Senior Test Analyst - C#, Kotlin, Espresso, Postman, Proxy, Charles, Continuous Integration

London - Hybrid 2 days a week onsite

1 Year Contract

£480 PD Inside IR35

The Senior Test Analyst will have expert knowledge of all forms of software testing for building integrated solutions using Microsoft Tools and Technologies.

The Senior Test Analyst is responsible for the creation and execution of all forms of software testing throughout the agile development life cycle of revenue, online, and corporate systems.

Key Accountabilities

• Work with Technology Development and stakeholders to ensure all software is tested to the right level under the guidance of the senior test member using Agile practices

• Create test cases and execute the test strategy using predefined testing methodologies, ensuring that there is traceability between the testing implementation and the requirements/acceptance criteria

• Ensuring that automated test activities are conducted in preference to manual testing where feasible and more efficient

• Ensure that all application & technology testing is carried out in accordance with testing standards defined in the strategy

• Create and execute manual, automation or non-functional test cases and ensure that test status, risks and issues are reported in a timely manner using the agreed reporting standard

• Create, validate and report defects in accordance with the defect life cycle documented in the Test Strategy

• Analyse Non Functional requirements and liaise with Architects and provide inputs to the Non-functional test strategy

Key Skills

• Strong analytical, problem solving skills and good attention to details

• Ability to build effective working relations with people at all levels across the organisation and outside

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including ability to explain complex information with agile development teams including the test design and defect reporting

• Ability to analyse complex systems, spot trends, draw conclusions, and produce specifications and decisions

• Exposure to automation or performance testing tools like Selenium Webdriver, Appium, Visual Studio Load test, HP LoadRunner, IBM Rational Performance Tester etc.

• Knowledge of programming language such as C#

• Working knowledge of continuous integration

Key Knowledge/Skills

• Strong written and verbal communication skills including ability to explain complex information with agile development Teams including the test design and defect reporting.

• Strong experience in automation testing tools such as Espresso, Postman, Proxy, Charles.

• Expert knowledge of Mobile Application testing specifically on the Android platform.

• Expert knowledge of using Kotlin for test automation

• Expert knowledge of continuous integration

• Expert knowledge of test case creation and maintenance

• Demonstrable experience of working on Back Office transactional systems

Due to high demand we are only able to respond to applications that meet the required criteria