Senior QA Tester
Recruitment Agency Reference: 7103700
Location: Reading- Working from home TBC
Office Location: Reading
Duration: 3 months
A position has arisen to join a leading telecommunications company as a Senior QA Tester. The successful candidate will sit in the Network Strategy & Engineering department and assist with ensuring the successfully running and expansion of the company’s nationwide cable network.
Duties will include:
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Use established automated testing tools and techniques to test all output from the developers
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Prepare and maintain test scripts for various web-based .NET applications
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Be a part of an agile team using scrum and Kanban
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Proactively detect of bugs and functional / design issues early in the SDLC
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Take part in agile meetings, coaching, training and knowledge-sharing sessions
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Help to turn business requirements into user stories and acceptance criteria
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Work with other members of the development team to ensure that best possible solutions are implemented
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Enhance existing systems by identifying areas for modification and improvement
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Consider the bigger picture when designing and developing solutions
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Ensure test scripts are designed to be automated to remove the overhead of manual testing
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Promote and adopt DevOps principles wherever possible
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Identify and help resolve mission-critical bugs
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Work on several projects simultaneously
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Serve as a mentor to other testers when the team expands
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Help to promote design for testing to ensure solutions are built with testing in mind
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Investigate new technologies that will be beneficial to the team
Specific Knowledge & Experience:
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5+ years of commercial testing experience with a high level of automation
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Strong background in automated testing techniques and tools
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Some experience of software development using C#
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Experience of SQL Server database analysis and testing
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Commercial experience with automated testing tools
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Experience with using source control solutions such as TFS, ADO and Git
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Experience with continuous deployment and continuous integration
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Be competent in various testing methods and techniques
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Be able to design and build complicated test scripts
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Take ownership for learning and development of own skills to ensure they are up to date and maintain awareness of developments in the industry
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Innovate with a customer focus
To apply for this role, please contact Renay Demoore on the Reading Recruitment team on 0118 207 1212 or rdemoore@venngroup.com
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.