QA Analyst

Role overview

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain test cases, plans and scripts for functional, system, performance, load and user acceptance testing.
• Automate tests using Selenium, Cucumber or TestNG and integrate them into CI/CD pipelines.
• Investigate defect root causes, collaborate with developers to resolve bugs, and test REST and SOAP APIs.
• Run LoadRunner or similar performance tests to assess scalability and responsiveness.
• Participate in SDLC requirements gathering, analysis, design reviews and release management; support CI/CD tool configuration.
• Conduct stakeholder UAT, work within Agile/Scrum or Waterfall teams, and troubleshoot across operating systems, databases and web technologies.

Technical skills

• Automation tools and frameworks include Selenium WebDriver, Cucumber and TestNG.
• Programming or scripting languages listed include Java, C#, Python, C++, PHP and JavaScript.
• CI/CD and development tools listed include Jenkins, Azure DevOps, GitLab, GitHub, SVN, TFS and Maven.
• API testing tools include Postman and SoapUI; protocols include REST and SOAP.
• Performance testing uses LoadRunner or similar tools; database examples include MySQL, SQL Server and Oracle, with SQL or PL/SQL.
• Troubleshooting spans Windows, Linux, Mac OS, HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Requirements

• Master's degree required; six years of QA Analyst experience required.
• Extensive test automation experience, including Selenium WebDriver and Cucumber.
• Strong SDLC knowledge and scripting/programming experience with one or more listed languages.
• Hands-on DevOps/CI/CD experience; API testing knowledge; performance testing experience; and database/SQL skills.
• Debugging, root cause analysis, Agile/Scrum experience, requirements gathering and clear communication/documentation skills.

Pay

• Pay listed as £50,000–£60,000 per year.

Benefits

• Free parking and on-site parking are listed.

Workplace

• Work location is described as hybrid remote in Hounslow, TW4 6JQ.