QA Tester

Canopius
Manchester, United Kingdom
2 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Compensation
£ 40K

Job location

Manchester, United Kingdom

Tech stack

Agile Methodologies
Azure
Data Logging
Postman
Test Scripts
Information Technology
SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS)

Job description

This role is a hands-on contract testing engagement, focused on delivering high quality assurance across IT systems and processes. It is outcome driven, supporting the stability of business-critical platforms, regulatory compliance, and a positive end user experience. The contractor will work embedded within Agile delivery teams to provide timely, pragmatic testing that enables confident release decisions.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities will include:

  • Produce and execute test plans aligned to delivery milestones and business outcomes

  • Design, review, and maintain test scripts to support functional, integration, regression, and end to end testing

  • Execute testing cycles efficiently, logging, tracking, and re-testing defects to resolution

  • Provide clear, concise test status reporting, risks, and quality insights to delivery teams and stakeholders

  • Support User Acceptance Testing (UAT), acting as a representative end user to validate real world scenarios and support go live decisions

  • Collaborate closely with Developers, Business Analysts, and business stakeholders to clarify requirements and assess impact

  • Contribute to Agile delivery ceremonies, working within Scrum and Kanban frameworks

Requirements

  • Outcome focused and delivery-oriented mindset

  • Strong collaborator with the ability to build effective working relationships quickly

  • Comfortable operating in changing environments and adapting to shifting priorities

  • Confident in providing independent, objective quality assessments to support decision making

  • A strong collaborator; excellent relationship building and communication skills with the ability to engage people from diverse cultures and different levels.

  • Able to work on own initiative whilst understanding the journey.

  • Able to adapt and respond to changing corporate objectives as opportunities open up

  • Ability to articulate Testing and Quality issues in a clear and concise manner to non-tech people

  • Preferable experience with Azure DevOps, Postman, SQL Server Management Studio

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