Senior QA Tester

Position: Permanent

Salary: £50K

Location: Central - Bristol

The QA tester ensures that projects are meeting both business and quality expectations. QA is an integral role on our agile project teams and will constantly collaborate with development and other disciplines to drive project quality.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Work in partnership with the wider agency to help the testing and ensure acceptance criteria are accurate, clear and well defined
• Define clear and well-written test cases, execute those tests and ensure the results are being clearly communicated with the wider project team on an on-going basis
• Triage and investigate reported issues, ensure they are being properly tackled and work to actively prevent regression
• Participate in team meetings, contribute to discussions on best practice and promote knowledge sharing and quality development

The skills & experience required:

• Three years of experience in software quality assurance
• Excellent experience diagnosing, reporting, tracking and resolving quality issues
• Experience and knowledge of agile methodologies
• Experience of creating mutual and automated test scripts
• Knowledge of defect life cycle and bug tracking tool – JIRA