Test Analyst/ Senior Test Analyst
- Employer
- NEXT
- Location
- Leicester, Leicestershire
- Salary
- 28,180 - 43,658 p/a
- Closing date
- 29 Oct 2021
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- Sector
- Technology & Digital, Retail
- Hours
- Full Time
- Flexibility
- Flexible working available
- Contract Type
- Permanent
Job Details
About the Team
We have been steadily growing over the past 10 years to become one of the largest online retail platforms in the UK. We currently sell to 70 International markets, offering our 6 million active customers a personalised shopping experience and the ability to purchase from a wide range of products using multiple delivery methods and payment types.
eCommerce is the biggest department at Next based across multiple sites and countries, working across development, testing, support, architecture and more to keep ourselves ahead of the pack.
About the Roles
As a Test Analyst/ Senior Test Analyst you will:
- Interpret functional specifications, in order to produce test plans and strategies
- Interpret functional specifications of new features in order to produce test plans and evolve strategies whilst designing and developing manual and automated tests.
- Liaise with the development team and key business users in Agile development projects - attending scrum review meetings and develop targeting test plans and cases
- Design and develop both manual and automated tests, producing detailed test scripts
- Engage with development teams and key business users during the testing, providing updates and status reports and alerting potential issues
- Perform integration, performance and stress testing of client and server applications - including post-release checking where required
- Perform integration, performance and stress testing of third party software applications
- Work alongside other skilled Testers in the teams to provide ongoing process improvements and mentor other team members if in a Senior Test role
Criteria
Essential
- Have a wealth of previous experience in both manual and automation testing
- Be able to evidence your experience of test planning, analysis and scripting
- Have extensive experience in converting user requirements into test plans and test cases
- Be experience in working with both waterfall and agile development methodologies
- Experience of working to tight deadlines and managing multiple priorities
- Be able to evidence your experience of using SQL for database interrogation
- Be able to demonstrate previous experience of Selinium Web driver for testing front end web applications
- Experience of mentoring and coaching junior team members (for Senior Analyst positions)
- Ability to prioritise for the Test Team Leader (for Senior Analyst positions)
Technical Skills
- Selinium Web Driver
- C#
- .NET
- MS SQL
- Testing Web API’s
- Team Foundation Server
- Gerkin
- Cucumber
- BDD
- IQTSB/ ISEB
Benefits
- Bonus Scheme
- Pension Scheme
- ShareSave Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Staff Discount
- On-site Nursery
About Next
You know Next, but did you know we’re a FTSE-100 retail company employing over 43,000 people across the UK and Ireland. We’re the UK’s 2nd largest fashion retailer and for Kidswear we’re the market leader. At the last count we have over 540 stores, plus the Next Online and it’s now possible to buy on-line from over 70 countries around the world! So we’ve gone global!
Company
NEXT is a British multinational clothing, footwear and home products retailer headquartered in Enderby, Leicestershire. It has around 700 stores, of which circa 500 are in the United Kingdom, and circa 200 across Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Next is the largest clothing retailer by sales in the United Kingdom, having overtaken Marks & Spencer in early 2012 and 2014. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index.
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