Software Tester – Manchester – £25k to £35K
Do you love attention to detail? We do! All our Virtual Sport events are designed to be as life like as possible. As a tester you will need a keen eye to spot issues that most wouldn’t see. This is an excellent opportunity for somebody to help us provide the best customer experience to our clients. We want you to grow your expertise and skills with us. You will be working closely with a motivated team of Testers, Artists, Software Developers and Project Managers who work together to deliver exceptional software on time. Like to have your say and add valuable input into your work? We want to hear from you!
Responsibilities
* Fully understand the Virtual product range, the various methods of deployment and client requirements.
* Creation and housekeeping of Test Plans and Test Cases.
* Ensure that all released software is functionally complete, stable and tested in a timely manner.
* Ensure that products are of the highest quality when released.
* Hands on the testing (functional, UI, regression, Performance, Usability, sanity checking), with a good eye for detail.
* Liaise with 3rd party testing/development teams, particularly for testing end to end comms.
* Preparing and configuring test environments including recommendation of new hardware and software when necessary.
* Assisting the QA Manager in defining the best processes and tools to perform QA tasks.
* Work with the QA Manager to ensure daily organisational activities and deliverables are met.
Skills required
* 2+ year’s system testing with experience of working in a fast paced agile environment.
* 2+ year’s testing in a Windows environment.
* Proficient with test case management software eg Quality centre, Enterprise Tester, TestRail.
* Proficient with bug/issue tracking software eg JIRA, TFS
* Ability to work in high pressure environment on multiple active projects.
* Strong organisational and time management skills.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Knowledge of software development life cycle.
* Team player who can work with a diverse range of team members ie artists, developers, project managers.
* Methodical and able to compartmentalise tasks and follow them through to completion. Show tenacity in completing tasks.
* Attention to detail and focus on accuracy.
Educational requirements Desirable
* Degree level education.
* ISEB/ISTQB foundation level in Software testing
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