Mosaic Recruitment have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Software Tester to join a large global organisation based in Hatfield. This position will play a key role in the development of new software to enhance their services and you will be at the forefront of new technologies for the company! 

The purpose of this role will be responsible for the quality of software development and deployment. The tester will be involved in performing automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose. Some of the duties include analysis of software, and systems, mitigate risk and prevent software issues.

Key Duties:

• Develops creation of effective test cases and test data
• Analyse user stories, user cases and requirements for validity and feasibility
• Carry out testing as per the defined procedures
• Evaluate product code according to specifications
• Participate in walkthroughs of testing procedures
• Conduct post-release/ post-implementation testing
• Execute all levels of testing (System, Integration, and Regression)
• Design, develop and maintain automation scripts when needed
• Detect and track software defects and inconsistencies
• Execute test cases (manual or automated) and analyse results
• Apply quality engineering principals throughout the Agile product lifecycle

Key Skills: 

• Minimum 2 to 5 years hands on testing
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field
• Knowledgeable in Test Analysis (ISTQB Foundation Test Analyst)
• Understands Test-Driven development, knows how to employ unit testing and integration testing.
• Experience of working on agile software development projects, understands concepts of SCRUM and agile delivery, desirable
• Experience of IoT projects using cloud-based platform development, desirable
• Knowledge of DevOps, desirable
• Able to make pragmatic decisions based on a good understanding of trade-offs, constraints and other influencing factors common to the software development process, desirable