Senior Test Analyst (Automation)
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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
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Functional Testing: System, SIT, GUI, UAT, exploratory, compatibility.
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Strong experience in:
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Test design, execution & defect management
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Requirement analysis & stakeholder collaboration
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Defect triage & reporting
?? Automation & Technical Skills
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Automation tools: Selenium, Playwright, Cucumber (BDD)
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API testing: SOAP UI, Postman, JMeter
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CI/CD & DevOps tools: Jenkins, Git, GitLab
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Working knowledge of:
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Java, SQL, XML, JSON
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AWS cloud environments
?? Test Management & Tools
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Tools: JIRA, Xray, Zephyr, ADO, Excel, Confluence.
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Strong in:
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Test planning & strategy
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Writing test cases/scenarios
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Reporting & documentation
?? Methodologies
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Experience across:
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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