QA Test Analyst - 6 month day rate contract Hybrid - 3 days onsite in Dublin 2-4 years experience in Test / QA role required What you will be responsible for ·Participate in all project related meetings to get better understanding of core applications and requirements from Business Team. ·Create and / or maintain test suites for a wide variety of investment systems for ongoing application releases: functional and regression testing. ·Record all test case results, communicate same to development, business analysts, project managers and business sponsors. ·Input to test automation strategy (automation scripts are developed by automation engineers). ·Support user test planning to ensure change management processes are adhered to. ·Coordinate test efforts carried out by business users across different functions and locations, often involving third parties, as required. ·Support business user testing by providing appropriate test data and test conditions. ·Liaise with business users to ensure all changes achieve the required level of User Acceptance Testing prior to release sign-off. ·Manage and coordinate test setup of multiple applications and test environments. ·Liaise with IT Operations and Development Team to manage the release testing in accordance with release procedure. What we value for the role Ability to learn on the job to take ownership of all aspects of release testing.Attention to quality and detail.A history of working to tight project schedules and delivering successfully.Motivated, enthusiastic individual with ability to work on own initiative.Team player with excellent communication and interpersonal skills.Ability to grasp and work with financial and newly developed in-house applications as well as overall understanding of system development lifecycles. Financial experience is an advantage.Comfortable working alongside both business users and IT technical staff.Confident in dealing with clients – both internal and external – professional attitude at all times.Education & Preferred Qualifications ·Expected third level qualification in a technical or business-related discipline. ·Familiarity with automation test tools and scripting languages is desirable. ·Experience in testing a wide range of financial applications is essential. ·Experience with SQL, sufficient knowledge to create moderately complex SQL queries, is required. ·Experience with Agile Development Methodology is desirable. 2-4 years proven background as a Software Tester / QA analyst. Please note this is not a Senior role and day rate will reflect that.
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