The public sector client is looking to recruit a Tester for a 4 month temporary contract (up until the end of the financial year – March 2022) based in either London or Leeds. You will need to work at least 2 days on site each week, during the course of the assignment. The rest of the assignment can be worked on remotely.

Typical Skills: 
Knowledge of functional testing techniques.
Execute test and non-functional test scenarios and identify defects.
Understand a range of standard and non-functional testing techniques.
Knowledge of tools and techniques for test automation.
Contribute to improving delivery and understanding the importance of evidence-based design and analysis.

Key responsibilities are as follows:
• Maintain high professional standards when dealing with developers and users of testing products.
• Liaise with product owner to discuss business impact of issues found during test activities.
• Keeps managers aware of the status of projects being managed e.g. timeframes, document requirements, and key operational issues through formal and informal communications.
• Prepares, maintains and monitors realistic assurance / test plans, replanning where necessary due to unforeseen circumstances and changes to delivery dates, to ensure milestones are successfully met.
• Plan and contribute to the automation of existing tests, finding innovative ways to address problems found
• Promote and demonstrate an agile and flexible approach to development, delivery, test and assurance.
• Keep abreast of new developments in software testing methods and industry good practice

Please Note:

• This is a hands-on test role, based in a Windows & Azure platform.
• The team is moving towards an automation-first approach, as such this role is likely to evolve over time.
• Knowledge of test automation, BDD and programming principles is desirable, preferably with a Python background.
• This role is to work within a multi-disciplinary agile devops team; the tester is expected to assist with QA activities across the product lifecycle.
• The assigned team may possibly include some members in other locations, as such good communication is essential to the role.
• The team is required to be reactive as work priorities change, therefore an ability to handle multiple workstreams is required.
Good knowledge of tools used for test automation, including bespoke, open source and commercial tools for functional and integration, non-functional and/or data process testing, including those that require coding skills in order to build a test framework.