QA Tester (Manual) – Fixed Term Contract

Working Pattern: Monday to Friday, 9am–5:30pm (flexible) | Hybrid Working with 3 days in the office
Contract: This is a fixed-term contract until October 2027
Salary: £45,000
Job ID: 8273
What you'll be serving up…

Designing and carrying out manual test plans, strategies and test cases.
Testing end-to-end workflows across internal applications and external third-party systems.
Validating integrations with external suppliers, including API and data exchanges.
Identifying, analysing and documenting defects, helping to understand root causes and reduce delivery risks.
Maintaining regression testing suites to ensure systems continue to work as expected.
Working with technical teams, suppliers and business stakeholders to turn requirements into clear test scenarios.
Keeping testing documentation, outcomes and requirements traceability up to date.
Ensuring testing aligns with agreed quality standards, governance and delivery processes.

The ingredients you'll bring…

Strong experience in manual testing across enterprise systems.
Experience creating test plans, test strategies and test cases.
Knowledge of integration testing, particularly with external suppliers and APIs.
An understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and Agile ways of working.
Experience in defect management and analysis.
Strong communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical teams and business stakeholders.

It would be great if you also have:

Exposure to Azure or other cloud environments.
Experience using Azure DevOps.
Knowledge of ITIL processes.
SQL or data validation skills.
Awareness of test automation tools.

You'll be organised, detail-focused and comfortable working collaboratively across teams. You'll take ownership of your work, look for ways to improve processes and help ensure quality is built into every stage of delivery.