Automated Volume & Performance Test Analyst
- Recruiter
- Wilde Associates
- Location
- Milton Keynes
- Salary
- 35000.00 - 40000.00 GBP Annual
- Posted
- 22 Sep 2021
- Closes
- 06 Oct 2021
- Sectors
- Accountancy
- Contract Type
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full Time
Job Title: Automated Volume & Performance Test Analyst
Location: Milton Keynes
Salary: GBP35,000 to GBP40,000 + benefits
Job Type: Permanent
Job Reference: LH10103
Our client is a software development company that provides solutions to the healthcare market and they are seeking a talented individual to join their development team as an automation test analyst with a focus on load and performance testing.
The successful candidate will be working with the development team which practices Agile development and will be responsible for helping to automate and test new features and maintain and enhance existing tests to ensure high quality of the core product which is used by healthcare organisations throughout the UK.
The person will be responsible for the creation and maintenance of automated tests and V&P based tests using industry standard tools. The automated V&P tester will provide testing expertise and framework skills across web, mobile and database platforms. You will also be involved in planning and execution of V&P testing across the company's product offering through integration testing.
Any experience of V&P testing across cloud-based solutions will be seen as advantageous.
Personal Attributes:
- A strong focus on quality with attention to detail and accuracy
- Able to demonstrate a dynamic and enthusiastic approach to software testing
- Able to take the point of view of the customer or end-user of the software
- Good communication skills, both written and verbal and the ability to communicate to technical (development team) and non-technical (management team) people in the organisation
- Ability to demonstrate patience and diplomacy
- Good judgement skills
- Ability to deliver under tight deadlines
- Pro-activeness and confidence in making decisions
- Positively influence fellow team members
- Ability to understand the software development process lifecycle and how it fits in with the business approach and goals of the business
- Has a desire to learn new skills and further enhance in the field of testing
Key Responsibilities:
- Create and maintain V&P based tests using tooling / scripts
- Define and maintain testing boundaries within our QA environments
- Working closely with the test data analyst to define test data requirements
- Support the creation of automated test scripts using Selenium WebDriver and Java
- Maintain and enhance existing automated test plans / scripts
- Experience in design, implementation and execution of load, performance, volume and scalability tests using industry standard tools
- Experience in identifying performance bottlenecks and making recommendations for performance tuning
- Experience of using Continuous Integration Tools such as TeamCity/Azure DevOps
- Experience of Automated API testing using the Rest Assured library
- Good TSQL experience
- Contribute to continually improving test processes and techniques
- Exposure to testing within the IT health sector (desirable)
Professional Qualifications:
- ISEB/ISTQB qualification
- Computing/IT related Bachelor's Degree (desirable)
Wilde Associates is working in the capacity of an Employment Agency for this role