Purpose of the role:
You will ensure upgrades and enhancements to applications and components used by the Group are tested prior to release to the wider business in a robust and controlled manner.
Responsibilities:
- Working with internal developers and third-party suppliers on software release testing/quality assurance to identify, reproduce and resolve errors
- Managing documentation and providing technical guidance for System Testing
- Delivery and co-ordination of System Testing
- To have a strong understanding of requirements
- To be able to perform reviews of requirements, making recommendations where required
- To be involved in the preparation and review of test cases in light of functional requirements and specifications
- To play an integral role in the execution of tests and record results in a clear and accurate way
- Reporting on defects, escalating these when required and ensure follow up procedures are in place
- Assisting with the result analysis, ensuring any queries are communicated and recorded in a clear and accurate way
- Assisting with test estimation and planning, ensuring your Manager is kept appraised with progress, issues and delays
- Supporting User Acceptance Testing: assisting the wider business in the completion of testing, ensuring that the plans and tests are followed through to completion
- Act as a mentor to junior staff under the supervision of senior staff
Skills required:
- Previous work experience within a business environment
- Experience with eFront, Ivanti, Yardi, 3e, or ViewPoint could be an advantage but not essential
- Strong internal and external communication and interpersonal skills are necessary together with the ability to develop good working relationships within the business and with other service providers
- Excellent communicator, able to extrapolate requirements and deliverables
- Strong documentation skills, including requirements elicitation, specification documentation and test cases writing
- Accuracy is vital and an eye for detail will be required
- Experience in programming languages (SQL, SAS, C#.net, VB.net) an advantage
- Relevant professional qualifications