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An opportunity has emerged to join a growing team at Dunstan Thomas. Dunstan Thomas is a software company with proprietary software products specialising in the pensions and investment space. The ideal candidate will have at least 5 years of financial services software testing experience, preferably in the pensions industry, and be able to work within a dynamic and changing environment. The successful candidate will be a self-motivated and pro-active software tester with a commitment to delivering solutions of a high quality to time and budget, and an eagerness to learn and continuously improve.
Dunstan Thomas has a wide range of customers and software products, and the successful candidate may have the opportunity to work across products, customers and teams during the course of their employment.
Key Responsibilities
* Developing the team’s test strategy
* Day to Day management and monitoring of the test process
* Manual and automation testing of desktop applications and web-based applications / services
* Participation in design reviews and providing input on requirements, product design and potential problems
* Recognising test automation opportunities
* Driving test cases from specifications, requirements, and user stories
* Defect Management - logging, tracking, and managing defects / bugs through bug tracking tools
* Analysing test results
* Writing test approach, plans and reports
* Producing Test Metrics for reporting and QA
* Regular communication with development teams and management
* Mentoring more junior members of the team
Essential Skills and Experience Required
* Knowledge and practical experience of pension administration
* Experience in testing both web and desktop applications
* Practical experience of setting up test automation frameworks using Cypress.io, Selenium, Spec. Flow or similar portable test frameworks
* Practical experience of API testing and automation, including a working knowledge of API testing tools like Postman, Swagger, SOAP UI or similar
* Working knowledge and experience of MS Azure Dev Ops and JIRA
* Familiarity with XML, JSON, Java script and SQL
* Ensuring high quality deliverables
* Pro-active and self-motivated
* Effective leadership and management skills
* Analytical thinking/quick learner with a good attention to detail and able to problem solve effectively
Additional / Desirable Skills and Experience
* Degree educated, ideally in a technical subject
* ISEB / ISTQB certification
* Experience of Winforms testing and automation
* Experience of Non-functional testing tools and techniques
Location
Preferably Portsmouth with options for hybrid working, remote will be considered.
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