Senior Test Analyst

We are looking for an experienced Senior Test Analyst to join our Software Engineering team within the IT and Digital Directorate (IT&D). The Senior Test Analyst role would primarily be embedded within our Student Relationship Management (SRM) team, engaged in the execution of our quality assurance processes within solution development focused on the Microsoft Dynamics 365 CRM and Microsoft Power Platform.

About the Team:

You will join our Software Engineering team that manages a varied range of systems, encompassing a broad spectrum of technologies and solutions servicing all aspects of the University. Our diverse team comprises of Engineers and Analysts across our divisions with unique skillsets and subject matter knowledge.

We work in a hybrid manner, and are on-site one day a week, this day being Thursday.

About the role:

This role will require the successful candidate to:

• Design, document and execute testing against both functional and non-functional requirements within an agile delivery environment
• Design Test Scenarios and Cases elicited from functional and system requirements
  • Integration Testing
  • End to End, Feature and System Testing
  • Regression Testing
  • User Acceptance Testing
• Drive good practice, traceability and visibility of all functional testing levels from Unit testing to Acceptance testing
• Drive high quality requirement capture through the use of outcome focused 3-Amigos sessions, working closely with developers and business analysts
• Execute and report on test outcomes based on defined test cases
• Report, triage and manage defects aligned to defined processes
• Develop, train and support sprint team members in designing and executing testing
• Identify, communicate and manage risks within testing processes and test phases of delivery
• Facilitate planning and implantation of user acceptance testing phases
• Support the planning and management of non-functional testing in relation to performance, compatibility, accessibility and security test.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives within the test and quality arena

About the candidate:

The successful candidate will:

• Have a strong foundation in hands-on testing and the ability to both design and execute as well as managing testing.
• Have a background in testing solutions enabled through the Microsoft Dynamics 365 and Microsoft Power Platform, including knowledge of Power Pages, Power Apps, Power Automate Flows and Dataverse as a common data service.
• Be able to implement testing at multiple solution layers. Experience working with SQL for database interrogation/manipulation and integrations such as APIs and Azure Functions.
• Be comfortable in validating data within data layers of systems, ideally able to create reasonably complex SQL queries within test routines.
• Be comfortable in contributing to technical solution and testing discussions around appropriate approach to testing
• Have experience working with an agile environment along with the ability to accurately support, estimate and plan within teams around the effort and timings of test phases including design and implementation.
• Be conversant with the concept of user stories and demonstrable experience driving and contributing to 3 Amigos sessions and the capture of detailed acceptance criteria

It is also desirable that the candidate will:

• Be fully conversant with concepts of BDD and its application within testing.
• Have experience in the design and implementation of UI and/or API test automation and associated frameworks (within the .Net stack)
• Have experience in the testing and validation of functionality developed within low code process automation solutions, such as Microsoft PowerAutomate
• Have experience working in or around the higher education sector and exposure to related business processes

To learn more about this exciting opportunity and the benefits we offer, please read the Job Description and Candidate Pack provided. 

As IT&D, we help to create the University of the future by co-designing new ways of working, enhancing productivity, reducing complexity, supporting innovation, and providing the insights to drive continual improvement. Embracing a digital future in an evolving modern university, you will be working in partnership with our academic and Professional Services colleagues to deliver digital services that help the University achieve its strategic objectives in teaching and research, nationally & globally.

We are invested in continuous innovation and improvement within our ways of working and our people with a key focus on process automation, particular in the quality assurance space.

To apply:

Please take the time to consider the essential criteria in the job description and provide us with a CV that demonstrates your suitability for the role. For informal enquiries, about this vacancy, please contact Nick Roberts on nicholas.roberts@mmu.ac.uk

Recruitment Agencies: The University has engaged an approved list of recruitment agencies to support the recruitment of its vacancies from time to time. The University does not accept speculative applications from recruitment agencies outside of this list.

Manchester Met University is committed to creating an intentionally inclusive culture of belonging that promotes equity and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of having a diverse workforce and the benefits it can bring to ensuring diversity of thought and innovation in everything we do. We, therefore, encourage applications from our local and international communities, in particular people from ethnic minority groups, disabled people and people who identify as LGBTQIA+. 

Documents

• Senior Test Analyst - Candidate Pack.pdf (6.25 MB)
• Senior Test Analyst - Job Description.pdf (282.32 KB)