We are looking for a Software Test Analyst to join the Frontier team at Witham St Hughs on a permanent, full-time basis. We are open to hybrid options for this role, with the right candidate working 3 days from the office and 2 days from home.
The successful candidate will be concerned with designing and executing test cases across various applications. You will work with 1-2 teams at any one time as required, to take knowledge transfer, understand the application, and the changes being delivered. You will also carry out testing (either manual or automated) of the changes to ensure the processes work as per requirements and user stories, raising defects where relevant and retesting once resolved.
At Frontier, the Technology Team strive to deliver brilliant experiences for customers and colleagues. We want to hear from passionate, enthusiastic people from any background. We work with a variety of technologies from front-end native and web applications through to the backend systems that hold our organisation together and the hardware they run on. We are a data-driven organisation. We are transforming our technology landscape and the way we work, and this is a fantastic opportunity to join a team at the start of a change journey. Join us to make a real and valuable difference as you build your career at Frontier.
The Benefits
1. Competitive salary
2. Opportunities for a mixture of home and site working (to be agreed with Line Manager)
3. 25 days holiday per calendar year with option to purchase 5 more days
4. Dedicated Learning & Development team to support you and your career
5. Employee Assistance Program providing 24 hours support & advice in areas such as health and wellbeing for yourself, your family & friends (up to 5 people in total)
6. Increased Maternity, Paternity & Adoption leave benefits for eligible employees
7. Life Assurance scheme and pension plan with employer contributions of up to 7%
8. Cycle to Work Scheme, employee retail discount scheme and free eye test vouchers
About You
9. Minimum of 3 years’ experience in software testing
10. ISEB/ISTQB Foundation certification required as a minimum
11. Batchelors degree in Computer science, Computer Engineering, Information Technology or equivalent is desired but not essential
12. Excellent written and oral communication skills
13. Good SQL skills
14. Experience writing Test Reports
15. Able to learn new systems quickly
16. Experience or desire to learn automation
17. Experience of JIRA required
18. Experience of Agile delivery required
19. Experience of Zephyr desirable but not essential
20. Experience working with APIs would be beneficial
Your Role
As a Test Analyst your role will involve:
21. Reviewing the business software requirements, providing feedback
22. Producing test cases (manual and automated) and the supporting data for multiple applications
23. Prioritising test cases accordingly
24. Executing test cases and raising defects with the correct level of detail – giving clarification or reproducing where required
25. Creating and analysing test results and incorporate those into a test report
26. Working with other stakeholders and developers to take KT for applications
27. Working within a delivery team but also able to work on own initiative
28. Assisting and taking direction from Senior Test Analyst and Test Manager where required
29. Reporting progress to the Test Manager and Senior Test Analyst respectively