Your new company

One of the largest Public Sector Organisations in the UK managing trade

Your new role

QA Tester - Python/Gherkin/BDD - SC Cleared

What you'll need to succeed

• Test Strategy & Planning: Develop, implement, and maintain comprehensive QA strategies, test plans, test cases, and test scripts for new features and existing functionalities.
• Execution: Conduct various types of testing, including functional, regression, integration, performance, security, and user acceptance testing (UAT) across the entire application stack.
• System Knowledge: Become a subject-matter expert on the interaction between the Django/Wagtail CMS backend, the microservices, and the JavaScript/CSS frontend.
• Microservice Testing: Focus on testing the interfaces, data integrity, and inter-service communication within the microservice architecture.
• Defect Management: Identify, document, prioritise, and track bugs and defects using Jira. Work closely with developers to ensure timely resolution. Own defect resolution.
• Automation: Design, develop, and maintain automated test scripts using appropriate tools and frameworks using Playwright and Python-based frameworks such as PyTest
• Collaboration: Participate in Agile ceremonies and collaborate closely with multidisciplinary Agile teams
• Deployment: Validate releases and deployments across different environments (Dev, Staging, Production)

• Experience: 3+ years of professional experience in Quality Assurance and software testing, primarily focused on web applications.
• Comfortable with rapid software testing and/or exploratory testing
• Backend/CMS Knowledge: Proven experience testing web applications built with Python/Django. Familiarity with content management systems, specifically Wagtail CMS, is a significant advantage.
• Architecture: Familiarity with understanding of microservice architecture and experience testing APIs and service-to-service communication using Postman.
• Frontend Technologies: Strong ability to test and debug JavaScript and CSS-driven frontend interfaces, ensuring cross-browser and mobile responsiveness.
• Testing Tools: Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks, specifically Gherkin/BDD
• Soft Skills: Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills. Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines (e.g., CircleCI, AWS Pipelines) and integrating automated tests into the deployment process.
• Familiarity with containerisation technologies such as Docker.
• Experience or understanding of performance and load testing
• Knowledge of accessibility (WCAG) and security testing principles.
• A strong understanding of the Agile/Scrum development methodology.
• Proficiency in writing SQL queries to validate data integrity in relational databases (bonus)
• Testing certifications such as ISTQB/ISEB

What you'll get in return

You can make a difference and lead by setting up a QA Testing environment, whilst leading hands-on.

What you need to do now

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