Data QA Tester - SC Cleared
Whitehall Resources are looking for a Data QA Tester - SC Cleared. This role is mainly remote working with some occasional travel to either Shropshire or West Sussex, for an initial 6-month contract.
***Due to the nature of the role, the client requires candidates to hold active SC Clearance***
***Inside IR35***
This is a hands-on technical QA Role:
• Coordinating the test activities and performing manual and automated testing on projects.
• The role will involve working in Agile delivery teams:
• Writing 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.
• This role requires an excellent understanding of test techniques and Risk Based Testing (RBT) in order to verify outcomes against the expected results.
• 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.
Required skills:
• ISTQB Software Foundation Certification
• Experience in Functional System Testing (writing and executing tests)
• Experience of working in Test Automation (eg. BDD framework, API framework, python)
• Experience of working with CI/CD pipeline (eg. GitLab, Jenkins)
• Experience with Data Warehouses, Data Marts, and Data Migration
• Strong skills in SQL, Oracle, or other databases
• ETL experience
• AWS Experience
• Ability to define and document Test Approaches and Test Completion reports
• Proficiency with JIRA, Test Management Tools (e.g., Jira Zephyr Scale),
• Coordination of testing with external teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Experience in Integration Testing
• Agile methodology