Job description
Information
Job Ref:
CA807186BirQAA
Location:
Birmingham
Postcode:
B3 2AA
Type of contract:
Permanent
Salary:
£competitive
Posted Date:
Friday, June 2, 2023
Closing Date:
Friday, June 30, 2023
Quality Assurance Analyst
Location: Birmingham (hybrid)
Contract: Permanent/Full-Time
Hours of Work: 37.5 hours + additional as required
What we’re all about
BECG Group is all about talented people, delivering excellent results for our clients. We are a multi-award-winning, PR Week Top 150 communications consultancy, ranked No 1 in PR Week’s UK Public Affairs consultancy rankings and recognised as PRCA National Awards Specialist Consultancy of the Year.
BECG Group brings together industry-specialist communications teams BECG, Cavendish Advocacy, Liberty One, LoveThat and SoCrowd, to provide integrated solutions for clients and limitless development opportunities for our people.
We believe in sourcing talent from diverse backgrounds, nurturing a company culture that leads to a strong work life balance, and strengthening it by providing great learning and development opportunities.
What will you get from us
You’ll have the opportunity to take your career to the next level, working with dynamic, talented people in a fast paced and expanding organisation. Alongside a competitive salary, we provide extensive training and development opportunities and an industry leading benefits package including;
- A flexible, hybrid working model
- Access to mentorship from some of the best minds in the industry
- Industry leading allocation of paid time off
- Geographical flexibility across our regional offices
- Private Medical Insurance
- Regular social and teambuilding events
- Paid time off to volunteer for a charity
What you’ll need to do
You will be working alongside a team of skilled software developers, building and delivering our cloud-based business integration and insights platform. The platform, used both internally within the business and externally by our diverse client base, Integrates a wide range of digital services across the BECG group. The platform offers a wide range of features including, API data ingestion, aggregation and analytics, insight generation and dashboarding, reporting and notification, AI Data processing, social media Intergrations and much more.
You will be responsible for ensuring output quality of the software platform, working with developers and product team to design comprehensive testing strategies, and carrying out manual and automated testing to ensure that development efforts meet acceptance criteria
- Participating in the design process, understand the scope, requirements, and function of the software product.
- Create test plans and strategies to coordinate the testing process and ensure full system coverage.
- Built test cases for tickets and create representative sample data to ensure accurate test results
- Build out and execute manual and automated testing to ensure product quality
- Collaborate with developers to manage the testing process and feedback results
- Review and improve the testing process on an ongoing basis
What we are looking for
Essential:
- At least 3 years professional experience as a QA analyst, with focus on web app testing
- Strong knowledge of software QA methodologies, tools, and processes
- Experience using automated front end testing tools such as Cypress and Cucumber
- Ability to build and perform all testing disciplines including but not limited to; functional, non-functional, regression, smoke testing, system integration, compatibility, performance, experience and boundary testing
- Experience of preparation of test deliverables including but not limited to; Test Approach, Test Plans, Test Scripts, Defect reports, Test Summary Reports etc
- Strong attention to detail.
- Strong self-organisational skills.
Desirable:
- Ability to estimate, prioritize, plan and coordinate testing activities
- Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with internal and external stakeholders
- Analytical mind and problem-solving aptitude.
- Ability to accumulate and apply business and domain specific knowledge
- Experience of project management tools such as Jira and Confluence
Equal Opportunities
Our vision is to be a truly diverse and inclusive workplace that enables us to attract and retain a diverse workforce, representative of our clients and community. For this reason, we welcome applications from candidates regardless of
qualifications and experience in industry and from all persons, regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.