Position Overview & Specifications

Salary:

£35,000- £45,000

Closing date:

Ongoing

Location:

Northampton (Wellingborough)

Are you a Junior Test Analyst looking for your next career move?

An opportunity to join a forward-thinking PE backed commercial group of companies with a multi-year roadmap and portfolio of projects to deliver across a broad range of products.

Working closely with the Test Manager, Business Analysts and Developers, you will create both automated and manual test scripts to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality projects and change.

The Role

This role will suit a forward thinking and detail oriented candidate who is passionate about getting into the Software Testing industry! Below is a list of skills and responsibilities that you will be supported with in your growth throughout the role.

As the Test Analyst you will be responsible for:

Test Execution (within sprints):

Preparation and execution of both Automated and Manual test scripts
Exploratory and regression testing of development work
Identifying defect trends and problem area within the system

Strategy:

Identify test conditions and develop automated test cases and test
Identify test conditions and develop manual test cases and test
Analyse functional and non-functional requirements for each project
Maintain the regression pack

Analysis:

Identifying defect trends and problem area within the system
Early involvement in story refinement – Helping to define testable user stories

Communication:

Contributing to agile ceremonies
Regular and consistent feedback to the Test Manager to ensure work is progressing to schedule
Raise defects where necessary and ensure test evidence is supplied to the development team
Ability to communicate with both the development team and business users

The Person

We are looking for someone who can roll their sleeves up and ‘dig in’ with the rest of the team. Have a keen eye for detail and be able to work as a team and individually. Have the ability and drive to prioritise their work in a fast-paced delivering team. In addition, the successful candidate should have experience of working in: