Test Analyst

SUMMARY:
12 Month contract role for skilled Test Analyst with well-known entity within the Banking / Financial Services sector.   Experience required: draft test plan and test procedures, compile test scripts
and test plans, Compile defect reports

POSITION INFO:
12 Month contract role for skilled Test Analyst with well-known entity within the Banking / Financial Services sector. Experience required: draft test plan and test procedures, compile test scripts
and test plans, Compile defect reports

Responsibilities:
Create test plan to include environments, number of resources to be assigned to the project, high level test case and
highlight the risks and assumptions
Create the test procedure to be followed when executing the test cases
Create design steps from test cases in the Quality Centre
Execute system validation plans (new function) and liaise with the Business Analysts and technical teams in order to compile test scripts
Execute all test activities for allocated projects
Coordinate and execute all allocated test activities for projects
Prepare and submit test plans for sign-off
Ensure alignment between test environment and production environment
Treat production issues as first priority
Compile defect reports to highlight to the Stakeholders the number of issues raised
Assess own performance against competencies and skills required delivery
Identify development needs and select effective solutions to address own development need
Prepare a personal development plan with management to implement and review as required
Monitor own progress against development plan and measure impact of results

Education

• National Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in:
  
  • Information Technology
  • Computer Science
  • Software Engineering
  • Business Information Systems
  • Quality Management (in regulated industries like healthcare or finance)

Qualifications and Certifications:

Foundational:

• ISTQB Certified Tester – Foundation Level (CTFL)
  Globally recognized and often required for QA/Test roles.

Intermediate to Advanced:

• ISTQB Certification
• Automation Certifications (if tools like Selenium, Postman, or JMeter are involved) nice to have

Other Useful Certifications (optional but beneficial):

• PMI-CAPM or PRINCE2 – if involved in project coordination
• ITIL Foundation – if the role touches service management
• Scrum Master Certification (CSM or PSM) – for Agile environments

Skills & Tools (as complements to qualifications)

• Experience with HP ALM / Quality Center
• Understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Testing Life Cycle (STLC)
• Working knowledge of defect management, test case creation, and validation
• Familiarity with test environments and coordination with BAs and developers