Senior QA Analyst

Are you an experienced QA with a strong record of success, looking for a fresh challenge?

We are looking for a team player with strong skills in black box, white box and regression testing. As a Senior QA Analyst at Aucerna, you would be responsible for testing the Aucerna application suite (both products on the market and in R&D), as well as getting involved in all of the following:

• Writing specifications for both manual and automated test cases; design, implement, test, deploy and maintain testing suites to provide high code coverage, review and challenge functional specifications for specificity and testability
• Contributing to the overall development of the automation test suite using TestComplete
• Developing and owning test artefacts including test plans and test scripts, both functional and non-functional
• Taking ownership of functional areas to ensure that appropriate business analysis and development activities are in place e.g. code reviews, appropriate unit test coverage, user story documentation.
• Executing functional, regression, non-functional (performance, latency, resilience, etc) tests and managing defects
• Taking ownership of all testing activities of a project from planning to post deployment.
• Defining and tracking quality assurance metrics such as defects, defect counts, test results and test status.
• Assessing automation readiness, defining coverage and providing specifications for automated tests.
• Developing strong working relationships with QA Analysts in London and Singapore
• Working with developers and Business Analysts to determine expected functionality and to build a QA test plan accordingly.
• Building a strong knowledge of international fiscal regimes and petroleum industry knowledge

Person Specification

· 5+ Years of Experience in Software Quality Assurance

· 2+ years automation experience

· Agile delivery project lifecycles

· Experience testing complex business processes

· Experienced as a Test Analyst across the full development lifecycle

· Familiarity with MS SQL and Microsoft Excel

· Excellent communicator

· Bright, motivated – must have achieved a 2.1 or above at degree level

· Personable and enthusiastic team player and self-starter with the ability to take the initiative in resolving challenges

Desirable skills

· ISEB Qualifications or similar

· Any experience of working within a financial services organisation or the petroleum industry would be highly desirable.

· Experience auditing financial calculation results preferably with a background in accounting or finance.

· Experience with advanced financial evaluation techniques such as Monte Carlo simulations, decision trees, tornado diagrams, spider diagrams, portfolio management, efficient frontiers or real options theory.

· Development Knowledge in .NET, especially experience in working with unit testing using nUnit.

Salary: Competitive.

Job location: Can either be in London or Aberdeen. It can be up for discussion.

Application Opening Date: 13th May 2019

Application Closing Date: 13th June 2019

We want only the best people for our company. Our people are self-starters, work independently with the latest technology and with an exceptionally intelligent team. Our interviews will require personality, aptitude and skill tests. This is a fantastic opportunity to join a successful and rapidly expanding global organisation.