UAT Test Engineer Contract Role

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One of our clients is looking for 2 x UAT Test Engineers to join the company on a 6 month contract ASAP. The role is Outside IR35, paying up to £350 and the successful candidate will have to be on site in the Bristol office 2 days a week.

Key Responsibilities of the role

* Work as part of a cross functional systems test team to ensure quality is driven into the heart of the development process from requirements definition through to delivery.

* Work closely with the software development team, Product Management and Customer Support Teams as well as business users and Senior Management, as required.

* Author test scenario's, building test suites to ensure that the products meet customer requirements focusing on usability and end to end user scenarios

* Validate user operation as per the User Manual and Product Management UAT requirements

* Ensure that all tests are executed and give regular feedback to the System test manager on the status of progress and quality.

* Document and maintain a log of all test cases, scenarios/charters and test results

Skills and Experience

Essential:

* 3 years' experience of product-level UAT testing of PC applications, web applications preferable in large scale systems.

* Minimum two years' experience as a test engineer.

* Proven experience in software verification and validation including functional, regression, scenario, load, usability, stress and performance testing.

* Some experience of integration testing of networked solutions over LAN and WAN infrastructure.

* Experience of working with relational databases to retrieve data.

* Experience of working with Agile development methodologies.

* Working with modern web-based applications.

* A positive and enthusiastic outlook with a passion for testing.

* Ability to adapt quickly and understand complex systems, new functions and features and apply ad-hoc test methodology during the development and full life cycle of a product.

* Ability to use a systematic approach to prioritise tasks

* High standard of written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to describe test procedures and issue reports in detail

Desirable:

* Experience using test case management tools such as test link, test rail or Quality Centre

* Recognised software QA/Test qualification - e.g. BCS ISTQB Foundation or Certified Agile Tester.

* Degree educated in a relevant discipline (e.g Computer Science, Computer Engineering)

* Familiarity with source control tools (e.g. Bit-Bucket)

* Familiarity with CI tools e.g. Jenkins.If you're interested in this role please apply now.Please click here to find out more about our Key Information Documents. Please note that the documents provided contain generic information. If we are successful in finding you an assignment, you will receive a Key Information Document which will be specific to the vendor set-up you have chosen and your placement.To find out more about Computer Futures please visit www.computerfutures.comComputer Futures, a trading division of SThree Partnership LLP is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy | Registered office | 1st Floor, 75 King William Street, London, EC4N 7BE, United Kingdom | Partnership Number | OC387148 England and Wales