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    Software Quality Assurance Analyst - Cambridge, United Kingdom - University of Cambridge

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    The University and UIS

    University Information Services (UIS) provides the digital infrastructure, business information and computing services at the heart of one of the world's top universities. The University of Cambridge has a bold ambition to use digitalisation to transform education and research, and UIS' team of developers, designers, testers, analysts, and support staff is leading this exciting work.

    The role

    This is a rare opportunity to join one of the world's oldest and most prestigious institutions where you can make a significant contribution to the world-changing teaching, learning and research that the University performs through your expertise in testing applications and your passion for quality assurance.

    We are seeking a Software Quality Assurance Analyst (Technical) to help increase our automated software testing provision. The role holder will be central to enabling and delivering greater automated test coverage, earlier detection of defects, and faster delivery times through reliable, scalable, consistent, and robust scripts and frameworks.¿Mentoring and training will be provided by experienced Software Development Engineers in Test (SDET).

    This is an exciting time to join the team. University is in the middle of its greatest expansion in its illustrious 800+ year history and your skills, knowledge and abilities will be part of the ongoing legacy of Cambridge and its impact on the world.¿

    We are looking for:

  • Foundation to intermediate programming level in Python or Java
  • Hands-on experience in writing, maintaining, and executing test automation using Selenium WebDriver.
  • Creating scripts that have been designed to run across multiple platforms, devices, and browsers with minimum manual intervention.¿
  • Ability to prioritise effectively. We cannot test everything. We cannot automate everything we test. Knowing what to automate and how to automate it will be critical to success.¿
  • Focus on quality and scalability as well as the ability to troubleshoot and fix broken tests to ensure long term reliability of test results efficiently and effectively.
  • Determination, flexibility, and pragmatism. A focus on positively solving problems and finding solutions regardless of the challenge.
  • Strong stakeholder skills, a team player, with a desire to work collaboratively with others inside and outside the team.
  • Also desirable would be:

  • ISTQB Test Foundation certification or equivalent professional experience¿
  • Degree level education or equivalent professional experience¿
  • Exposure to more than one of the following: Continuous Integration, Agile, Waterfall or DevOps¿
  • Experience with Test Management and agile project management platform such as Jira or GitLab
  • API test automation¿and TDD / BDD experience¿
  • Intermediate / proficient in programming (Python or Java)
  • The benefits

    You can expect to receive:

  • a competitive salary with automatic service-related progression and annual cost-of-living increases.
  • a generous annual leave allowance of 41 days per year (including bank holidays)
  • access to a hybrid pension scheme with attractive employer contributions.
  • Once an offer of employment has been accepted, the successful candidate will be required to undergo a health assessment.

    We welcome applications from individuals who wish to be considered for part-time working or other flexible working arrangements.

    The University actively supports equality, diversity and inclusion and encourages applications from all sections of society.

    The University has a responsibility to ensure that all employees are eligible to live and work in the UK.



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