IT Quality Assurance & Test Consultant

You will own testing across the full delivery lifecycle on client projects, from reviewing requirements to sign-off of releases. You will design test strategies, build and run manual and automated tests, manage defects and report quality status to client and project stakeholders., * Analyse business and technical requirements to identify test scenarios, risks and acceptance criteria

• Develop test strategies, test plans and estimates for client engagements
• Design, document and execute functional, integration, regression, system and user acceptance test cases
• Build and maintain automated test scripts and frameworks (e.g. Selenium, Playwright, Tricentis Tosca)
• Carry out API, data and performance testing where required (e.g. Postman, JMeter, SQL)
• Log, track and prioritise defects, working with developers and functional consultants to resolve them
• Set up and manage test environments and test data
• Integrate automated tests into CI/CD pipelines (e.g. Azure DevOps, Jenkins, GitHub Actions)
• Report on test progress, coverage and quality metrics to project managers and client stakeholders
• Support clients through UAT, including training business testers and managing sign-off
• Contribute to test standards, templates and continuous improvement across the practice

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
• [3+] years’ experience in software testing / quality assurance, ideally within consulting or on enterprise implementations
• Strong knowledge of testing methodologies, the SDLC and Agile/Scrum delivery
• Hands-on experience with test management tools (e.g. Jira/Xray, Azure Test Plans, ALM)
• Experience of test automation using at least one framework or tool
• Good SQL skills for data validation
• Clear written and verbal communication, comfortable working directly with clients

Desirable

• ISTQB Foundation or Advanced certification
• Experience testing ERP or enterprise platforms (e.g. SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, Dynamics 365)
• Performance or security testing experience
• Cloud platform exposure (Azure, AWS)

Nueva business consulting is a UK-based IT consulting firm delivering technology implementation and transformation programmes for clients across [sectors, e.g. retail, CPG, financial services]. We are growing our Quality Engineering practice and are looking for an experienced Test Consultant to assure the quality of enterprise systems we deliver for clients.