Apprentice Software Tester - Milton Keynes, United Kingdom - Personal Group

Personal Group

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Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Please note that this is an apprenticeship position and therefore anyone with more than six months professional experience working as a software tester or who holds an ISTQB foundation certificate will will not be eligible.

You will also need to commit to completing a Level 4 Software Testing Apprenticeship.
Are you passionate about technology and want to join an organisation and create a brighter future for the UK workforce?

What's great about the role?
We have a great opportunity where you can learn whilst you work.

As an Apprentice QA Software Tester you will work closely with developers, QA team and Stakeholders throughout the software lifecycle.

This will include testing, tracking & reporting results, troubleshooting and coordinating bug fixes.

Benefits

Hybrid working between home and office (3 days in office 2 working from home)
25 days annual leave with option to purchase additional holiday days
Private medical insurance
Employer contributory pension
Onsite gym
Free travel insurance for you and your family
Life assurance 4 x salary
Practical Health Plan
Salary sacrifice options include big technology purchase discounts, retail discounts platform, car lease schemes, share ownership plan and more

What you'll be doing
Working with our apprenticeship training provider (Digital Native) we'll support you to gain the knowledge and skills to be able to contribute to the QA team by:

Collaborating with the development team to define and implement best practices.
Ensuring the compliance with FCA principles "Treating Customers Fairly" (TCF) & other relevant legislative requirements.
Assisting with the coordination and delivery of demo's to achieve business and stakeholder Testing sign off.
Deputising QA Tester responsibilities in absence.
Assigning Testing tasks and reviews where required.
Coordinating with stakeholders and complete various administration tasks as required.

What are we looking for?

We are looking for someone who is passionate about technology and is looking to progress in a career within software testing and quality assurance.

You will need to be passionate about technology and be keen to learn.

You'll be able to evidence this through prior qualifications such as A level Computer Science or college courses and you'll be honing your skills in your own time on platforms such as Codecademy or w3schools.

Most of all you'll need to show that you're seeking a Level 4 Software Testing apprenticeship.

You'll also be able to show us that you're keen to learn how to:

Learn new IT systems and processes
Manually test across various systems and platforms.
Work in a fastpaced, higheffort, dynamic work environment involving multiple platforms and architectures.
Work in a crossfunctional agile software team.
Have excellent attention to detail, prioritisation and organisation skills.
Use bug tracking tools would be an advantage.
Undertake regression testing.
Use test automation and frameworks for EndtoEnd testing

Desired skills

The Key sills / attributes required are:

A proven interest in tech
Attention to detail
Analytical
Communication
Passion / Enthusiasm
Desire to learn and develop a career in testing and QA

Personal qualities

Passionate about technology
Eagerness to learn new technologies and processes
Ability to build good working relationships

Desired qualifications

Minimum: 7 GCSEs at grades A-C/9-4 (or equivalent) including maths and English Language
Applications will also be considered from graduates looking for an apprenticeship route to a tech career

Job Type:
Apprenticeship

Salary:
£18,000.00-£22,000.00 per year

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