Key Purpose
To ensure the Quality of our systems, by enforcing the appropriate test strategy and ensuring that the completed software meets the established standards, is fit for purpose and delivered without defects.
Areas of responsibility may include but not limited to
Writing and executing test cases against stories, creating and maintaining tests in line with agreed testing standards and practices
Documenting defects and making these visible to the teams and the Product Owner
Providing feedback on user stories from a quality point of view and promoting bug prevention strategies, testability, accessibility and other QA concepts
Collaborating with other testers, BAs, developers, designers and other experts across the business to deliver business and customer value
Being proactively involved in the end-to-end lifecycle of digital features including code reviews, user stories grooming, requirements understanding
Actively participating in all relevant Agile ceremonies and cadences
Personal Attributes and Skills
Experience with: Cucumber, API Testing, Selenium WebDriver, Continuous Integration & Performance testing
Excellent working knowledge of test methodologies, writing test plans, creating test cases and debugging
Extensive technical understanding across the digital domain
A thorough understanding of testing/QA best practices
Experience working in large, complex organisations
Demonstrated experience in successfully contributing to development teams in an Agile/Scrum environment
Understanding of common software failures and faults
Knowledge of the domain (highly desirable)
Knowledge of the system or application-under-test (highly desirable)
Experience in a variety of testing efforts (desirable)
Education and Experience
At least 3+ years experience in manual testing
ISTQB Foundation Level Certificate
Advantageous
IT Diploma or other relevant degree
1 - 2 years in automation experience
Methodologies
Agile
Tools
Continuous Integration
Jira
Confluence
Quality Centre
Postman and SoapUI