Automated Test Analyst/QA - home working options

Senior QA - Automation - Cloud Computing

Our client is looking for a talented and energetic QA Tester/Test Engineer to develop and conduct automated and manual tests in an Agile Environment, for a fast-growing cloud service and telecom company.

The individual must be comfortable in a fast-paced and self-directed environment and be able to balance several tasks at once. The ideal candidate will take a genuine interest in the latest technologies and in the production of great working software as they will be joining a team of talented, tech-savvy and innovative professionals.

The role:

• Lead and enhance our clients current test processes, ensuring that regular builds of the UK products are free of regression bugs
• Create test plans and scenarios, along with associated data and scripts which can be automated within the team
• The tests created will form coverage of, manual & automated testing, regression testing, functional testing, integration testing as well as testing systems before the UAT phase

The ideal candidate:

• A dynamic, intelligent person with enthusiasm and imagination
• Have great communication skills, along with the ability to be a team player
• Possess a practical and systematic approach to testing
• Be able to work on their own initiative and enjoy the freedom of being a responsible member of an excellent team
• Possess a can do attitude and enjoy the challenge of being a problem solver rather than being obstructive
• Embrace different skill sets and learn new technologies to use the best fit solution for the task at hand

Requirements

• 3+ years testing experience
  Experience in creation of test cases/scenarios without formal requirements or Legacy documentation
  Knowledge of:
• software best practices like Agile methodology, test-driven development (TDD), behavioural-driven development (BDD), and continuous integration
• software test case design and testing techniques
• testing web based applications across multi-browser/operating systems

Desirables

• Experience in automation testing - open source tool (selenium, fitness etc.)
• Excellent IT skills and knowledge of a range of software packages (including version control software, WIKI, JIRA issue-tracking systems or similar software)
• Team Foundation Server (TFS)
• Scripting languages: Java or C#
• Writing automated test scripts from scratch

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