Work Schedule
Standard (Mon-Fri)Environmental Conditions
OfficeJob Description
Role Objective:
The purpose of the Software Engineer is to be responsible for the quality of software being deployed into the Real-World Data & Scientific Solutions environments. They are responsible for performing automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose prior to release into the live IT infrastructure.
Reporting to the Head of IT, the post holder will perform quality assurance testing on both internal and external products. The role is primarily responsible for checking software developments to ensure they are free from defects and issues, and the product meets the defined requirements prior to being marketed to clients. This will be achieved by running automated and manual test cases that have been developed by the candidate, whilst working with developers to quickly identify, document and resolve any issues discovered. The post holder will lead and develop all aspects of testing for the SaaS Vantage solution and will, from time to time, meet with clients and internal stakeholders to ensure that service is delivered in a consistent and timely way.
Although the primary focus of the role is testing, it is a hybrid role. You will be expected to have the technical experience and knowledge to assist and support the developers in the day to day operational tasks of the team. This is an opportunity to continue working in a tester role whilst developing your skills and branching out into the development operations role. This will include assisting with monthly data updates into the live databases, monitoring services to ensure availability of the environments, assisting analysts with their data requirements and other daily operational tasks.
Responsibilities Include:
- Having the ability to understand existing and new products being developed by the team to enable you to fully test all the functionality.
- Create and document automated and manual test plans/scripts that can be used against any product within the SaaS Vantage product range.
- Ensuring any new products meet the requirements and specifications that have been defined by the Products Team and obtaining sign off for deployment into the live environment following a successful test.
- Executing built test cases (manual or automated) and analysing the results.
- Undertake all levels of testing (System, Integration, and Regression).
- Recording all defects discovered during test periods and produce reports outlining the issues discovered to the developers and management teams.
- Manage any software bugs discovered ensuring they are recorded and prioritised correctly.
- During maintenance release windows conduct post-release regression testing across all products to ensure the systems are fit for purpose, the results should be recorded and retained for auditing purposes.
- Manage the test environments by controlling and recording applications that have been or are about to be deployed into each system.
- Monitoring the existing hardware platforms and Vantage products daily to ensure they are in a healthy state and running as expected. Escalating any discovered issues to the relevant teams.
Ad-hoc Responsibilities:
- Monitor, respond, resolve and escalate calls logged to the team within Vantage's Incident management system within agreed SLA’s.
- Ensure IG and IT security is maintained to standard.
- Any other duties that may reasonably be considered as falling under the remit and responsibilities of this post.
Requirements:
Essential:
- Proven experience as a Quality Assurance Tester or similar role for complex systems.
- Experience in Service Delivery in a development team.
- The ability to build and manage automated test scripts using software tools.
- Working knowledge of test management software (e.g. qTest, Zephyr, Bugzilla, Cucumber) as well as a good understanding of SQL.
- Good working knowledge of Java, HTML, CSS and Javascript.
- Knowledge and experience of Microsoft Office 365 packages.
- Knowledge of the AWS Cloud infrastructure.
- Work with cross-functional teams to ensure quality throughout the software development lifecycle.
- Demonstrate strong analytical, organisational, problem-solving, and written communication skills.
- Strong communications skills, both written and verbal.
- Understanding of the importance of detail and organisation.
- Collaborate with developers to produce effective strategies and test plans.
- A Team Player - detail-oriented, self-motivated individuals who can work closely with teams of designers, developers, project managers and other related personnel whilst also being able to work independently as needed.
- Ability to multitask and attention to detail and quality.
- Is energetic, determined, positive, goal focused and consistent - even under pressure.
Desirable:
- BSc/BA in Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
- Familiarity with Agile frameworks
