Tester/Test Engineer

Tester/Test Engineer required for a 6 month contract with our client.

Job description/Overall position description with general areas of responsibility listed:
Review of requirements (Includes being involved in the projects from an early stage in order to understand the requirements)
Involved in definition of acceptance criteria
Designing and implementing test cases.
Performing tests before delivering stories/features, including exploratory tests.
Performing test on designated test levels
Recording defects (includes a close interaction with the development team in order to provide feedback about defects that are detected)
Preserving test ware
Test process improvement (Contribute towards improvements in the Test processes and documentation)

Specific Tasks to be performed during the engagement/Key Deliverables/Milestones:
Review of requirements (Includes being involved in the projects from an early stage in order to understand the requirements)
Involved in definition of acceptance criteria
Designing and implementing test cases.
Performing tests before delivering stories/features, including exploratory tests.
Performing test on designated test levels
Recording defects (includes a close interaction with the development team in order to provide feedback about defects that are detected)
Preserving test ware
Test process improvement (Contribute towards improvements in the Test processes and documentation)

What development tools methodologies are to be used?:
Quality center

Must have/mandatory skills:
Knowledge and Competences -
Test Specific
Certified TMAP Test engineer or as alternative ISTQB/ISEB foundation/ISTQB Advanced Test Analyst
Extensive knowledge about specification of test engineering documentation
Extensive knowledge about structured testing eg
o Test design techniques
o Risk based testing
Knowledge about:
o Test in the development process (LEAN and v-model)
o Agile test
Experience with
o The use test design techniques
o The use of test management tools (HP Quality Center)

(Not mandatory)
Knowledge about:
o  vision and strategy
o THW basic liner trade
o  processes overview
o Overview of processes and governance
o PEX basics
Good understanding of the business

General
Overview of system landscape
Knowledge of the defect management process

Personal Skills
Analytical, solution oriented
Positive and energetic
Independent and responsible
An advocate for delivering high quality - but also understand when things are good enough
Fundamental critical thinking skills
Set goals and prioritize your use of time
Adaptable to change
Excited about challenges and growth opportunities

Specializations
The test engineer role may be specialized in order to handle special aspects of test engineering.

These specializations can be:
Business tester
Performance tester