QA Test Analyst

Location: Hybrid – travel to Telford once every 3 weeks to do spring planning

Rate: up to £368 p/d Umbrellainside IR35

Clearance required: Active SC Clearance is required which must be held with the client or another UK government department that can be transferred to the client

This is a hands‑on technical QA role, executing test activities and performing manual and automated testing on projects. The role involves working in Agile delivery teams, helping write a Test Approach document, defining the test activities, tasks and deliverables, documenting test coverage matrix on projects. Carrying out Functional System Testing and Integration Testing, supporting E2E testing on one or more projects. Analysing customer requirements and technical documentation, identifying test scenarios, writing test scripts (manual and automating tests), test data preparation and executing manual and automated tests. The QA will be working closely with the delivery team, key project stakeholders and other external supplier test teams to achieve successful delivery and the required business objectives. Providing regular test status reports to the Project Managers, identifying, and raising project & product risks and issues.

Skills

• ISTQB Software Foundation Certification
• Experience in Functional System Testing (writing and executing tests)
• Test Automation
• Proficiency with Test Tools (e.g. Postman)
• Experience with Data Warehouses, Data Marts, and Data Migration
• Strong skills in SQL, Oracle, or other databases
• AWS Experience
• Ability to define and document Test Approaches and Test Completion reports
• Proficiency with JIRA, Test Management Tools (e.g., Jira Zephyr Scale), GIT
• ETL experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in Integration Testing

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