Quality Assurance Engineer
Posted Today by Undisclosed
£494 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford, England, United Kingdom
Summary: The QA Engineer role involves planning, preparing, and executing test activities in a hybrid work environment, ensuring compliance with the client's organizational test strategy and governance standards. The position requires collaboration with various stakeholders and adherence to quality assurance processes. The role is contract-based for six months and requires a strong background in system testing within complex environments. The successful candidate will also be responsible for maintaining audit-ready documentation and contributing to risk-based testing approaches.
Key Responsibilities:
- Analyse requirements and design artefacts to derive test conditions and acceptance criteria.
- Prepare detailed test cases and data sets for ST, SIT, E2E, UAT, and OAT phases.
- Contribute to risk-based testing approaches and prioritisation.
- Execute functional, integration, and non-functional tests (performance, security, accessibility).
- Log, triage, and retest defects using agreed defect management tools.
- Provide daily progress updates and contribute to RAID management.
- Work closely with engineers, delivery managers, and business SMEs.
- Support knowledge transfer and documentation for the client’s stakeholders.
- Participate in agile ceremonies and quality assurance reviews.
- Ensure all testing aligns with the client’s MU’s Baseline Test Policy and security standards.
- Maintain audit-ready artefacts (test evidence, completion reports).
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in system testing within complex, multi-supplier environments.
- Proficiency in test management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps/Jira) and defect tracking.
- Knowledge of automation frameworks and scripting (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin).
- Familiarity with the client’s governance and assurance processes.
- ISTQB Foundation or higher certification.
- Experience with legacy remediation testing (VB6/Java) and modernisation programmes.
- Exposure to performance and security testing tools (e.g., Gatling, OWASP ZAP).
- Understanding of accessibility and usability testing aligned to GOV.UK standards.
Salary (Rate): £493.76 daily
City: Telford
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Role Title: QA Engineer
Duration: 6 month contract
Location: Telford, Hybrid minimum 2 days per week onsite
Rate: up to £493.76 p/d Umbrella inside IR35
Role purpose / summary
The QA Engineer will be responsible for planning, preparing, and executing test activities across assigned workstreams, ensuring adherence to the client’s MU’s organisational test strategy and Actian Exit governance standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Test Planning & Design
- Analyse requirements and design artefacts to derive test conditions and acceptance criteria.
- Prepare detailed test cases and data sets for ST, SIT, E2E, UAT, and OAT phases.
- Contribute to risk-based testing approaches and prioritisation.
- Execution & Reporting
- Execute functional, integration, and non-functional tests (performance, security, accessibility).
- Log, triage, and retest defects using agreed defect management tools.
- Provide daily progress updates and contribute to RAID management.
- Collaboration
- Work closely with engineers, delivery managers, and business SMEs.
- Support knowledge transfer and documentation for the client’s stakeholders.
- Participate in agile ceremonies and quality assurance reviews.
- Compliance & Governance
- Ensure all testing aligns with the client’s MU’s Baseline Test Policy and security standards.
- Maintain audit-ready artefacts (test evidence, completion reports).
Essential Skills & Experience
- Strong experience in system testing within complex, multi-supplier environments.
- Proficiency in test management tools (e.g., Azure DevOps/Jira) and defect tracking.
- Knowledge of automation frameworks and scripting (e.g., Selenium, Cucumber/Gherkin).
- Familiarity with the client’s governance and assurance processes.
- ISTQB Foundation or higher certification.
Desirable
- Experience with legacy remediation testing (VB6/Java) and modernisation programmes.
- Exposure to performance and security testing tools (e.g., Gatling, OWASP ZAP).
- Understanding of accessibility and usability testing aligned to GOV.UK standards.
All profiles will be reviewed against the required skills and experience. Due to the high number of applications we will only be able to respond to successful applicants in the first instance. We thank you for your interest and the time taken to apply!