Lead Test Analyst

Description & Requirements

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Maximus is a global organisation that specialises in providing health and employment services to millions of people every year.

Here in the UK we employ around 5,000 people across the country to deliver services that have a profound impact on people's lives.

From assessments and health services to employability programmes and specialist support, we do work that matters with people who care.

The Lead Test Analyst has technical ownership of planning, design, and execution of manual and automated tests for internal development projects, to ensure quality, functional and non-functional conformity to product readiness.



* Plan and implement manual and automated testing (e.g., regression, functional, data validation, system integration, load, or performance tests) for new and existing functionality in internal development projects.


* Work closely with business analysis, product, and development teams to design testing strategies and integrate testing into the development process.


* Plan, create, execute, and automate test cases, working with developers, and other stakeholders.


* Document and analyse test results and recommend corrective action.


* Define, document, and implement testing best practice, monitoring and managing conformity as appropriate.


* Define and champion quality and testing best practices among development teams.


* Isolate, reproduce, report, manage, and maintain defects and test case systems, and verify fixes.


* Support user acceptance testing conducted for stakeholders or end users.


* Conduct exploratory testing and risk analysis for complex features, e.g., those that span across platforms, systems, or teams.


* Identify opportunities to reduce testing time and effort by automating repeatable tests.


* Understand and apply automated testing approaches and enhance and maintain the test automation framework.


* Research, recommend, and implement new testing technologies and practices, such as incorporating machine learning.


* Collaborate and share information with other QA teams, e.g., by participating in a community of practice.


* Ability to prioritise and manage work across multiple projects, consulting and communicating priorities as required.


* Managing the work of other testers within the project.


* Regularly communicate test performance metrics.

Essential



* Up to date knowledge of software test design and test methodologies in development projects.


* 3+ years' experience of test roles in a web environment.


* Leadership experience with the drive and insight to put the team first


* Experience designing and implementing test plans in a multi-project environment.


* Experience in a variety of testing efforts: integration, system and UAT.


* Ability to plan test design strategy including exploratory testing and designing test cases


* Strong knowledge of agile pract...