Description
IT Test AnalystScunthorpe
Salary - £20000 pa plus bonus plus benefits
12 Month fixed term (2 posts)
Nisa are the UK's leading member-owned organisation, providing benefits to independent retailers in food and drink markets. Our goal is to support entrepreneurs with buying power, marketing and distribution services to meet customer needs and to provide consumers with excellent independently run local stores to shop in.
Key Result Areas:
The IT Test Analyst's role is to Analyse, Plan, Design and Execute effective testing deliverables for upcoming application development, in-house and outsourced product development, information system launches, and operations systems enhancements to meet the needs of the Nisa business.
This individual will apply proven analytical and problem-solving skills to help validate, verify and communicate systems/software application issues through careful testing in order to maximise the benefit of IT investments and initiatives.
Specific Areas of Work:
• Ensure that testing activities will allow applications to meet business requirements and systems goals, fulfil end-user requirements, and identify and resolve systems issues.
• Collaborate with analysts, designers, developers and system owners in the testing of new software programs and applications.
• Ensure that any new software integration into company systems meets functional requirements, system compliance, and interface specifications.
• Review and analyse the effectiveness and efficiency of existing systems and suggest ways to improve or leverage these systems.
• Document business processes as part of test preparation.
• Take an active role in cross-departmental projects when needed to meet the needs of the Nisa business.
• Contribute to pre-testing phase of project development by evaluating proposals, designs and requirements in order to identify potential problem areas, and make the appropriate recommendations.
• Create Test Requirements and design and execute test scripts, cases, and scenarios that will determine optimal system functional performance according to specifications.
• Conduct all types of application testing as required, such as System, Regression, System integration, and Acceptance testing.
• Assist with the co-ordination of UAT and Beta Testing activities
• Analyse formal test results in order to discover and resolve defects, bugs, errors, configuration issues, and interoperability flaws.
Job Skills and Competencies
Formal Education & Certification (Desirable)
• ISEB / ISTQB Foundation
• Direct experience as a tester for major application integration and/or major application product release.
• Strong knowledge of system testing, software quality assurance best practices and methodologies including the writing of test cases and step by step test scripts.
• Extensive experience with testing web based software applications.
• Experience of working with automated testing tools.
• Working knowledge of network and PC operating systems.
• Working knowledge of current network hardware, protocols and standards.
• Good project awareness and/or substantial exposure to project-based work structures.
• Excellent understanding of the organisation's goals and objectives.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent listening and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to communicate ideas in both technical and user-friendly language.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Keen attention to detail.
• Proven analytical and creative problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
• Knowledge of applicable data privacy practices and laws.
• Ability to work under pressure in a fast moving project environment
Work Conditions
• Occasional evening and weekend work to meet deadlines.
• Sitting for extended periods of time.
• Dexterity of hands and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and to handle other computer components.
• Lifting and transporting of moderately heavy objects, such as computers and peripherals.
• Physically able to participate in training sessions, presentations, and meetings.
• Some travel may be required for the purpose of off-site software and system applications testing.
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