IT QA Tester - Ollerton, Notts - Up to £23,500 p.a. dependent on qualifications

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• Head Office - Nottinghamshire
  
• Full-Time | Up to £23,500 per annum dependent upon experience and qualifications
  

 

ABOUT THE BENEFITS

• Annual profit share/management bonus
  
• Staff Reward Scheme
  
• Free use of leisure facilities
  
• Discounted Center Parcs breaks
  
• 20% discount in restaurant and retail outlets
  
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ABOUT THE ROLE

 

We are looking for an enthusiastic team player to join our Head Office IT QA test team. Reporting to the QA Test Manager, you will work closely with the QA team to find bugs, execute test plans, log and write up reports and provide support for the team.

 

You will be responsible for being the main application level testing resource for all digital and business applications during release, projects and other system changes, so you’ll need to be able to demonstrate excellent time management and prioritisation skills.

 

The core function of this role is to ensure the production application environments are as bug and issue free as possible and that live systems are performing to an expected documented standard. Excellent verbal and written communication skills are required as you will provide updates to the management team and key stakeholders and also be working with 3rd party vendors.

 

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working in a commercial testing environment plus a working knowledge of testing applications across different browsers and mobile devices. An ISEB qualification would be highly desirable.

 

HOURS OF WORK

You will be contracted to work 150 hours per 4 week period.

Normal Head Office working hours are 9am to 5pm Monday to Friday, however flexibility will be required as test plans and coverage reports will be required out of normal working hours.

 

ABOUT YOU

Essential requirements:

• Very high attention to detail at all times
  
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills including the ability to work effectively with 3rd party vendors
  
• Previous experience working within IT or relevant IT qualifications (preferably ISTQB Foundation Certification)
  
• Time management and ability to work to strict deadlines
  
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office Packages
  

 

Desirable requirements:

• Previous experience working within a commercial testing environment including exposure to test automation, Jira, Zephyr or other testing applications
  
• Knowledge or experience of DataWareHouse / Database Design and Architecture and interrogation of these databases
  
• Strong SQL knowledge: to review TSQL Code as well as using SQL to interrogate data
  
• Knowledge or experience of NoSQL databases / Big Data platforms, Data and Visualisation tools e.g. QlikView
  
• Working in an eCommerce and application based environment with HTML and across different browsers and mobile devices
  

 

Closing date: 25 June 2019 at 12 Noon

1st Interviews to be held: 1, 2 & 5 July 2019

Please note this vacancy may close at any time once sufficient applications have been received. Early submission of your application is therefore encouraged.

 

To APPLY, please email your cv and a covering statement, detailing the job title you are applying for, to THIS email address.

 

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Edited June 19, 2019 by Dos_Box