QA Test Analyst - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford, Shropshire and remote - 6 months+
Posted Today by Octopus Computer Associates
£350 Per day
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Hybrid
Telford, Shropshire and remote, UK
Summary: The QA Test Analyst role requires candidates to have current SC Clearance and involves working both on-site in Telford, Shropshire, and remotely. The position focuses on Agile testing methodologies, including Functional System Testing and Integration Testing, while collaborating with delivery teams and stakeholders. Key responsibilities include writing test documentation, preparing test data, and reporting on project risks and issues. This is a contract position expected to last for at least six months.
Key Responsibilities:
- Work in an Agile delivery team to write a Test Approach document.
- Carry out Functional System Testing and Integration Testing.
- Support E2E testing on one or more projects.
- Analyze customer requirements and technical documentation.
- Identify test scenarios and write test scripts.
- Prepare test data and run/record tests.
- Verify outcomes against expected results and maintain audit trails.
- Check and assess requirements, including testability of designs.
- Create low-level test plans and test completion reports.
- Provide regular status reports to the Delivery Manager.
- Identify and raise project and product risks and issues.
Key Skills:
- Current SC Clearance.
- Experience testing Oracle RDS solutions.
- Test data preparation and creation experience.
- Functional System Test experience.
- Familiarity with test tools (e.g., Test Automation, Postman).
- Agile methodology experience.
- Data Warehouse and Marts knowledge.
- Data Migration experience.
- Experience writing Test Approach and Test Completion reports.
- Proficiency in JIRA and Confluence.
- Experience with Test Management Tools (e.g., Zephyr).
- ETL experience.
Salary (Rate): £350 per day
City: Telford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
QA Test Analyst - MUST HAVE SC CLEARANCE - Telford, Shropshire and remote - 6 months+
One of our Blue Chip Clients is urgently looking for a QA Test Analyst.
Candidates must have a current SC Clearance.
For this role you will need to be onsite in Telford, Shropshire 2 days per week.
Please find some details below:
This is a Test Analyst role. SC clearance is mandatory.
The role will involve working in an Agile delivery team, writing a Test Approach document, carrying out Functional System Testing and Integration Testing, supporting E2E testing on one or more projects. Activities include analysing customer requirements and technical documentation, identifying test scenarios, writing test scripts, test data preparation and running/recording tests. This role requires an excellent understanding of test techniques and Risk Based Testing (RBT) in order to verify outcomes against the expected results, and record results for use in audit trails. You will be working closely with the delivery team and key stakeholders to achieve the required business objectives. Checking and assessing requirements, including assessing testability of designs. Creating low-level test plans, test scripts and setting up test data. Providing regular status reports to the Delivery Manager as well as identifying and raising project & product risks and issues.
SC Clearance
Experience of testing Oracle RDS solutions
Experience test data preparation and creation
Functional System Test experience,
Test Tools (eg Test Automation, Postman),
Agile methodology,
Data Warehouse,
Marts,
Data Migration experience
writing Test Approach and Test Completion reports
JIRA
Confluence
Test Management Tools (eg Zephyr)
ETL experience
Please send CV for full details and immediate interviews. We are a preferred supplier to the client.