Security Technical Assurance Manager will report to the Head of Cyber Security and Technology Risk and will work within the Information Systems directorate based in either our Crawley, London or Ipswich offices. You will be a permanent employee. You will attract a salary of 80,000.00 and a bonus of 10%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote Close Date: 19/04/2024 We also provide the following additional benefits Annual Leave Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme Season ticket loan Occupational Health support Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products. Discounted access to sports and social clubs Employee Assistance Programme. JOB PURPOSE: You will support the Head of Cyber Security and Technology Risk in ensuring that UK Power Networks (UKPN) network systems and customer data are adequately protected from cyber threats. You will help maintain a strong cyber security posture across the UK Power Networks (UKPN) IT estate, by ensuring that cyber security weaknesses and vulnerabilities are identified and guiding actions to mitigate the risks and avoid disruption to the IT services that are crucial to delivering UKPN services to customers. DIMENSIONS: People - Direct management of circa 8 permanent and temporary cyber security testing and assurance resources. Financial - Shared annual budget responsibility for circa 1-3m covering resources, tools and 3rd Party professional services and suppliers. Suppliers - Management and oversight of 3rd Party suppliers commissioned for meeting specialist testing and assurance requirements. Communication - articulate the cyber security risks and implications to important partners with sufficient information, and recommendations for action, which enable senior leaders to make decisions. Partners - Create relationships with all partners, third party providers, suppliers, and partners to improve outcomes and create agreement around a vision or course of action. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Define and deliver the cyber security technical assurance strategy, setting out clear policies and technical standards, modelling best practices and measuring success against defined measurement metrics (KPIs). Manage the cyber security technical assurance team, to ensure the quality and timeliness of services and deliverables to meet our requirements, reviewing performance, driving improvements, optimisation and automation of the cyber security assurance capabilities across a variety of technologies and platforms. Ensure the IT estate is compliant with UKPN policies and technical standards to protect company assets having management responsibility for driving the necessary remediation actions and countermeasures to mitigate identified weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Establish and improve a regular red and purple team penetration testing program aligned to main threat information and industry cyber security intelligence. Establish a Vulnerability Management process to ensure that all known security vulnerabilities and weaknesses are identified, contextually assessed, prioritised and tracked to remediation against UKPN policy. Ensure that an IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity strategy and plans are established with appropriate testing performed to demonstrate it works. Collaborate with the wider IT, application and Team members to devise assurance objectives and to ensure appropriate mitigation actions are considered and delivered. Help develop and implement UK Power Networks' Cyber Security Strategy ensuring understanding to the company vision, values and strategic objectives. Deputise for the Head of Cyber Security and Technology Risk for certain pre-agreed tasks and activities. NATURE AND SCOPE: The Information Systems Department works across UK Power Networks, supporting us in the achievement of our vision to become the best performing DNO. The team achieve this through the provision of technology solutions and the optimisation of current solutions to improve how we operate. Continuous improvement, customer service and seamless delivery is at the heart of this ethos and are therefore strongly underpinned by effective cyber security. You will work with the Cyber Security Architecture Manager, Cyber Security Operations Manager, Cyber Security Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager, and Cyber Security Portfolio Manager. Also, you will support the wider Information Systems team, IT Service Providers and partners across UK Power Networks to implement and optimise cyber security technical assurance capabilities across four main services:- Technical Security Compliance - to check and validate that the various IT hardware, software and application components (including Cloud) across the IT estate are compliant with defined technical security policies and will run the process for documenting, risk assessing, remediating, exception handling. Product Security Assurance - ensure that all IT hardware and software products (including Cloud and 3rd Party services) are securely configured to meet the relevant UKPN functional and non-functional security requirements. Vulnerability Management (VM) - ensure a robust end to end VM service to identify, contextualise, rank and prioritise security vulnerabilities and weaknesses across the IT estate and to drive and track remediation actions to mitigate the risks. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - plan, schedule, organise and perform Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity tests across senior partners and technical operations teams, testing ability to withstand and recover from a cyberattack or data breach within agreed objectives and timescales, and to minimise business disruption. Your principal challenge is to maintain a strong cyber security posture across the UKPN IT estate whilst ensuring that the numerous daily operational changes and multiple project deliverables re-enforce and strengthen the posture rather than undermine it and risk our information assets. Qualifications: Minimum 5 years+ experience leading a Cyber Security Assurance function or similar such as Cyber Security Integration function, Cyber Security Engineering function with some experience of assurance testing techniques and methodologies. Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, related field or equivalent training and/or experience. Professional Information Security certification by a recognised professional body such as Certified in Information Security Management (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), or CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+). Track record leading a security team or function where you have had to collaborate across partners with differing levels of technical security competency. Advanced knowledge and an understanding of operational excellence in Cloud Security Posture Management and Vulnerability Management programs. Understanding risk, resource availability and business objectives at a group level is necessary. Putting our customers interests at the heart of everything we do must always come first. An understanding of compliance and regulatory frameworks such as National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and ISA/IEC 62443, ISO/IEC 27001/27002, GDPR. Working knowledge of security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, AV, IDS/IPS, NAC, AD, DLP, Web Filtering, Email Filtering, Behavioural Analytics. Knowledge of adversarial tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs) and industry standard frameworks (Mitre ATT&CK). Experience working within a regulated environment, preferably Energy sector Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Apr 12, 2024
Full time
Cyber Security Technical Assurance Manager Reference Number - 78651 This Cyber Security Technical Assurance Manager will report to the Head of Cyber Security and Technology Risk and will work within the Information Systems directorate based in either our Crawley, London or Ipswich offices. You will be a permanent employee. You will attract a salary of 80,000.00 and a bonus of 10%. This role can also offer blended working after probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote Close Date: 19/04/2024 We also provide the following additional benefits Annual Leave Personal Pension Plan - Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%) Tenancy Loan Deposit scheme Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme Season ticket loan Occupational Health support Switched On - scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products. Discounted access to sports and social clubs Employee Assistance Programme. JOB PURPOSE: You will support the Head of Cyber Security and Technology Risk in ensuring that UK Power Networks (UKPN) network systems and customer data are adequately protected from cyber threats. You will help maintain a strong cyber security posture across the UK Power Networks (UKPN) IT estate, by ensuring that cyber security weaknesses and vulnerabilities are identified and guiding actions to mitigate the risks and avoid disruption to the IT services that are crucial to delivering UKPN services to customers. DIMENSIONS: People - Direct management of circa 8 permanent and temporary cyber security testing and assurance resources. Financial - Shared annual budget responsibility for circa 1-3m covering resources, tools and 3rd Party professional services and suppliers. Suppliers - Management and oversight of 3rd Party suppliers commissioned for meeting specialist testing and assurance requirements. Communication - articulate the cyber security risks and implications to important partners with sufficient information, and recommendations for action, which enable senior leaders to make decisions. Partners - Create relationships with all partners, third party providers, suppliers, and partners to improve outcomes and create agreement around a vision or course of action. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES: Define and deliver the cyber security technical assurance strategy, setting out clear policies and technical standards, modelling best practices and measuring success against defined measurement metrics (KPIs). Manage the cyber security technical assurance team, to ensure the quality and timeliness of services and deliverables to meet our requirements, reviewing performance, driving improvements, optimisation and automation of the cyber security assurance capabilities across a variety of technologies and platforms. Ensure the IT estate is compliant with UKPN policies and technical standards to protect company assets having management responsibility for driving the necessary remediation actions and countermeasures to mitigate identified weaknesses and vulnerabilities. Establish and improve a regular red and purple team penetration testing program aligned to main threat information and industry cyber security intelligence. Establish a Vulnerability Management process to ensure that all known security vulnerabilities and weaknesses are identified, contextually assessed, prioritised and tracked to remediation against UKPN policy. Ensure that an IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity strategy and plans are established with appropriate testing performed to demonstrate it works. Collaborate with the wider IT, application and Team members to devise assurance objectives and to ensure appropriate mitigation actions are considered and delivered. Help develop and implement UK Power Networks' Cyber Security Strategy ensuring understanding to the company vision, values and strategic objectives. Deputise for the Head of Cyber Security and Technology Risk for certain pre-agreed tasks and activities. NATURE AND SCOPE: The Information Systems Department works across UK Power Networks, supporting us in the achievement of our vision to become the best performing DNO. The team achieve this through the provision of technology solutions and the optimisation of current solutions to improve how we operate. Continuous improvement, customer service and seamless delivery is at the heart of this ethos and are therefore strongly underpinned by effective cyber security. You will work with the Cyber Security Architecture Manager, Cyber Security Operations Manager, Cyber Security Governance, Risk and Compliance Manager, and Cyber Security Portfolio Manager. Also, you will support the wider Information Systems team, IT Service Providers and partners across UK Power Networks to implement and optimise cyber security technical assurance capabilities across four main services:- Technical Security Compliance - to check and validate that the various IT hardware, software and application components (including Cloud) across the IT estate are compliant with defined technical security policies and will run the process for documenting, risk assessing, remediating, exception handling. Product Security Assurance - ensure that all IT hardware and software products (including Cloud and 3rd Party services) are securely configured to meet the relevant UKPN functional and non-functional security requirements. Vulnerability Management (VM) - ensure a robust end to end VM service to identify, contextualise, rank and prioritise security vulnerabilities and weaknesses across the IT estate and to drive and track remediation actions to mitigate the risks. Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity - plan, schedule, organise and perform Crisis Management, Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity tests across senior partners and technical operations teams, testing ability to withstand and recover from a cyberattack or data breach within agreed objectives and timescales, and to minimise business disruption. Your principal challenge is to maintain a strong cyber security posture across the UKPN IT estate whilst ensuring that the numerous daily operational changes and multiple project deliverables re-enforce and strengthen the posture rather than undermine it and risk our information assets. Qualifications: Minimum 5 years+ experience leading a Cyber Security Assurance function or similar such as Cyber Security Integration function, Cyber Security Engineering function with some experience of assurance testing techniques and methodologies. Bachelor's Degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, Information Systems, related field or equivalent training and/or experience. Professional Information Security certification by a recognised professional body such as Certified in Information Security Management (CISM), Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP), certified Ethical Hacker (CEH), Global Information Assurance Certification (GIAC), or CompTIA Advanced Security Practitioner (CASP+). Track record leading a security team or function where you have had to collaborate across partners with differing levels of technical security competency. Advanced knowledge and an understanding of operational excellence in Cloud Security Posture Management and Vulnerability Management programs. Understanding risk, resource availability and business objectives at a group level is necessary. Putting our customers interests at the heart of everything we do must always come first. An understanding of compliance and regulatory frameworks such as National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) Cyber Assessment Framework (CAF) and ISA/IEC 62443, ISO/IEC 27001/27002, GDPR. Working knowledge of security technologies including SIEM, SOAR, EDR, AV, IDS/IPS, NAC, AD, DLP, Web Filtering, Email Filtering, Behavioural Analytics. Knowledge of adversarial tactics, techniques, procedures (TTPs) and industry standard frameworks (Mitre ATT&CK). Experience working within a regulated environment, preferably Energy sector Critical National Infrastructure (CNI) We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.
Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Belfast, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London About the job Summary Join a team at the heart of the global economy! We create digital services, data tools and technology for businesses to prosper around the world. Have a look at our video ! Our Digital, Data and Technology team develops and operates tools, services, and platforms that enable the UK government to provide world leading support to businesses in the UK and overseas. Youll get to constantly push boundaries in an environment free of heavy legacy, driven by curiosity, social purpose, diversity of thought, entrepreneurship, and the aspiration to offer an incredible experience to all our users. Find out more on our blog, Digital Trade. Job description As our Lead Site Reliability Engineer, you will lead a team of site reliability engineers who are committed to delivering excellent services and continual improvement. You will drive adaption of best practices and be responsible for managingour platform hosting. You will influence our future hosting strategy, helping to develop the team's roadmap of work and lead the support of several services offerings including CI/CD, Account Management, Containerisation, Network Connectivity, Cloud Cost Optimisation, Service Performance and Availability. Working with development teams to create reusable components, enabling service delivery at pace, you will automate the oversight of systems at scale, covering a hybrid cloud environment, including but not limited to AWS, GovUK PaaS, & Azure. Responsibilities In your day-to-day role, you will: Set the SRE teams technical direction, working with the technology leadership team. Provide technical leadership & guidance to the SRE team through coaching and mentoring. Lead the sharing of knowledge and good practice to develop the teams capability. Identify and lead on modernization initiatives through continuous improvement. Give development teams the tools for their job, including infrastructure, APM, exception, log aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CD/CI pipelines. Collaboratively develop the future hosting strategy. Actively lead the support of service offerings (Account Management, Security, CI/CD, Automation, Containerization, Service Performance & cloud Infrastructure). Ensure security, stability, and capacity are embedded in services deployments. Champion the adoption of emerging technology to automate tasks & deployments. Solve complex issues using root cause analysis, progressing opportunities to improve reliability, security, capability of infrastructure, application, and site services. Essential Skills and Experience Youll have demonstrable skills and experience of: Team leadership: managing workload, coaching, and mentoring technical staff. Setting the direction for technical teams, and liaising with colleagues to establish requirements and identify, propose, initiate work. Identifying good practices, sharing experiences, and championing your team's agenda, acting as the voice of the team. Working with cloud technology and the use of orchestration tools, developing infrastructure as code on top of cloud computing services. Deploying & managing CI/CD pipelines. Identification of process optimization opportunities and leading teams to deliver service improvements. Experience of information security, designing, quality-reviewing and quality-assurance solutions with security controls embedded. Designing and reviewing systems, selecting appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensure they are applied effectively. Benefits Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Things you need to know Security Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks. Selection process details We are closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus, and will be following central Government advice as it is issued. There is therefore a risk that recruitment to this post may be subject to change at short notice. In addition, where appropriate, you may be invited to attend a video interview. Please continue to follow the application process as normal and ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way. Assessment and Interview As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a CV which outlines your experience, skills and fit for the role. At the sift stage for this role, Inspire People will assess you against the essential criteria listed above to compile a long list of applications. If you are progressed through to this stage, you will be asked to complete a short, pre-recorded video interview with Inspire People or provide written answers to questions. These applications will then be sifted by DIT hiring managers. Initial sifting will take place the week commencing 26th September, with CV submissions to DIT on the 30th September. Interviews will take place the week commencing 10th October. Please note that these dates are indicative and may be subject to change. At the interview stage for this role, we will assess your technical/specialist experience, outlined in the above role description, testing your ability through relevant assessments/presentations and ask you questions around Behaviours and Technical skills, which are part of the Civil Service Success Profiles . The technical element within the interview, where you will be asked a series of questions to demonstrate your specific professional skills and knowledge related directly to the job role and context, will assess against these Technical Skills: Availability and capacity management Information security Modern standards approach Programming and build (software engineering) Prototyping Service support Systems design Systems integration User focus You will also be assessed against the Behaviours of: Communicating and Influencing Developing Self and Others Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Offer Stage Appointments may be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences. The salary we will offer is determined using interview performance. Scores at interview translate to proficiency levels and an associated salary. Once a successful candidate has a proficiency level and is part of the capability framework, they will be given opportunities to self-assess to progress through the pay scale within their grade during their time at DIT. For further explanation of proficiency levels and more information about DDaT click here. The Department for International Trade embraces and values diversity in all forms. We welcome and pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has on the work we do, and we promote equality of opportunity throughout the organisation. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Candidates who pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring will be held on a 12-month reserve list for future appointments. Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised. If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. The Department for International Trade embraces and values diversity in all forms. We welcome and pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has on the work we do, and we promote equality of opportunity throughout the organisation. Harmonised terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you. Please note the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role. Any move to the Department for International Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Reasonable adjustment If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact the DDaT Recruitment team before the closing date to discuss your needs. ..... click apply for full job details
Sep 23, 2022
Full time
Contents Location About the job Benefits Things you need to know Apply and further information Location Belfast, Cardiff, Darlington, Edinburgh, London About the job Summary Join a team at the heart of the global economy! We create digital services, data tools and technology for businesses to prosper around the world. Have a look at our video ! Our Digital, Data and Technology team develops and operates tools, services, and platforms that enable the UK government to provide world leading support to businesses in the UK and overseas. Youll get to constantly push boundaries in an environment free of heavy legacy, driven by curiosity, social purpose, diversity of thought, entrepreneurship, and the aspiration to offer an incredible experience to all our users. Find out more on our blog, Digital Trade. Job description As our Lead Site Reliability Engineer, you will lead a team of site reliability engineers who are committed to delivering excellent services and continual improvement. You will drive adaption of best practices and be responsible for managingour platform hosting. You will influence our future hosting strategy, helping to develop the team's roadmap of work and lead the support of several services offerings including CI/CD, Account Management, Containerisation, Network Connectivity, Cloud Cost Optimisation, Service Performance and Availability. Working with development teams to create reusable components, enabling service delivery at pace, you will automate the oversight of systems at scale, covering a hybrid cloud environment, including but not limited to AWS, GovUK PaaS, & Azure. Responsibilities In your day-to-day role, you will: Set the SRE teams technical direction, working with the technology leadership team. Provide technical leadership & guidance to the SRE team through coaching and mentoring. Lead the sharing of knowledge and good practice to develop the teams capability. Identify and lead on modernization initiatives through continuous improvement. Give development teams the tools for their job, including infrastructure, APM, exception, log aggregation, dashboards, and declarative CD/CI pipelines. Collaboratively develop the future hosting strategy. Actively lead the support of service offerings (Account Management, Security, CI/CD, Automation, Containerization, Service Performance & cloud Infrastructure). Ensure security, stability, and capacity are embedded in services deployments. Champion the adoption of emerging technology to automate tasks & deployments. Solve complex issues using root cause analysis, progressing opportunities to improve reliability, security, capability of infrastructure, application, and site services. Essential Skills and Experience Youll have demonstrable skills and experience of: Team leadership: managing workload, coaching, and mentoring technical staff. Setting the direction for technical teams, and liaising with colleagues to establish requirements and identify, propose, initiate work. Identifying good practices, sharing experiences, and championing your team's agenda, acting as the voice of the team. Working with cloud technology and the use of orchestration tools, developing infrastructure as code on top of cloud computing services. Deploying & managing CI/CD pipelines. Identification of process optimization opportunities and leading teams to deliver service improvements. Experience of information security, designing, quality-reviewing and quality-assurance solutions with security controls embedded. Designing and reviewing systems, selecting appropriate design standards, methods and tools and ensure they are applied effectively. Benefits Learning and development tailored to your role An environment with flexible working options A culture encouraging inclusion and diversity A Civil Service pension with an average employer contribution of 27% Things you need to know Security Successful candidates must pass a disclosure and barring security check. Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check . See our vetting charter . People working with government assets must complete basic personnel security standard checks. Selection process details We are closely monitoring the situation regarding the coronavirus, and will be following central Government advice as it is issued. There is therefore a risk that recruitment to this post may be subject to change at short notice. In addition, where appropriate, you may be invited to attend a video interview. Please continue to follow the application process as normal and ensure that you check your emails regularly as all updates from us will be sent to you this way. Assessment and Interview As part of the application process you will be asked to upload a CV which outlines your experience, skills and fit for the role. At the sift stage for this role, Inspire People will assess you against the essential criteria listed above to compile a long list of applications. If you are progressed through to this stage, you will be asked to complete a short, pre-recorded video interview with Inspire People or provide written answers to questions. These applications will then be sifted by DIT hiring managers. Initial sifting will take place the week commencing 26th September, with CV submissions to DIT on the 30th September. Interviews will take place the week commencing 10th October. Please note that these dates are indicative and may be subject to change. At the interview stage for this role, we will assess your technical/specialist experience, outlined in the above role description, testing your ability through relevant assessments/presentations and ask you questions around Behaviours and Technical skills, which are part of the Civil Service Success Profiles . The technical element within the interview, where you will be asked a series of questions to demonstrate your specific professional skills and knowledge related directly to the job role and context, will assess against these Technical Skills: Availability and capacity management Information security Modern standards approach Programming and build (software engineering) Prototyping Service support Systems design Systems integration User focus You will also be assessed against the Behaviours of: Communicating and Influencing Developing Self and Others Changing and Improving Making Effective Decisions Offer Stage Appointments may be made to candidates in merit order based on location preferences. The salary we will offer is determined using interview performance. Scores at interview translate to proficiency levels and an associated salary. Once a successful candidate has a proficiency level and is part of the capability framework, they will be given opportunities to self-assess to progress through the pay scale within their grade during their time at DIT. For further explanation of proficiency levels and more information about DDaT click here. The Department for International Trade embraces and values diversity in all forms. We welcome and pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has on the work we do, and we promote equality of opportunity throughout the organisation. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria. Candidates who pass the bar at interview but are not the highest scoring will be held on a 12-month reserve list for future appointments. Candidates who are judged to be a near miss at interview may be offered a post at the grade below the one advertised. If successful and transferring from another Government Department a criminal record check may be carried out. The Department for International Trade embraces and values diversity in all forms. We welcome and pride ourselves on the positive impact diversity has on the work we do, and we promote equality of opportunity throughout the organisation. Harmonised terms and conditions are attached. Please take time to read the document to determine how these may affect you. Please note the successful candidate will be expected to remain in post for a minimum of 18 months before being released for another role. Any move to the Department for International Trade from another employer will mean you can no longer access childcare vouchers. This includes moves between government departments. You may however be eligible for other government schemes, including Tax Free Childcare. Determine your eligibility at New entrants are expected to join on the minimum of the pay band. Reasonable adjustment If a person with disabilities is put at a substantial disadvantage compared to a non-disabled person, we have a duty to make reasonable changes to our processes. If you need a change to be made so that you can make your application, you should contact the DDaT Recruitment team before the closing date to discuss your needs. ..... click apply for full job details
Are you looking for an opportunity as a Test Analyst to join a well-established team, with the opportunity for development and career progression? What you will be doing: To provide enhanced coordination and comprehensive testing and analytical skills, whether as part of a testing project, within a managed testing service, or as part of a development project for both functional and non-functional testing. The role may entail team leading and providing advice and guidance on process and good practises to own or other teams. Also provides guidance on testing best practice to other teams. Deliver work to agreed estimates and timescales. Mentor and coordinate the test team. To apply Sopra Steria Testing Processes using Sopra Steria RightTestingTM or client processes (as appropriate). Provide breadth of domain knowledge to support delivery in all areas of testing. Produce a Test Strategy for simple or moderate testing requirements, utilising a risk-based approach. Produce and review Test Plans for simple or moderate testing requirements, in line with the Test Strategy. Develop high level Test Cases (scenarios) and Test Scripts, including expected results, for simple or moderate requirements in line with the Test Strategy. Create and manage test data and specify testing environments for more complex requirements. To support and execute all levels of testing by actively co-ordinating other parties involved in the project and to document and verify test results. To raise, record and monitor details of incidents encountered during testing. Produce metrics on tests executed and incidents raised and proactively facilitate the resolution of errors. To use testing tools, as required and assist with tool evaluation as appropriate. Produce Test Review Reports for simple or moderate testing requirements and ensure best practice information is captured for continuous improvement. Carry out impact analysis of change requests or changing priorities and implement change control and configuration management as appropriate. Undertake estimating for testing activities. To report own and team's progress and issues in a timely manner as defined in the Test Strategy and the agreed team organisation. Escalate issues that might impact on quality or the ability to complete tests according to plan, and to proactively seek appropriate solutions. Carry out and control audits of test plans, scripts and results and support test executions if required by the test strategy. To aid enhancement of knowledge within the team by mentoring and sharing knowledge and best practices. What you'll bring: At an advanced level able to articulate and demonstrate a good understanding of: Test Management: Responsibilities for the Test Analyst Improving The Testing Process Test Techniques Testing Software Quality Characteristics Reviews Defect Management Test Tools And Automation People Skills - Team Composition Has demonstrable in-depth experience in using common business technology (for example, MS Office suite of tools) Has demonstrable in-depth experience of using business technology within a specific domain; including at least one of the following: applications, infrastructure, security, networks Able to produce a wide range of test deliverables in-line with applicable standards. International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Foundation Level Certification International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Test Analyst Advanced Level Certification Certification of one or more of the programmes listed below: Any - HP ExpertOne Programme Certification ALM QTP Loadrunner Any - Oracle Certified Professional Any - SAP Certified Application Associate Any - Microsoft Certified Professional Demonstrable experience of working as a Senior Test Analyst within large / complex solutions integration programmes / projects Demonstrable knowledge and experience using three or more software engineering tools, techniques, methods, at an advanced level, in accordance with recognised standards, specifically: SQL (for example; production of complex scripts to query a relational database) MS Excel (for example; construction of macros to support production of complex dataset queries and builds) PL/SQL, C, VB, or Java (for example; construction of complex procedures and functions to administrate, or drive applications and tools) HP ALM, HP QC (for example; configuration and full lifecycle management of a test suite It would be great if you had: International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Technical Test Analyst Advanced Level Certification International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Test Manager Advanced Level Certification PRINCE 2 Foundation Team Leadership within a testing team Good knowledge of the latest developments and future strategy for their technology area, and an awareness of its application within past and present Sopra Steria engagements Employment Type - Full Time, Permanent Location - Cheltenham (on-site) Security Clearance Level - DV Internal Recruiter - Lee Brown Salary - £45-£48k Benefits - 25 days holiday with the option to buy/sell days, Pension, 4 x Life Assurance and 3% flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets. Our technical specialists deploy systems running many of the major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and multiple Linux distros. We also provide Messaging and Collaboration systems and support, Application packaging and deployment, along with supporting Infrastructure and Cloud services and support. Our time can be split between our services and project work, so we have the chance to be multi-disciplined and access to a range of technologies. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
Sep 21, 2022
Full time
Are you looking for an opportunity as a Test Analyst to join a well-established team, with the opportunity for development and career progression? What you will be doing: To provide enhanced coordination and comprehensive testing and analytical skills, whether as part of a testing project, within a managed testing service, or as part of a development project for both functional and non-functional testing. The role may entail team leading and providing advice and guidance on process and good practises to own or other teams. Also provides guidance on testing best practice to other teams. Deliver work to agreed estimates and timescales. Mentor and coordinate the test team. To apply Sopra Steria Testing Processes using Sopra Steria RightTestingTM or client processes (as appropriate). Provide breadth of domain knowledge to support delivery in all areas of testing. Produce a Test Strategy for simple or moderate testing requirements, utilising a risk-based approach. Produce and review Test Plans for simple or moderate testing requirements, in line with the Test Strategy. Develop high level Test Cases (scenarios) and Test Scripts, including expected results, for simple or moderate requirements in line with the Test Strategy. Create and manage test data and specify testing environments for more complex requirements. To support and execute all levels of testing by actively co-ordinating other parties involved in the project and to document and verify test results. To raise, record and monitor details of incidents encountered during testing. Produce metrics on tests executed and incidents raised and proactively facilitate the resolution of errors. To use testing tools, as required and assist with tool evaluation as appropriate. Produce Test Review Reports for simple or moderate testing requirements and ensure best practice information is captured for continuous improvement. Carry out impact analysis of change requests or changing priorities and implement change control and configuration management as appropriate. Undertake estimating for testing activities. To report own and team's progress and issues in a timely manner as defined in the Test Strategy and the agreed team organisation. Escalate issues that might impact on quality or the ability to complete tests according to plan, and to proactively seek appropriate solutions. Carry out and control audits of test plans, scripts and results and support test executions if required by the test strategy. To aid enhancement of knowledge within the team by mentoring and sharing knowledge and best practices. What you'll bring: At an advanced level able to articulate and demonstrate a good understanding of: Test Management: Responsibilities for the Test Analyst Improving The Testing Process Test Techniques Testing Software Quality Characteristics Reviews Defect Management Test Tools And Automation People Skills - Team Composition Has demonstrable in-depth experience in using common business technology (for example, MS Office suite of tools) Has demonstrable in-depth experience of using business technology within a specific domain; including at least one of the following: applications, infrastructure, security, networks Able to produce a wide range of test deliverables in-line with applicable standards. International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Foundation Level Certification International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Test Analyst Advanced Level Certification Certification of one or more of the programmes listed below: Any - HP ExpertOne Programme Certification ALM QTP Loadrunner Any - Oracle Certified Professional Any - SAP Certified Application Associate Any - Microsoft Certified Professional Demonstrable experience of working as a Senior Test Analyst within large / complex solutions integration programmes / projects Demonstrable knowledge and experience using three or more software engineering tools, techniques, methods, at an advanced level, in accordance with recognised standards, specifically: SQL (for example; production of complex scripts to query a relational database) MS Excel (for example; construction of macros to support production of complex dataset queries and builds) PL/SQL, C, VB, or Java (for example; construction of complex procedures and functions to administrate, or drive applications and tools) HP ALM, HP QC (for example; configuration and full lifecycle management of a test suite It would be great if you had: International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Technical Test Analyst Advanced Level Certification International Software Testing Qualifications Board (ISTQB) Test Manager Advanced Level Certification PRINCE 2 Foundation Team Leadership within a testing team Good knowledge of the latest developments and future strategy for their technology area, and an awareness of its application within past and present Sopra Steria engagements Employment Type - Full Time, Permanent Location - Cheltenham (on-site) Security Clearance Level - DV Internal Recruiter - Lee Brown Salary - £45-£48k Benefits - 25 days holiday with the option to buy/sell days, Pension, 4 x Life Assurance and 3% flexible benefits fund Although this role is advertised as full-time, we believe that flexibility at work can promote work/life balance, increase your motivation, reduce stress and improve performance and productivity. We support different ways of working and can offer a range of flexible working arrangements. So, if you're interested and need to work flexibly, we encourage you to apply and talk to us about what might be possible. Loved reading about this job and want to know more about our company? Sopra Steria's Aerospace, Defence and Security business designs, develops and deploys digital solutions to Central Government clients. The work we do makes a real difference to the client's goal of National Security, and we operate in a unique and privileged environment. We are given time for professional development activities, and we coach and mentor our colleagues, sharing knowledge and learning from each other. We foster a culture in which employees feel valued and supported and have pride in their work for the customer, delivering outstanding rates of customer satisfaction in the UK's most complex safety- and security-critical markets. Our technical specialists deploy systems running many of the major operating systems such as Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, and multiple Linux distros. We also provide Messaging and Collaboration systems and support, Application packaging and deployment, along with supporting Infrastructure and Cloud services and support. Our time can be split between our services and project work, so we have the chance to be multi-disciplined and access to a range of technologies. We embrace difference as a source of creativity, innovation and competitive advantage and are striving to become a more diverse organisation. We welcome applications from people with a diverse variety of backgrounds and identities. We are committed to equality of opportunity for all and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation or marital status. We have partnered with Vercida , the UK's largest diversity and inclusion focused careers site, where all our vacancies are available in an accessible format. If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, to enable you to perform to the best of your ability, please let us know when completing your application. We participate in the Disability Confident scheme and are committed to offering an interview to any candidate with a disability, who meets the minimum criteria for the role. If you believe this could apply to you, please let us know when completing your application.
Automated Test Developer - EY's Innovation Hive About our team It is our mission to transform the working lives of finance and tax professionals. We are responsible for the innovation and development of human-centric products within EY. Our approach is to prototype ideas, get feedback from our customers and scale the very best ideas. At the heart of our business is our people. Good people, supported by good internal practice, are the building blocks for making the impossible possible. We are looking for an Intermediate Automated Test Developer with a focus on automation that will help support us to build and release engaging, innovative applications, and bring them to market quickly. What you will do: Collaborate with developers, designers, analysts and product managers to ensure that quality is integrated into every stage of the development process. Engage in a wider quality assurance team to help improve quality across the whole of the Innovation Hive, supporting the introduction of new tools and working practices to improve testing and reduce time to delivery. Support the Quality Assurance Manager to help develop and maintain the automation test framework being used across the Innovation Hive. Work with other members of the Innovation Hive to help promote and drive the importance of testing as part of the software development lifecycle. Help build the knowledge base within the QA team to include other areas of testing such as performance testing, security testing, etc. You are: Curious - you like to understand why things are done the way they are, and how they could be continuously improved. Collaborative - you work well with others to develop a stronger outcome than achieved individually. You seize learning and knowledge sharing opportunities. Empathetic - you take the time to understand what drives other team members, what motivates them and how to achieve mutual objectives. Humble - you actively seek feedback and feel comfortable providing it to others. You are not overly influenced by organisational hierarchy. Reflective - you are comfortable re-evaluating your view when presented with contrasting facts and your opinions. Energetic - you are excited by what you do and you bring an enthusiasm to your job. Agile - you live and breathe agile development as a philosophy that guides your actions, but not as a process to rigidly follow, showing the ability to adapt and thrive in a constantly changing environment. What you definitely need: We are interested to hear from people with the right attitude for the job! That's naturally entrepreneurial people that feed on the energy of a thriving team. You'll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication skills. If you've got big ideas, as well as the confidence to voice them, this role is for you. To qualify for the role you must have: A work attitude that is curious, collaborative, empathetic, humble, reflective, energetic, and agile (see above). Proven experience working within an automated testing environment and hands on experience developing and implementing automated testing frameworks. Proven experience writing test scenarios and determining effective and efficient ways of testing applications. Experience with automated testing and BDD tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Serenity BDD, etc. A pragmatic approach to quality with f lexibility in approach, willingness to adapt quickly and initiative when working in unstructured environments with limited supervision. Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes. A high level of drive and commitment to delivering high quality work. A structured approach to problem solving. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process, as well as supporting quality assurance as part of DevOps practices within the team.
Feb 04, 2022
Full time
Automated Test Developer - EY's Innovation Hive About our team It is our mission to transform the working lives of finance and tax professionals. We are responsible for the innovation and development of human-centric products within EY. Our approach is to prototype ideas, get feedback from our customers and scale the very best ideas. At the heart of our business is our people. Good people, supported by good internal practice, are the building blocks for making the impossible possible. We are looking for an Intermediate Automated Test Developer with a focus on automation that will help support us to build and release engaging, innovative applications, and bring them to market quickly. What you will do: Collaborate with developers, designers, analysts and product managers to ensure that quality is integrated into every stage of the development process. Engage in a wider quality assurance team to help improve quality across the whole of the Innovation Hive, supporting the introduction of new tools and working practices to improve testing and reduce time to delivery. Support the Quality Assurance Manager to help develop and maintain the automation test framework being used across the Innovation Hive. Work with other members of the Innovation Hive to help promote and drive the importance of testing as part of the software development lifecycle. Help build the knowledge base within the QA team to include other areas of testing such as performance testing, security testing, etc. You are: Curious - you like to understand why things are done the way they are, and how they could be continuously improved. Collaborative - you work well with others to develop a stronger outcome than achieved individually. You seize learning and knowledge sharing opportunities. Empathetic - you take the time to understand what drives other team members, what motivates them and how to achieve mutual objectives. Humble - you actively seek feedback and feel comfortable providing it to others. You are not overly influenced by organisational hierarchy. Reflective - you are comfortable re-evaluating your view when presented with contrasting facts and your opinions. Energetic - you are excited by what you do and you bring an enthusiasm to your job. Agile - you live and breathe agile development as a philosophy that guides your actions, but not as a process to rigidly follow, showing the ability to adapt and thrive in a constantly changing environment. What you definitely need: We are interested to hear from people with the right attitude for the job! That's naturally entrepreneurial people that feed on the energy of a thriving team. You'll need a balance of technical and analytical skills, a creative approach to work and strong communication skills. If you've got big ideas, as well as the confidence to voice them, this role is for you. To qualify for the role you must have: A work attitude that is curious, collaborative, empathetic, humble, reflective, energetic, and agile (see above). Proven experience working within an automated testing environment and hands on experience developing and implementing automated testing frameworks. Proven experience writing test scenarios and determining effective and efficient ways of testing applications. Experience with automated testing and BDD tools such as Selenium, Cucumber, Serenity BDD, etc. A pragmatic approach to quality with f lexibility in approach, willingness to adapt quickly and initiative when working in unstructured environments with limited supervision. Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools and processes. A high level of drive and commitment to delivering high quality work. A structured approach to problem solving. Experience working in an Agile/Scrum development process, as well as supporting quality assurance as part of DevOps practices within the team.
We are searching for an eCommerce Test Analyst to join a rapidly expanding global retailer. You can work in a fast paced, agile environment where you would collaborate with key stakeholders, ensuring optimum functionality across the eCommerce and Marketing platforms.
ROLE: Test Analyst
Salary: £25,000 - £32,000 dependent on experience (incremental salary, 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays, pension scheme (rises with length of service), death in service, long service reward, paternity, maternity and adoption pay, bike to work scheme and sick pay)
Location: Tamworth, West Midlands commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Derby, Burton-upon-Trent, Tamworth, Sutton Coldfield, Nuneaton, Hinckley, Lichfield, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Solihull, Walsall, Cannock, Stafford, Loughborough
In this role you will interpret business requirements while confirming testability. The Test Analyst will create test conditions and test scripts while using your initiative to capture missed requirements through test life cycles. The Test Analyst will also manage relationships with third party suppliers, coordinating integrated testing activity to ensure optimum quality assurance.
Test Analyst key Responsibilities:
*Review user stories and acceptance criteria, feedback to business analysts capturing missed requirements
*Create test conditions, test scripts and test cycles
*Create relevant documentation and deliverables for each release cycle (coverage and test data matrices)
*Co-ordinate, prioritise and execute the UAT test scripts / cycles per release
*Liaise and assist the test manager in UAT tasks
*Identify, create and prioritise UAT defects for both test and production environments
*Manage the relationship with third party suppliers to co-ordinate testing in the integrated test environment
*Participating in early morning website deployment testing when required
The ideal UAT Test Analyst will have proven experience in the following:
*Adaptable to a changing environment with a can-do attitude
*Ability to build trust enabling the management and influencing of stakeholders at all levels
*Experience of task management tools such as Wiki, Confluence, JIRA, Zephyr
*Experience of managing suppliers
*Experience of full end to end test life cycle development (business user stories, SME review, peer review, creating test documents, creating test scripts and cycles, raising and retesting defects)
The ideal UAT Test Analyst desirable skills:
*Experience of working across eCommerce teams and dealing with multiple stakeholders
*Experience of working using AGILE methodology
*Experience of working across multichannel software
*Experience of delivering projects involving Omni channel ecommerce, web and mobile platforms is desirable
Big Red are recruiting for this role exclusively and have interview dates booked. If you would like to know more about this vacancy please call (Apply online only) and ask for Dominic Savolainen.
Keywords: test analyst, QA tester, QA analyst, eCommerce, Test, IT, JIRA, automation, test scripts, QA, UAT, regression testing, front end, back end, user journey, business analyst, multichannel, omnichannel, agile, UAT, defect, graduate
Oct 29, 2018
We are searching for an eCommerce Test Analyst to join a rapidly expanding global retailer. You can work in a fast paced, agile environment where you would collaborate with key stakeholders, ensuring optimum functionality across the eCommerce and Marketing platforms.
ROLE: Test Analyst
Salary: £25,000 - £32,000 dependent on experience (incremental salary, 5 weeks holiday + bank holidays, pension scheme (rises with length of service), death in service, long service reward, paternity, maternity and adoption pay, bike to work scheme and sick pay)
Location: Tamworth, West Midlands commutable from Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Derby, Burton-upon-Trent, Tamworth, Sutton Coldfield, Nuneaton, Hinckley, Lichfield, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Solihull, Walsall, Cannock, Stafford, Loughborough
In this role you will interpret business requirements while confirming testability. The Test Analyst will create test conditions and test scripts while using your initiative to capture missed requirements through test life cycles. The Test Analyst will also manage relationships with third party suppliers, coordinating integrated testing activity to ensure optimum quality assurance.
Test Analyst key Responsibilities:
*Review user stories and acceptance criteria, feedback to business analysts capturing missed requirements
*Create test conditions, test scripts and test cycles
*Create relevant documentation and deliverables for each release cycle (coverage and test data matrices)
*Co-ordinate, prioritise and execute the UAT test scripts / cycles per release
*Liaise and assist the test manager in UAT tasks
*Identify, create and prioritise UAT defects for both test and production environments
*Manage the relationship with third party suppliers to co-ordinate testing in the integrated test environment
*Participating in early morning website deployment testing when required
The ideal UAT Test Analyst will have proven experience in the following:
*Adaptable to a changing environment with a can-do attitude
*Ability to build trust enabling the management and influencing of stakeholders at all levels
*Experience of task management tools such as Wiki, Confluence, JIRA, Zephyr
*Experience of managing suppliers
*Experience of full end to end test life cycle development (business user stories, SME review, peer review, creating test documents, creating test scripts and cycles, raising and retesting defects)
The ideal UAT Test Analyst desirable skills:
*Experience of working across eCommerce teams and dealing with multiple stakeholders
*Experience of working using AGILE methodology
*Experience of working across multichannel software
*Experience of delivering projects involving Omni channel ecommerce, web and mobile platforms is desirable
Big Red are recruiting for this role exclusively and have interview dates booked. If you would like to know more about this vacancy please call (Apply online only) and ask for Dominic Savolainen.
Keywords: test analyst, QA tester, QA analyst, eCommerce, Test, IT, JIRA, automation, test scripts, QA, UAT, regression testing, front end, back end, user journey, business analyst, multichannel, omnichannel, agile, UAT, defect, graduate
Job Type: Permanent
The Position:
The Senior Software Test Analyst position is based in Basingstoke. The role requires validating that applications conform to their specifications and correctly performs all required functions, as per product release, configuration and customer requirement documents. The Software Test Analyst will be responsible for test case / script preparation and test script execution activities for various client applications. To do this successfully you will need at least 3 to 5 years testing experience.
Senior Test Analyst
Person Specification:
The right candidate should have knowledge of structured testing methodologies with an extensive and in-depth knowledge of testing techniques including, but not limited to system integration, regression, load, stress and acceptance testing. They should also have experience in writing test specifications, and test scripts. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of several test tools including Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager. They would be expected to have knowledge of test automation, preferably Coded UI, Selenium, SOAP/REST UI and JMeter.
Applicants for the Senior Software Test Analyst position should have strong skills in identifying and solving problems. They must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills at all levels as well as the ability to produce accurate test results and management reports. The ideal candidate should be an excellent team player with an ability to work independently when required.
Previous Experience/Education:
• The ideal candidate should have at least 3-5 years of previous software testing experience.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, and ideally Agile/SCRUM methodology
• Exposure to Microsoft technologies.
• Have experience of health sector and decision support software
• Ability to adapt to a wide variety of situations.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
• ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
• They should be a Degree holder in Information Technology or a related discipline.
Senior Test Analyst
Role Function:
• Work closely with developers to support test driven development practices in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Transforming user requirements into test artifacts, including test planning, test execution (both manual and automated) and test reporting.
• Test case / script preparation and test script execution to deliver testing capabilities for a specific project.
• Liaising with end users with regards to defect queries as well as supporting customers during UAT
• Accountable for quality assurance of testing deliverables
Skills Required:
• Software Test Analysis experience is essential
• An ability to meet project deadlines.
• Effective planning and estimation skills
• Quality Assurance skills
• An ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team and be focused.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Accomplished communicator (possessing excellent oral and written) communication skills
Sep 09, 2016
Job Type: Permanent
The Position:
The Senior Software Test Analyst position is based in Basingstoke. The role requires validating that applications conform to their specifications and correctly performs all required functions, as per product release, configuration and customer requirement documents. The Software Test Analyst will be responsible for test case / script preparation and test script execution activities for various client applications. To do this successfully you will need at least 3 to 5 years testing experience.
Senior Test Analyst
Person Specification:
The right candidate should have knowledge of structured testing methodologies with an extensive and in-depth knowledge of testing techniques including, but not limited to system integration, regression, load, stress and acceptance testing. They should also have experience in writing test specifications, and test scripts. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of several test tools including Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager. They would be expected to have knowledge of test automation, preferably Coded UI, Selenium, SOAP/REST UI and JMeter.
Applicants for the Senior Software Test Analyst position should have strong skills in identifying and solving problems. They must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills at all levels as well as the ability to produce accurate test results and management reports. The ideal candidate should be an excellent team player with an ability to work independently when required.
Previous Experience/Education:
• The ideal candidate should have at least 3-5 years of previous software testing experience.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, and ideally Agile/SCRUM methodology
• Exposure to Microsoft technologies.
• Have experience of health sector and decision support software
• Ability to adapt to a wide variety of situations.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
• ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
• They should be a Degree holder in Information Technology or a related discipline.
Senior Test Analyst
Role Function:
• Work closely with developers to support test driven development practices in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Transforming user requirements into test artifacts, including test planning, test execution (both manual and automated) and test reporting.
• Test case / script preparation and test script execution to deliver testing capabilities for a specific project.
• Liaising with end users with regards to defect queries as well as supporting customers during UAT
• Accountable for quality assurance of testing deliverables
Skills Required:
• Software Test Analysis experience is essential
• An ability to meet project deadlines.
• Effective planning and estimation skills
• Quality Assurance skills
• An ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team and be focused.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Accomplished communicator (possessing excellent oral and written) communication skills
C.A.M.E.O
Company: who will I be working for?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented Quality Assurance Analyst to join an established, forward-thinking organisation based in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which will see the successful person make significant contributions towards the new development and enhancement of the company's flagship products. The Quality Assurance Analyst will work with a Senior QA Tester and adhere to established procedures for quality assurance, assisting with the design and implementation of a test processes and procedures.
Action: what will I be doing?
* Ensuring all defects are accounted for on the release of a new build
* Aiming to automate all manually driven test plans
* Building a full test environment to replicate system and process lifecycles for multiple products
* Developing and managing a full plan and associated documentation across multiple software products
* Troubleshooting issues, working with technical resources as required
* Assisting with the writing, monitoring, execution and evaluation of application tests
* Using industry standard automated testing tools by helping to set up data, tools and databases to support integrated test environments
* Troubleshooting defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes
* Ensuring all defects are managed to ensure a consistent, documented process is used and followed
* Conducting root cause analysis of identified defects, providing development/QA and management teams with sufficient details to understand, replicate and resolve the defect. Maintaining well organised records of test results and generate historical analysis of test results. Clarifying reproduction steps identified by the technical team
* Helping to maintain automated and manual test scripts
* Assisting in the conversion and automation of all manual test scripts and plans in order to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements, compare and validate data results from testing and other quality assurance considerations
* Assisting members of the QA staff with various automation related challenges and coordinating with the rollout of automated environment application upgrades
* Working with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and the QA automated testing environments
* Working with current development team and QA team to streamline a process of how changing the software will affect any test scripts written
* Working closely with the development staff to ensure issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Measure: the skills I need…
Essential
* Experience with industry standard automated testing tools
* Experience testing web and reporting services applications preferably in a .NET environment
* A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
* A high level of technical, written literacy
* An understanding of the software development cycle
* Good working knowledge of MS Windows including MS Office
* Good working knowledge of Visual Studio - ideal Visual Studio Online
Desirable
* Degree educated in a programming related subject
* At least 3 years of experience designing and developing automated test scenarios
* An understanding of software workflow solutions
* Knowledge of Windows Server
* Knowledge of MS Test Manager
* Knowledge of Coded UI
Emotion: how will I feel working here?
Challenged and motivated! This is a great company to be part of and a progressive team environment. There is a kitchen fully stocked with teas, coffees and fresh fruit!
Opportunity: what's in it for me?
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, some travel and overnights stays will be required. You must have a car suitable for business travel, as well as a valid passport. Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience, contributory pension scheme or salary equivalent (after 6 months) and 25 days paid holiday.
Call Hannah Nicholls to discuss further - "I look forward to hearing from you
Sep 09, 2016
C.A.M.E.O
Company: who will I be working for?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented Quality Assurance Analyst to join an established, forward-thinking organisation based in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which will see the successful person make significant contributions towards the new development and enhancement of the company's flagship products. The Quality Assurance Analyst will work with a Senior QA Tester and adhere to established procedures for quality assurance, assisting with the design and implementation of a test processes and procedures.
Action: what will I be doing?
* Ensuring all defects are accounted for on the release of a new build
* Aiming to automate all manually driven test plans
* Building a full test environment to replicate system and process lifecycles for multiple products
* Developing and managing a full plan and associated documentation across multiple software products
* Troubleshooting issues, working with technical resources as required
* Assisting with the writing, monitoring, execution and evaluation of application tests
* Using industry standard automated testing tools by helping to set up data, tools and databases to support integrated test environments
* Troubleshooting defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes
* Ensuring all defects are managed to ensure a consistent, documented process is used and followed
* Conducting root cause analysis of identified defects, providing development/QA and management teams with sufficient details to understand, replicate and resolve the defect. Maintaining well organised records of test results and generate historical analysis of test results. Clarifying reproduction steps identified by the technical team
* Helping to maintain automated and manual test scripts
* Assisting in the conversion and automation of all manual test scripts and plans in order to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements, compare and validate data results from testing and other quality assurance considerations
* Assisting members of the QA staff with various automation related challenges and coordinating with the rollout of automated environment application upgrades
* Working with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and the QA automated testing environments
* Working with current development team and QA team to streamline a process of how changing the software will affect any test scripts written
* Working closely with the development staff to ensure issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Measure: the skills I need…
Essential
* Experience with industry standard automated testing tools
* Experience testing web and reporting services applications preferably in a .NET environment
* A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
* A high level of technical, written literacy
* An understanding of the software development cycle
* Good working knowledge of MS Windows including MS Office
* Good working knowledge of Visual Studio - ideal Visual Studio Online
Desirable
* Degree educated in a programming related subject
* At least 3 years of experience designing and developing automated test scenarios
* An understanding of software workflow solutions
* Knowledge of Windows Server
* Knowledge of MS Test Manager
* Knowledge of Coded UI
Emotion: how will I feel working here?
Challenged and motivated! This is a great company to be part of and a progressive team environment. There is a kitchen fully stocked with teas, coffees and fresh fruit!
Opportunity: what's in it for me?
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, some travel and overnights stays will be required. You must have a car suitable for business travel, as well as a valid passport. Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience, contributory pension scheme or salary equivalent (after 6 months) and 25 days paid holiday.
Call Hannah Nicholls to discuss further - "I look forward to hearing from you
C.A.M.E.O
Company: who will I be working for?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented Quality Assurance Analyst to join an established, forward-thinking organisation based in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which will see the successful person make significant contributions towards the new development and enhancement of the company's flagship products. The Quality Assurance Analyst will work with a Senior QA Tester and adhere to established procedures for quality assurance, assisting with the design and implementation of a test processes and procedures.
Action: what will I be doing?
* Ensuring all defects are accounted for on the release of a new build
* Aiming to automate all manually driven test plans
* Building a full test environment to replicate system and process lifecycles for multiple products
* Developing and managing a full plan and associated documentation across multiple software products
* Troubleshooting issues, working with technical resources as required
* Assisting with the writing, monitoring, execution and evaluation of application tests
* Using industry standard automated testing tools by helping to set up data, tools and databases to support integrated test environments
* Troubleshooting defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes
* Ensuring all defects are managed to ensure a consistent, documented process is used and followed
* Conducting root cause analysis of identified defects, providing development/QA and management teams with sufficient details to understand, replicate and resolve the defect. Maintaining well organised records of test results and generate historical analysis of test results. Clarifying reproduction steps identified by the technical team
* Helping to maintain automated and manual test scripts
* Assisting in the conversion and automation of all manual test scripts and plans in order to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements, compare and validate data results from testing and other quality assurance considerations
* Assisting members of the QA staff with various automation related challenges and coordinating with the rollout of automated environment application upgrades
* Working with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and the QA automated testing environments
* Working with current development team and QA team to streamline a process of how changing the software will affect any test scripts written
* Working closely with the development staff to ensure issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Measure: the skills I need…
Essential
* Experience with industry standard automated testing tools
* Experience testing web and reporting services applications preferably in a .NET environment
* A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
* A high level of technical, written literacy
* An understanding of the software development cycle
* Good working knowledge of MS Windows including MS Office
* Good working knowledge of Visual Studio - ideal Visual Studio Online
Desirable
* Degree educated in a programming related subject
* At least 3 years of experience designing and developing automated test scenarios
* An understanding of software workflow solutions
* Knowledge of Windows Server
* Knowledge of MS Test Manager
* Knowledge of Coded UI
Emotion: how will I feel working here?
Challenged and motivated! This is a great company to be part of and a progressive team environment. There is a kitchen fully stocked with teas, coffees and fresh fruit!
Opportunity: what's in it for me?
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, some travel and overnights stays will be required. You must have a car suitable for business travel, as well as a valid passport. Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience, contributory pension scheme or salary equivalent (after 6 months) and 25 days paid holiday.
Call Hannah Nicholls to discuss further - "I look forward to hearing from you
Sep 09, 2016
C.A.M.E.O
Company: who will I be working for?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented Quality Assurance Analyst to join an established, forward-thinking organisation based in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which will see the successful person make significant contributions towards the new development and enhancement of the company's flagship products. The Quality Assurance Analyst will work with a Senior QA Tester and adhere to established procedures for quality assurance, assisting with the design and implementation of a test processes and procedures.
Action: what will I be doing?
* Ensuring all defects are accounted for on the release of a new build
* Aiming to automate all manually driven test plans
* Building a full test environment to replicate system and process lifecycles for multiple products
* Developing and managing a full plan and associated documentation across multiple software products
* Troubleshooting issues, working with technical resources as required
* Assisting with the writing, monitoring, execution and evaluation of application tests
* Using industry standard automated testing tools by helping to set up data, tools and databases to support integrated test environments
* Troubleshooting defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes
* Ensuring all defects are managed to ensure a consistent, documented process is used and followed
* Conducting root cause analysis of identified defects, providing development/QA and management teams with sufficient details to understand, replicate and resolve the defect. Maintaining well organised records of test results and generate historical analysis of test results. Clarifying reproduction steps identified by the technical team
* Helping to maintain automated and manual test scripts
* Assisting in the conversion and automation of all manual test scripts and plans in order to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements, compare and validate data results from testing and other quality assurance considerations
* Assisting members of the QA staff with various automation related challenges and coordinating with the rollout of automated environment application upgrades
* Working with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and the QA automated testing environments
* Working with current development team and QA team to streamline a process of how changing the software will affect any test scripts written
* Working closely with the development staff to ensure issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Measure: the skills I need…
Essential
* Experience with industry standard automated testing tools
* Experience testing web and reporting services applications preferably in a .NET environment
* A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
* A high level of technical, written literacy
* An understanding of the software development cycle
* Good working knowledge of MS Windows including MS Office
* Good working knowledge of Visual Studio - ideal Visual Studio Online
Desirable
* Degree educated in a programming related subject
* At least 3 years of experience designing and developing automated test scenarios
* An understanding of software workflow solutions
* Knowledge of Windows Server
* Knowledge of MS Test Manager
* Knowledge of Coded UI
Emotion: how will I feel working here?
Challenged and motivated! This is a great company to be part of and a progressive team environment. There is a kitchen fully stocked with teas, coffees and fresh fruit!
Opportunity: what's in it for me?
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, some travel and overnights stays will be required. You must have a car suitable for business travel, as well as a valid passport. Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience, contributory pension scheme or salary equivalent (after 6 months) and 25 days paid holiday.
Call Hannah Nicholls to discuss further - "I look forward to hearing from you
Job Type: Permanent
The Position:
The Senior Software Test Analyst position is based in Basingstoke. The role requires validating that applications conform to their specifications and correctly performs all required functions, as per product release, configuration and customer requirement documents. The Software Test Analyst will be responsible for test case / script preparation and test script execution activities for various client applications. To do this successfully you will need at least 3 to 5 years testing experience.
Senior Test Analyst
Person Specification:
The right candidate should have knowledge of structured testing methodologies with an extensive and in-depth knowledge of testing techniques including, but not limited to system integration, regression, load, stress and acceptance testing. They should also have experience in writing test specifications, and test scripts. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of several test tools including Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager. They would be expected to have knowledge of test automation, preferably Coded UI, Selenium, SOAP/REST UI and JMeter.
Applicants for the Senior Software Test Analyst position should have strong skills in identifying and solving problems. They must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills at all levels as well as the ability to produce accurate test results and management reports. The ideal candidate should be an excellent team player with an ability to work independently when required.
Previous Experience/Education:
• The ideal candidate should have at least 3-5 years of previous software testing experience.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, and ideally Agile/SCRUM methodology
• Exposure to Microsoft technologies.
• Have experience of health sector and decision support software
• Ability to adapt to a wide variety of situations.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
• ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
• They should be a Degree holder in Information Technology or a related discipline.
Senior Test Analyst
Role Function:
• Work closely with developers to support test driven development practices in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Transforming user requirements into test artifacts, including test planning, test execution (both manual and automated) and test reporting.
• Test case / script preparation and test script execution to deliver testing capabilities for a specific project.
• Liaising with end users with regards to defect queries as well as supporting customers during UAT
• Accountable for quality assurance of testing deliverables
Skills Required:
• Software Test Analysis experience is essential
• An ability to meet project deadlines.
• Effective planning and estimation skills
• Quality Assurance skills
• An ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team and be focused.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Accomplished communicator (possessing excellent oral and written) communication skills
Sep 09, 2016
Job Type: Permanent
The Position:
The Senior Software Test Analyst position is based in Basingstoke. The role requires validating that applications conform to their specifications and correctly performs all required functions, as per product release, configuration and customer requirement documents. The Software Test Analyst will be responsible for test case / script preparation and test script execution activities for various client applications. To do this successfully you will need at least 3 to 5 years testing experience.
Senior Test Analyst
Person Specification:
The right candidate should have knowledge of structured testing methodologies with an extensive and in-depth knowledge of testing techniques including, but not limited to system integration, regression, load, stress and acceptance testing. They should also have experience in writing test specifications, and test scripts. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of several test tools including Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager. They would be expected to have knowledge of test automation, preferably Coded UI, Selenium, SOAP/REST UI and JMeter.
Applicants for the Senior Software Test Analyst position should have strong skills in identifying and solving problems. They must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills at all levels as well as the ability to produce accurate test results and management reports. The ideal candidate should be an excellent team player with an ability to work independently when required.
Previous Experience/Education:
• The ideal candidate should have at least 3-5 years of previous software testing experience.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, and ideally Agile/SCRUM methodology
• Exposure to Microsoft technologies.
• Have experience of health sector and decision support software
• Ability to adapt to a wide variety of situations.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
• ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
• They should be a Degree holder in Information Technology or a related discipline.
Senior Test Analyst
Role Function:
• Work closely with developers to support test driven development practices in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Transforming user requirements into test artifacts, including test planning, test execution (both manual and automated) and test reporting.
• Test case / script preparation and test script execution to deliver testing capabilities for a specific project.
• Liaising with end users with regards to defect queries as well as supporting customers during UAT
• Accountable for quality assurance of testing deliverables
Skills Required:
• Software Test Analysis experience is essential
• An ability to meet project deadlines.
• Effective planning and estimation skills
• Quality Assurance skills
• An ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team and be focused.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Accomplished communicator (possessing excellent oral and written) communication skills
C.A.M.E.O
Company: who will I be working for?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented Quality Assurance Analyst to join an established, forward-thinking organisation based in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which will see the successful person make significant contributions towards the new development and enhancement of the company's flagship products. The Quality Assurance Analyst will work with a Senior QA Tester and adhere to established procedures for quality assurance, assisting with the design and implementation of a test processes and procedures.
Action: what will I be doing?
* Ensuring all defects are accounted for on the release of a new build
* Aiming to automate all manually driven test plans
* Building a full test environment to replicate system and process lifecycles for multiple products
* Developing and managing a full plan and associated documentation across multiple software products
* Troubleshooting issues, working with technical resources as required
* Assisting with the writing, monitoring, execution and evaluation of application tests
* Using industry standard automated testing tools by helping to set up data, tools and databases to support integrated test environments
* Troubleshooting defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes
* Ensuring all defects are managed to ensure a consistent, documented process is used and followed
* Conducting root cause analysis of identified defects, providing development/QA and management teams with sufficient details to understand, replicate and resolve the defect. Maintaining well organised records of test results and generate historical analysis of test results. Clarifying reproduction steps identified by the technical team
* Helping to maintain automated and manual test scripts
* Assisting in the conversion and automation of all manual test scripts and plans in order to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements, compare and validate data results from testing and other quality assurance considerations
* Assisting members of the QA staff with various automation related challenges and coordinating with the rollout of automated environment application upgrades
* Working with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and the QA automated testing environments
* Working with current development team and QA team to streamline a process of how changing the software will affect any test scripts written
* Working closely with the development staff to ensure issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Measure: the skills I need…
Essential
* Experience with industry standard automated testing tools
* Experience testing web and reporting services applications preferably in a .NET environment
* A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
* A high level of technical, written literacy
* An understanding of the software development cycle
* Good working knowledge of MS Windows including MS Office
* Good working knowledge of Visual Studio - ideal Visual Studio Online
Desirable
* Degree educated in a programming related subject
* At least 3 years of experience designing and developing automated test scenarios
* An understanding of software workflow solutions
* Knowledge of Windows Server
* Knowledge of MS Test Manager
* Knowledge of Coded UI
Emotion: how will I feel working here?
Challenged and motivated! This is a great company to be part of and a progressive team environment. There is a kitchen fully stocked with teas, coffees and fresh fruit!
Opportunity: what's in it for me?
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, some travel and overnights stays will be required. You must have a car suitable for business travel, as well as a valid passport. Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience, contributory pension scheme or salary equivalent (after 6 months) and 25 days paid holiday.
Call Hannah Nicholls to discuss further - "I look forward to hearing from you
Sep 09, 2016
C.A.M.E.O
Company: who will I be working for?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented Quality Assurance Analyst to join an established, forward-thinking organisation based in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which will see the successful person make significant contributions towards the new development and enhancement of the company's flagship products. The Quality Assurance Analyst will work with a Senior QA Tester and adhere to established procedures for quality assurance, assisting with the design and implementation of a test processes and procedures.
Action: what will I be doing?
* Ensuring all defects are accounted for on the release of a new build
* Aiming to automate all manually driven test plans
* Building a full test environment to replicate system and process lifecycles for multiple products
* Developing and managing a full plan and associated documentation across multiple software products
* Troubleshooting issues, working with technical resources as required
* Assisting with the writing, monitoring, execution and evaluation of application tests
* Using industry standard automated testing tools by helping to set up data, tools and databases to support integrated test environments
* Troubleshooting defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes
* Ensuring all defects are managed to ensure a consistent, documented process is used and followed
* Conducting root cause analysis of identified defects, providing development/QA and management teams with sufficient details to understand, replicate and resolve the defect. Maintaining well organised records of test results and generate historical analysis of test results. Clarifying reproduction steps identified by the technical team
* Helping to maintain automated and manual test scripts
* Assisting in the conversion and automation of all manual test scripts and plans in order to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements, compare and validate data results from testing and other quality assurance considerations
* Assisting members of the QA staff with various automation related challenges and coordinating with the rollout of automated environment application upgrades
* Working with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and the QA automated testing environments
* Working with current development team and QA team to streamline a process of how changing the software will affect any test scripts written
* Working closely with the development staff to ensure issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Measure: the skills I need…
Essential
* Experience with industry standard automated testing tools
* Experience testing web and reporting services applications preferably in a .NET environment
* A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
* A high level of technical, written literacy
* An understanding of the software development cycle
* Good working knowledge of MS Windows including MS Office
* Good working knowledge of Visual Studio - ideal Visual Studio Online
Desirable
* Degree educated in a programming related subject
* At least 3 years of experience designing and developing automated test scenarios
* An understanding of software workflow solutions
* Knowledge of Windows Server
* Knowledge of MS Test Manager
* Knowledge of Coded UI
Emotion: how will I feel working here?
Challenged and motivated! This is a great company to be part of and a progressive team environment. There is a kitchen fully stocked with teas, coffees and fresh fruit!
Opportunity: what's in it for me?
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, some travel and overnights stays will be required. You must have a car suitable for business travel, as well as a valid passport. Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience, contributory pension scheme or salary equivalent (after 6 months) and 25 days paid holiday.
Call Hannah Nicholls to discuss further - "I look forward to hearing from you
C.A.M.E.O
Company: who will I be working for?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented Quality Assurance Analyst to join an established, forward-thinking organisation based in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which will see the successful person make significant contributions towards the new development and enhancement of the company's flagship products. The Quality Assurance Analyst will work with a Senior QA Tester and adhere to established procedures for quality assurance, assisting with the design and implementation of a test processes and procedures.
Action: what will I be doing?
* Ensuring all defects are accounted for on the release of a new build
* Aiming to automate all manually driven test plans
* Building a full test environment to replicate system and process lifecycles for multiple products
* Developing and managing a full plan and associated documentation across multiple software products
* Troubleshooting issues, working with technical resources as required
* Assisting with the writing, monitoring, execution and evaluation of application tests
* Using industry standard automated testing tools by helping to set up data, tools and databases to support integrated test environments
* Troubleshooting defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes
* Ensuring all defects are managed to ensure a consistent, documented process is used and followed
* Conducting root cause analysis of identified defects, providing development/QA and management teams with sufficient details to understand, replicate and resolve the defect. Maintaining well organised records of test results and generate historical analysis of test results. Clarifying reproduction steps identified by the technical team
* Helping to maintain automated and manual test scripts
* Assisting in the conversion and automation of all manual test scripts and plans in order to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements, compare and validate data results from testing and other quality assurance considerations
* Assisting members of the QA staff with various automation related challenges and coordinating with the rollout of automated environment application upgrades
* Working with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and the QA automated testing environments
* Working with current development team and QA team to streamline a process of how changing the software will affect any test scripts written
* Working closely with the development staff to ensure issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Measure: the skills I need…
Essential
* Experience with industry standard automated testing tools
* Experience testing web and reporting services applications preferably in a .NET environment
* A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
* A high level of technical, written literacy
* An understanding of the software development cycle
* Good working knowledge of MS Windows including MS Office
* Good working knowledge of Visual Studio - ideal Visual Studio Online
Desirable
* Degree educated in a programming related subject
* At least 3 years of experience designing and developing automated test scenarios
* An understanding of software workflow solutions
* Knowledge of Windows Server
* Knowledge of MS Test Manager
* Knowledge of Coded UI
Emotion: how will I feel working here?
Challenged and motivated! This is a great company to be part of and a progressive team environment. There is a kitchen fully stocked with teas, coffees and fresh fruit!
Opportunity: what's in it for me?
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, some travel and overnights stays will be required. You must have a car suitable for business travel, as well as a valid passport. Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience, contributory pension scheme or salary equivalent (after 6 months) and 25 days paid holiday.
Call Hannah Nicholls to discuss further - "I look forward to hearing from you
Sep 09, 2016
C.A.M.E.O
Company: who will I be working for?
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a dynamic and talented Quality Assurance Analyst to join an established, forward-thinking organisation based in Banbury on a full time, permanent basis. This is a fantastic opportunity which will see the successful person make significant contributions towards the new development and enhancement of the company's flagship products. The Quality Assurance Analyst will work with a Senior QA Tester and adhere to established procedures for quality assurance, assisting with the design and implementation of a test processes and procedures.
Action: what will I be doing?
* Ensuring all defects are accounted for on the release of a new build
* Aiming to automate all manually driven test plans
* Building a full test environment to replicate system and process lifecycles for multiple products
* Developing and managing a full plan and associated documentation across multiple software products
* Troubleshooting issues, working with technical resources as required
* Assisting with the writing, monitoring, execution and evaluation of application tests
* Using industry standard automated testing tools by helping to set up data, tools and databases to support integrated test environments
* Troubleshooting defects and manage defect tracking and resolution processes
* Ensuring all defects are managed to ensure a consistent, documented process is used and followed
* Conducting root cause analysis of identified defects, providing development/QA and management teams with sufficient details to understand, replicate and resolve the defect. Maintaining well organised records of test results and generate historical analysis of test results. Clarifying reproduction steps identified by the technical team
* Helping to maintain automated and manual test scripts
* Assisting in the conversion and automation of all manual test scripts and plans in order to meet software release deliverables, project testing requirements, compare and validate data results from testing and other quality assurance considerations
* Assisting members of the QA staff with various automation related challenges and coordinating with the rollout of automated environment application upgrades
* Working with the development team to understand how changes in the software product affect maintenance of test scripts and the QA automated testing environments
* Working with current development team and QA team to streamline a process of how changing the software will affect any test scripts written
* Working closely with the development staff to ensure issues/defects are dealt with in a timely and professional manner
Measure: the skills I need…
Essential
* Experience with industry standard automated testing tools
* Experience testing web and reporting services applications preferably in a .NET environment
* A strong understanding of HTML and CSS
* A high level of technical, written literacy
* An understanding of the software development cycle
* Good working knowledge of MS Windows including MS Office
* Good working knowledge of Visual Studio - ideal Visual Studio Online
Desirable
* Degree educated in a programming related subject
* At least 3 years of experience designing and developing automated test scenarios
* An understanding of software workflow solutions
* Knowledge of Windows Server
* Knowledge of MS Test Manager
* Knowledge of Coded UI
Emotion: how will I feel working here?
Challenged and motivated! This is a great company to be part of and a progressive team environment. There is a kitchen fully stocked with teas, coffees and fresh fruit!
Opportunity: what's in it for me?
Hours of work: Monday to Friday 8.30am - 5.00pm, some travel and overnights stays will be required. You must have a car suitable for business travel, as well as a valid passport. Salary: £20,000 - £35,000 dependent on experience, contributory pension scheme or salary equivalent (after 6 months) and 25 days paid holiday.
Call Hannah Nicholls to discuss further - "I look forward to hearing from you
Job Type: Permanent
The Position:
The Senior Software Test Analyst position is based in Basingstoke. The role requires validating that applications conform to their specifications and correctly performs all required functions, as per product release, configuration and customer requirement documents. The Software Test Analyst will be responsible for test case / script preparation and test script execution activities for various client applications. To do this successfully you will need at least 3 to 5 years testing experience.
Senior Test Analyst
Person Specification:
The right candidate should have knowledge of structured testing methodologies with an extensive and in-depth knowledge of testing techniques including, but not limited to system integration, regression, load, stress and acceptance testing. They should also have experience in writing test specifications, and test scripts. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of several test tools including Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager. They would be expected to have knowledge of test automation, preferably Coded UI, Selenium, SOAP/REST UI and JMeter.
Applicants for the Senior Software Test Analyst position should have strong skills in identifying and solving problems. They must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills at all levels as well as the ability to produce accurate test results and management reports. The ideal candidate should be an excellent team player with an ability to work independently when required.
Previous Experience/Education:
• The ideal candidate should have at least 3-5 years of previous software testing experience.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, and ideally Agile/SCRUM methodology
• Exposure to Microsoft technologies.
• Have experience of health sector and decision support software
• Ability to adapt to a wide variety of situations.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
• ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
• They should be a Degree holder in Information Technology or a related discipline.
Senior Test Analyst
Role Function:
• Work closely with developers to support test driven development practices in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Transforming user requirements into test artifacts, including test planning, test execution (both manual and automated) and test reporting.
• Test case / script preparation and test script execution to deliver testing capabilities for a specific project.
• Liaising with end users with regards to defect queries as well as supporting customers during UAT
• Accountable for quality assurance of testing deliverables
Skills Required:
• Software Test Analysis experience is essential
• An ability to meet project deadlines.
• Effective planning and estimation skills
• Quality Assurance skills
• An ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team and be focused.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Accomplished communicator (possessing excellent oral and written) communication skills
Sep 09, 2016
Job Type: Permanent
The Position:
The Senior Software Test Analyst position is based in Basingstoke. The role requires validating that applications conform to their specifications and correctly performs all required functions, as per product release, configuration and customer requirement documents. The Software Test Analyst will be responsible for test case / script preparation and test script execution activities for various client applications. To do this successfully you will need at least 3 to 5 years testing experience.
Senior Test Analyst
Person Specification:
The right candidate should have knowledge of structured testing methodologies with an extensive and in-depth knowledge of testing techniques including, but not limited to system integration, regression, load, stress and acceptance testing. They should also have experience in writing test specifications, and test scripts. The ideal candidate will have a good working knowledge of several test tools including Visual Studio, Team Foundation Server and Microsoft Test Manager. They would be expected to have knowledge of test automation, preferably Coded UI, Selenium, SOAP/REST UI and JMeter.
Applicants for the Senior Software Test Analyst position should have strong skills in identifying and solving problems. They must be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills at all levels as well as the ability to produce accurate test results and management reports. The ideal candidate should be an excellent team player with an ability to work independently when required.
Previous Experience/Education:
• The ideal candidate should have at least 3-5 years of previous software testing experience.
• Understanding of the software development life cycle, and ideally Agile/SCRUM methodology
• Exposure to Microsoft technologies.
• Have experience of health sector and decision support software
• Ability to adapt to a wide variety of situations.
• Proven ability to lead and mentor junior team members.
• ISEB Foundation Certificate in Software Testing
• They should be a Degree holder in Information Technology or a related discipline.
Senior Test Analyst
Role Function:
• Work closely with developers to support test driven development practices in an Agile/Scrum development environment.
• Transforming user requirements into test artifacts, including test planning, test execution (both manual and automated) and test reporting.
• Test case / script preparation and test script execution to deliver testing capabilities for a specific project.
• Liaising with end users with regards to defect queries as well as supporting customers during UAT
• Accountable for quality assurance of testing deliverables
Skills Required:
• Software Test Analysis experience is essential
• An ability to meet project deadlines.
• Effective planning and estimation skills
• Quality Assurance skills
• An ability to work on own initiative as well as part of a team and be focused.
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Accomplished communicator (possessing excellent oral and written) communication skills