Software Tester

Fircroft Engineering Serv Ltd ,
Stafford, Staffordshire
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Salary: £30000.0000 - £40000.0000 per annum

Overview

My client is looking for a software tester to form part of their dynamic product development team for a leading solution based on their IoT platform. The right candidate will have proven and demonstrable knowledge of working as part of cross functional scrum team(s) in a software testing capacity. The candidate will also have knowledge about creating and carrying out system and functional testing as well as automation testing to ensure our product releases are fully compliant with our quality procedures and processes prior to formal deployment. Overall responsibilities will include: Helping to define test strategies and preparing testing approaches Align software test activities to meet scrum and product release demands Use exploratory and functional testing approaches to ensure quality of system and integration testing Use of best of breed automation tools to achieve repeatable regression and non-functional testing Where necessary work with QA engineers to ensure any hardware to software interfaces are tested and validated Review user stories and identify additional conditions of acceptance for testing criteria to ensure developers take in to account all quality aspects of user stories. Participate in scrum team discussions on product design and presenting test results to the engineering team and management Where necessary, engage with our client testers in a positive and collaborative manner Essential Requirements: Proven experience of working in a software testing environment, using and developing automated test routines through tools such as Selenium, JMeter, PostMan, SoapUI, Micro Focus UFT, etc. Problem solving skills - Identifying issues, exploring alternative solutions and providing the right level of support to the development team Good organisational skills and comfortable working against challenging timescales Knowledge of some of our key programming languages, including; Javascript, Java, C#, C++ and other .NET stack languages Knowledge of Restful and service based testing Working knowledge of databases (RDBMS/NoSQL/Time series). Ability to learn new and emerging technologies UK driving licence Desirable Knowledge: PTC Thingworx experience Existing IoT/IIoT or Edge computing knowledge Knowledge of SaaS vs On-Premise deployments Qualities: Confident and capable, able to work under own initiative or as part of a team. Ability to maintain focus on next delivery/drop. Investigating and solving compatibility problems. Customer interactions - Face to face, over the phone, on a skype call. Have good communication skills and be prepared to challenge customer expectations Be flexible in working methods. About Fircroft: Fircroft has been placing people in specialist technical industries for approaching half a century, focusing on mid to senior level engineers for contract and permanent roles worldwide. By applying for this job you give consent for Fircroft to contact you, via email & telephone, to discuss your application along with future positions and Fircroft's services. Fircroft is registered as a Data Controller with the Information Commissioner as required under the General Data Protection Regulation 2016/679. Fircroft will only process your personal data for the specific purposes of managing your application. This job was originally posted as www.totaljobs.com/job/89838264

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