Test Analyst - MUST HAVE ACTIVE SC Clearance - Telford and Remote
Posted 1 week ago by Octopus Computer Associates
£350 Per day
Inside
Hybrid
Telford and Remote, UK
Summary: The Test Analyst role requires candidates to hold active SC clearance and involves working within an Agile delivery team. Responsibilities include writing test documentation, conducting various types of testing, and collaborating with stakeholders to meet business objectives. The position is based in Telford with a hybrid working arrangement, requiring two days a week in the office. The role is classified as inside IR35 and offers a daily rate of £350.
Key Responsibilities:
- Write Test Approach documents and conduct Functional System Testing and Integration Testing.
- Support End to End (E2E) testing on multiple projects.
- Analyze customer requirements and technical documentation to identify test scenarios.
- Create low-level test plans and test scripts, and manage test data.
- Provide regular status reports to the Delivery Manager.
- Identify, raise, and track project and product risks and issues.
- Produce high-quality testing documentation, including Test Approach and Test Completion reports.
Key Skills:
- Active SC Clearance.
- Experience with Talend as an ETL tool.
- ETL experience.
- Experience testing Oracle RDS solutions.
- Functional System Test experience.
- Test data preparation and creation skills.
- Proficiency in writing Test Approach and Test Completion reports.
- Familiarity with test tools (e.g., test automation, Postman).
- Experience with test management tools (e.g., Zephyr).
- Knowledge of JIRA and Confluence.
- Understanding of Agile methodology.
- Experience with Data Warehousing and Data Marts.
- Data Migration experience.
Salary (Rate): £350 per day
City: Telford
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: inside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: IT
Test Analyst - MUST HAVE ACTIVE SC Clearance - Telford and Remote - £350 per day inside IR35 - 6 months+
Blue chip client is urgently looking for a Test Analyst
Description
Clearance Required: SC - candidates who hold SC with governing body
Duration: 6 months
Location: Telford with 2 days/week in office
INSIDE IR35
Job Description:
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, and supporting End to End (E2E) testing on one or more projects. Activities include analysing customer requirements and technical documentation, identifying test scenarios, writing test scripts, preparing test data, and running and recording tests.
This role requires an excellent understanding of test techniques and Risk Based Testing (RBT) in order to verify outcomes against 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, demonstrating strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Responsibilities also include checking and assessing requirements, including the testability of designs; creating low level test plans and test scripts; setting up and managing test data; and providing regular status reports to the Delivery Manager. The role holder will also identify, raise and track project and product risks and issues, and contribute to test completion reporting.
The Test Analyst will be expected to communicate clearly and effectively within cross functional teams and produce high quality testing documentation, including Test Approach and Test Completion reports. Experience of both manual testing and test automation is desirable, with familiarity with tools such as Selenium, Postman and test management tools integrated with Jira (eg Zephyr) considered beneficial.
Essential/Desirable Experience and Skills:
SC Clearance
Experience of Tallend as an ETL tool
ETL experience
Experience of testing Oracle RDS solutions
Functional System Test experience
Experience of test data preparation and creation
Writing Test Approach and Test Completion reports
Test tools (eg test automation, Postman)
Test management tools (eg Zephyr)
JIRA
Confluence
Agile methodology
Data Warehouse and Data Marts
Data Migration experience
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