Senior Test Analyst - London, United Kingdom - Venture Up

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    Test Analyst

    Hybrid - 2 days on site, 3 days WfH

    Up to £400 per day, inside IR35

    12 Month Contract

    This public sector client is undertaking a major transformation project, improving infrastructure and underpinning technology to improve access to services for the public. Due to the expansion of their services, an experienced Senior Test Analyst is required

    The Role

    Working with the Test Lead, you will be responsible for the creation and execution of all software testing throughout the development upgrades and new functionality for a business critical, customer facing application.

    The client will be undertaking bespoke development in delivering the end-to-end solution, so the software will need to integrate with several bespoke data sources written by other parties.

    • Work with 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

    About you

    • 3+ years experience in Mobile & API Testing
    • Expert knowledge in CI/CD
    • Able to be a subject matter expert in test case creation and maintenance
    • Exposure of working on back office transactional systems
    • Strong understanding of the manual & automated testing process and best practices
    • Good knowledge of end-to-end testing across an entire system/platform
    • Knowledge and experience of the Azure DevOps (ADO) system, specifically the Test Plans area and test execution status
    • Experience using automation testing tools such as Postman, Proxy, Charles

    Test Analyst

    Hybrid - 2 days on site, 3 days WfH

    Up to £400 per day, inside IR35

    12 Month Contract