Manual Testing Specialist
This role is for a self-motivated Senior Test Analyst working within an established Test Practice. Responsibilities include leading small teams of testers, collaborating with project stakeholders, and driving efficient, high-quality testing approaches. The role involves mentoring junior colleagues, supporting project delivery, and maintaining high standards across test planning, execution, and reporting
Key Skills and Experience
- Experience across all test phases including integration, system, and regression testing.
- Understanding of configuration, change, and release management.
- Knowledge of version control systems such as Subversion.
- Strong understanding of software development and testing lifecycles.
- Experience working with Agile, V-Model, and Waterfall methodologies.
- Ability to test both infrastructure and applications.
- Skilled in identifying test data, creating manual and automated test cases, and executing tests.
- Experience logging and investigating defects, and managing defect lifecycle.
- Ability to collect test metrics and organise required environments, tools, and materials.
- Capable of creating test plans and managing testing deliverables for small projects.
- Experience writing test scripts, test reports and supporting reporting requirements.
- Proficient in JIRA.
- Manual and automated testing across functional, non-functional, end-to-end, infrastructure, hardware, and regression areas.
- Creation of test documentation such as test plans, scripts and reports.
- Experience with technologies including Windows Server 2019, Active Directory, SCOM, SCCM and VMware.
- Requirements management and day-to-day support for project and programme managers.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a team.
- ISTQB Foundation level or above.
Knowledge of tools or technologies such as NXLog, McAfee, SQL, Terminal Server, Juniper Networking, Cisco Viptela, Cisco ISE, or KeePass.
Additional Information- Recruitment process usually involves a single interview stage.
- Applicants with relevant transferable skills are encouraged to apply even if not meeting every requirement.
Reasonable Adjustments:
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