Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
Telford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The Test Analyst role involves working within an Agile delivery team to conduct various testing activities, including Functional System Testing and Integration Testing, while holding an active SC Clearance. The position requires strong analytical skills and the ability to produce high-quality testing documentation. Responsibilities include writing test scripts, preparing test data, and collaborating with stakeholders to meet business objectives. Experience with manual testing, test automation tools, and ETL processes is desirable.
Key Responsibilities:
- Write a Test Approach document and conduct Functional System Testing and Integration Testing.
- Support End to End (E2E) testing on one or more projects.
- Analyse customer requirements and technical documentation to identify test scenarios.
- Prepare test data and run tests, recording results for audit trails.
- Create low-level test plans and test scripts.
- Manage test data and provide regular status reports to the Delivery Manager.
- Identify, raise, and track project and product risks and issues.
- Produce high-quality testing documentation, including Test Approach and Test Completion reports.
Key Skills:
- Active SC Clearance.
- Experience with Talend as an ETL tool.
- ETL experience.
- Experience testing Oracle RDS solutions.
- Functional System Test experience.
- Test data preparation and creation skills.
- Experience writing Test Approach and Test Completion reports.
- Familiarity with test tools (e.g., test automation, Postman).
- Experience with test management tools (e.g., Zephyr).
- Proficiency in JIRA and Confluence.
- Understanding of Agile methodology.
- Knowledge of Data Warehouse and Data Marts.
- Data Migration experience.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
We are a Global Recruitment specialist that provides support to the clients across EMEA, APAC, US and Canada. We have an excellent job opportunity for you.
Job Title: Test Analyst
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office
Must hold an active SC Clearance
Job Description:
This is a Test Analyst role. SC clearance is mandatory and the role is on the client account. The role will involve working in an Agile delivery team, writing a Test Approach document, carrying out Functional System Testing and Integration Testing, and supporting End to End (E2E) testing on one or more projects. Activities include analysing customer requirements and technical documentation, identifying test scenarios, writing test scripts, preparing test data, and running and recording tests. This role requires an excellent understanding of test techniques and Risk Based Testing (RBT) in order to verify outcomes against expected results and record results for use in audit trails. You will be working closely with the delivery team and key stakeholders to achieve the required business objectives, demonstrating strong analytical and problem solving skills. Responsibilities also include checking and assessing requirements, including the testability of designs; creating low level test plans and test scripts; setting up and managing test data; and providing regular status reports to the Delivery Manager. The role holder will also identify, raise and track project and product risks and issues, and contribute to test completion reporting. The Test Analyst will be expected to communicate clearly and effectively within cross functional teams and produce high quality testing documentation, including Test Approach and Test Completion reports. Experience of both manual testing and test automation is desirable, with familiarity with tools such as Selenium, Postman and test management tools integrated with Jira (e.g. Zephyr) considered beneficial.
Essential / Desirable Experience and Skills:
- SC Clearance
- Experience of Talend as an ETL tool
- ETL experience
- Experience of testing Oracle RDS solutions
- Functional System Test experience
- Experience of test data preparation and creation
- Writing Test Approach and Test Completion reports
- Test tools (e.g. test automation, Postman)
- Test management tools (e.g. Zephyr)
- JIRA
- Confluence
- Agile methodology
- Data Warehouse and Data Marts
- Data Migration experience
If you are interested in this position and would like to learn more, please send through your CV and we will get in touch with you as soon as possible. Please note, candidates are often Shortlisted within 48 hours.