Senior Test Engineer

at  Visionist Consulting

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom -

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Immediate25 Nov, 2024Not Specified29 Aug, 202410 year(s) or aboveTraining,Test Driven Development,Job Skills,Customer Requirements,Foundation Level,Logical Approach,Testing Tools,Information Technology,Software,Software TestingNoNo
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Description:

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

  • Educated to degree level, or equivalent, preferably in subjects related to Information Technology.
  • ISTQB Certified Tester Foundation Level in Software Testing

SPECIFIC JOB SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

  • Several years of experience delivering solutions using Agile methods (Scrum, XP, etc)
  • Experience of delivering software for commercial and public sector organisations, with a logical approach to problem solving.
  • Extensive automation experience with an in-depth knowledge of testing tools and frameworks, for example Selenium, LoadRunner.
  • Experience of Behaviour and Test-Driven Development.
  • Ability to evaluate test results against customer requirements.
  • Experience testing both server and client-side systems, services and APIs built using a range of technologies.
  • Strong knowledge of modern software testing methodologies and processes.
  • Non-functional testing experience in a Cloud-based environment.
  • Proficient in use of SQL scripting and other data technologies.

DESIRABLE REQUIREMENTS QUALIFICATIONS, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

  • A great sense of humour.
  • A good understanding of working with a public sector organisation.
  • Mobile automation testing knowledge

Responsibilities:

PURPOSE:

The Senior Test Engineer will join a dynamic development team working on a range of exciting projects using cutting-edge technologies. The intention is to expand the business over the next 2-3 years. Activities will include building out the next generation of highly-scalable, reusable and performant distributed services and applications for Smarter Technologies’ extensive and diverse range of customers and clients.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • Define and implement effective product test and automation strategies, and release test plans.
  • Development of automated tests for both client and server-side functionality using appropriate tools.
  • To perform exploratory / manual testing as required.
  • Ensuring that quality and testability are built in throughout the development lifecycle.
  • To rigorously perform test execution, record results and log defects accurately, as well produce high quality summary reports.
  • Working with customers and stakeholders to establish and achieve quality and non-functional goals.
  • Assisting with understanding customer requirements, technical design and estimation.
  • Investigating root causes of discovered issues and providing corrective actions, either individually or in conjunction with the development team.
  • Taking personal responsibility for ensuring all solutions that go to production are of the highest quality and meet customer requirements and needs.
  • Undertaking code reviews, providing constructive feedback and advising on best practice.
  • Co-ordinating efforts to advance our quality-focussed engineering practices.
  • The post holder is responsible for maintaining a safe working environment and ensure as reasonably practicable that safe working practices are adopted by employees within this work environment


REQUIREMENT SUMMARY

Min:10.0Max:15.0 year(s)

Information Technology/IT

IT Software - QA & Testing

Software Testing

Graduate

Subjects related to information technology

Proficient

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Cardiff, United Kingdom