Senior Test Analyst (Automation)

Coforge U.k. Ltd
Lawley and Overdale, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior
Compensation
£ 50K

Job location

Lawley and Overdale, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Java
Microsoft Excel
Agile Methodologies
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Confluence
JIRA
Automation of Tests
Azure
Software Bug Management
Continuous Integration
Data Warehousing
DevOps
Distributed Systems
JSON
JMeter
Scrum
SAP Applications
Selenium
SoapUI
SQL Databases
Test Case Design
Test Management
XML
Pega
Postman
Gitlab
GIT
Playwright
Cucumber
Api Management
Jenkins

Job description

Role: Senior Test Analyst

Work location: Telford, UK (2 Days weekly)

Job type: Full Time

Mandatory: SC eligible.

  • Senior Test Analyst (SC eligible.) with ~10 years of experience in QA/testing.
  • ISTQB/ISEB certified with strong expertise in manual + automation testing.
  • Experience in public sector - HMRC preferable
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
  • SAP/Pega/Datawarehouse experience Preferable

?? Core Testing Expertise

  • Functional Testing: System, SIT, GUI, UAT, exploratory, compatibility.

  • Strong experience in:

  • Test design, execution & defect management

  • Requirement analysis & stakeholder collaboration

  • Defect triage & reporting

?? Automation & Technical Skills

  • Automation tools: Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber (BDD)

  • API testing: SOAP UI, Postman, JMeter

  • CI/CD & DevOps tools: Jenkins, Git, GitLab

  • Working knowledge of:

  • Java, SQL, XML, JSON

  • AWS cloud environments

?? Test Management & Tools

  • Tools: JIRA, Xray, Zephyr, ADO, Excel, Confluence.

  • Strong in:

  • Test planning & strategy

  • Writing test cases/scenarios

  • Reporting & documentation

?? Methodologies

  • Experience across:

  • Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, V-Model

Active participation in:

  • Daily stand-ups
  • Sprint cycles
  • Defect triage & release planning

?? Leadership & Soft Skills

  • Experience leading QA teams and mentoring juniors.
  • Strong stakeholder coordination (BA, Dev, PM, SMEs).
  • Works effectively in high-pressure and distributed environments.

Certifications

  • ISEB/ISTQB Certified Tester
  • Agile tester certifications

Requirements

Mandatory: SC eligible.

  • Senior Test Analyst (SC eligible.) with ~10 years of experience in QA/testing.
  • ISTQB/ISEB certified with strong expertise in manual + automation testing.
  • Experience in public sector - HMRC preferable
  • Strong communication, stakeholder management, and problem-solving skills.
  • SAP/Pega/Datawarehouse experience Preferable

?? Core Testing Expertise

  • Functional Testing: System, SIT, GUI, UAT, exploratory, compatibility.

  • Strong experience in:

  • Test design, execution & defect management

  • Requirement analysis & stakeholder collaboration

  • Defect triage & reporting

?? Automation & Technical Skills

  • Automation tools: Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber (BDD)

  • API testing: SOAP UI, Postman, JMeter

  • CI/CD & DevOps tools: Jenkins, Git, GitLab

  • Working knowledge of:

  • Java, SQL, XML, JSON

  • AWS cloud environments

?? Test Management & Tools

  • Tools: JIRA, Xray, Zephyr, ADO, Excel, Confluence.

  • Strong in:

  • Test planning & strategy

  • Writing test cases/scenarios

  • Reporting & documentation

?? Methodologies

  • Experience across:

  • Agile (Scrum), Waterfall, V-Model

Active participation in:

  • Daily stand-ups
  • Sprint cycles
  • Defect triage & release planning

?? Leadership & Soft Skills

  • Experience leading QA teams and mentoring juniors.
  • Strong stakeholder coordination (BA, Dev, PM, SMEs).
  • Works effectively in high-pressure and distributed environments.

Certifications

  • ISEB/ISTQB Certified Tester
  • Agile tester certifications

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