23rd August 2022
QA Analyst
Business Analyst
London
Up to £48,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus
QA Analyst
City of London (Hybrid)
Up to £48,000 per annum + annual discretionary bonus
On behalf of a Leading City of London based financial services organisation, I am seeking a QA Analyst with a minimum of two years testing experience to work on business critical BAU responsibilities as well as ad-hoc project related work. You will have a background in manual testing, any automation experience would be highly advantageous.
Due to the organisation operating a hybrid working model, you will be required to work three day per week from their London offices, therefore you will need to be UK based and within a commutable distance of the City of London.
Responsibilities:
- Coordinate test activities across multiple projects and product streams to develop and execute coherent, achievable and realistic test execution plans
- Ensure deliverables (such as user stories & requirements) that provide input in to test execution are completed to a consistent level of detail
- Define test project scope, goals and deliverables to support the business initiatives
- Facilitation of sprint ceremonies including sprint retrospectives, planning and backlog grooming.
- Effectively communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely, clear and concise manner
- Communicate with the wider technology teams to coordinate interdependencies and resolve issues such as environment readiness and reference data
- Liaise with test management to agree and support the implementation of testing strategies
- Management and collaboration of the UAT process
- Assist and facilitate prioritisation of software defects and enhancements using defect management tools such as Jira
- Introduce test automation techniques where possible and contribute to test automation strategies and execution
- Work closely with developers to develop unit and automated system integration tests
- Develop test execution packs and test strategies
Skills/Experience required:
- Experience in test methodologies and tooling, primarily manual testing, any automation testing would be very advantageous
- Understanding of Agile development methodologies
- Experience of a financial services environment would be advantageous
- Experience in test methodologies and tooling
- Understanding of Continuous Integration, Dependency Management or Source Control tools
- Coding skills in any language would be advantageous
- Experience with Linux or Windows operating systems – configuration and command lines
- Proven experience in test execution, problem solving, documentation and working to tight deadlines
- Ability to self-start, identify tasks required independently to fulfil project deliverables and work as a team member
- Understanding the full project life cycle from requirements capture through to implementation and delivery
- Writing skills – ability to produce design documentation in a clear, accurate and compelling manner.
Consultant - Brendan Connolly
Telephone: 0207 392 7512
Email: brendan.connolly@spencer-rose.com
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