Senior Test Specialist
Location: Portsmouth - mostly on site with some travel
Salary: £43,000 - £47,000 + 3% Bonus
Clearance: Currently hold or eligible for SC Clearance
You will join an existing and growing test practice of a global IT consultancy, delivering digital transformation to the UK government. As a Senior Test Specialist, working alongside a team of dedicated professionals, you will be driven to find better, faster, and more effective ways of testing and adding value to projects. You will lead by example, develop your team and emerging talent, and help strengthen the Test Practice's reputation as a center of excellence. This environment offers opportunities for growth and skill enhancement.
Your experience:
* Understanding the Software Development and Testing Lifecycles
* Experience with multiple delivery methodologies such as Agile, V-Model, and Waterfall
* Experience testing both Infrastructure and Applications
* Ability to identify test data, create test cases based on requirements, and develop test cases for manual and automated testing in technical testing areas
* Executing test cases, recording results, and supporting defect logging and investigation
* Collecting test-related metrics
* Organizing test materials, environments, tools, and resources to deliver testing activities, and coordinating testing delivery, progress reporting, risks, and incidents
* Creating high-quality test plan documents for small to medium projects that address requirements and mitigate risks
* Accountability for test team deliverables within agreed schedules
* Understanding testing requirements within projects and defining testing scope with stakeholders
* Experience in writing test scripts, test reports, defect management, and reporting
* Proficiency with SOAP UI, XML, Jenkins, and JIRA
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