Senior Technical Analyst

We are urgently recruiting for a Senior Technical Analyst to join our client located in the Netherlands. Our client is a public sector institution, based in The Hague. This is a 200 days contract, to be completed by end of January 2017!

Deliverables:
- Conduct independent test analysis, design and execution of functional and technical tests using available testing tools at clients
- Contribute to acceptance testing (UAT/OAT) of in-house/outsourced developed applications based on commercial-off-the-shelf products
- Design and execute automated regression or performance test scripts
- Perform test planning, management, and reporting

Specific Requirements:
Certificate of Good Conduct combined with a Security Clearance to be presented at a later stage
No later than 12 weeks after start of the services, the consultant must provide a security clearance level EU Confidential (or higher) granted by a competent National Security Authority of an EU Member State

Requirements: (Please complete)
Requirement Justification
Language level - mandatory
Mandatory:
Working knowledge of English (level B2) Please explain how this level of English was acquired:

Professional Experience - mandatory
Mandatory:
a minimum of 5 years of experience in conducting functional testing
Please list relevant projects (incl. name, duration, employer) showing how this experience was acquired:

Mandatory: a minimum of 2 years of experience in organizing/contributing to acceptance testing (UAT/OAT) of internally/externally developed applications Please list relevant projects (incl. name, duration, employer) showing how this experience was acquired:

Mandatory: a minimum of 2 years of experience in test planning and test management Please list relevant projects (incl. name, duration, employer) showing how this experience was acquired:

Mandatory: a minimum of 2 years of experience in testing of customised commercial-off-the-shelf products (eg Sharepoint, Planon, etc.) Please list relevant projects (incl. name, duration, employer) showing how this experience was acquired:

Mandatory: a minimum of 1 year of experience in conducting performance and configuration testing of applications using MS Sharepoint Please list relevant projects (incl. name, duration, employer) showing how this experience was acquired:

Professional Knowledge - mandatory or desirable
Mandatory: Theoretical knowledge of the fundamental test process Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

Mandatory: Knowledge of testing on various test levels using a variety of test types Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

Mandatory: Knowledge of test design/execution using the following test design techniques: Specification-based (or behaviour-based or Black Box); Structure-based (or White Box); Defect-based, Experience-based

Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

Mandatory: Knowledge of how to:
- determine suitable test approaches,
- compose suitable Test Documentation,
- define suitable acceptance criteria
- review structurally work products from other teams Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

Mandatory: Knowledge of ISEB/ISTQB terminology, (demonstrated by passing the relevant certification exam(s) Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

Mandatory: Knowledge of how to script functional automated tests using automation frameworks (ie no record and playback approaches) being integrated continuously as part of the build process Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

Mandatory: Knowledge of how to conduct performance and configuration testing of applications using MS Sharepoint Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

Desirable: Knowledge of test management, planning, test metrics and estimations Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

Desirable: Knowledge of testing the following Software Quality Characteristics: Functionality, Technical Security, Usability, Efficiency, Reliability and Maintainability Please describe how this knowledge was acquired:

After completing the above table, and attaching your Euro format CV, please forward your application ASAP to beat the cut-off-date.