Senior QA Engineer

We have an exciting opportunity for a SENIOR QA ENGINEER to work in the delivery of a strategic product for the companies Asset Management business.

The role involves both functional and automated testing, working in a fully empowered cross-functional agile team. This is one of four teams working in parallel on the delivery of this product and so this role requires close collaboration and teamwork with both in-team and cross-team colleagues.

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

- Work closely with product owners and team colleagues to analyse and elaborate functional requirements and to provide estimates for resulting user stories
- Plan and execute functional and non-functional tests, adhering to corporate and team QA standards
- Identify candidates for automated testing and create tests in collaboration with software developers
- Work with team colleagues to resolve issues and drive items to closure
- Coordinate and collaborate with cross-team colleagues on testing activities
- Assist ongoing regression testing, including the support of continuous automated regression suites
- Support identification and implementation of continuous improvements to test suites and QA practices.

QUALIFICATIONS

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

- Degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Business or related disciplines
- Minimum of 5 years' experience Quality Assurance testing on large-scale, complex IT projects
- Experience in working across full project life cycle, including requirements gathering, design, development, system testing and user acceptance testing, preferably in an Agile/Scrum team set up
- Experience with testing both UI applications and web services
- Experience with building and operating automated test solutions, including both functional (acceptance) tests and non-functional tests (security, performance etc.), preferably in an agile context
- Certification in software testing (ISTQB or ISEB) is preferred
- Experience in the financial services industry and portfolio management area is an advantage.

SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE

- Comprehensive understanding of Quality Assurance methods and best practices
- Excellent functional analysis skills, able to help shape requirements and create corresponding tests
- Experience with tools for writing test cases, tracking defects and managing requirements; HP Quality Centre, IBM Rational Team Concert and Jira are preferred
- Extensive experience of preparing, querying and analysing complex test data, including SQL skills
- Experience with preparing and running automated tests, preferably in an agile environment; experience with Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD) using Cucumber/Gherkin is preferred
- To support automated test creation, specific software engineering experience is preferred, ideally in Java or .NET (C#) areas
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team setting, coordinating with others to achieve team goals
- Demonstrated ability to proactively collaborate with colleagues across the wider team to coordinate activities and get issues resolved
- Ability to partner with others in identifying and driving forward improvement opportunities and initiatives
- Ability to thrive in a complex and dynamic organization, prioritising and balancing multiple work demands.