Job For Software Tester In A Reputable Information Technology Consulting Company
Hamilton Lloyd and Associates - Our client is Information Technology Consulting Company. Due to internal expansion, they have decided to hire a qualified candidate to fill the position below:
Job Title: Software Tester
Location: Lagos
Job Summary
- The Software Tester's role is responsible for the testing and quality assurance for software development and deployment.
- You'll conduct automated and manual tests to ensure the software created by developers is fit for purpose.
- Software testing involves the analysis of software, and systems, to avert risk and prevent software issues.
Job Responsibilities
- To understand the industry requirements of customer base and develop a thorough understanding of how those requirements are met.
- To complete testing in line with agreed timeframes and by following the documented business processes using the appropriate test management and automation tools.
- Identifying issues, risks and dependencies escalating and managing where appropriate.
- To provide product handovers to both technical and non‐technical audiences.
- Continually update skills by learning new technologies relevant to the role.
- Evaluate testing tools.
- Monitoring applications and software systems
- Stress testing
- Performance testing
- Functional testing.
- Scalability testing
- Promote and advocate best practices within the team and throughout the business.
- To test modifications to products to ensure they are fit for purpose, consistent, and compliant with published standards and guidelines. You will ensure modifications are fully regression testable and delivered on schedule.
- Translate functional requirements and specifications into documented test plans, cases and steps.
- Rigorously planning, writing and executing test scripts.
- Perform manual regression testing.
- Creation and maintenance of test data, tools and scripts.
- Execute test plans manually and conduct manual functional and exploratory testing.
Person's Specification
- Education: Minimum of a Bachelor's Degree in any of the Physical Sciences with a minimum of Second Class Lower Division (2.2).
- Master's Degree would be an added advantage
- Experience: Minimum of 6 years' experience in software development.
- Experience in project management and QA methodology.
- At least 6 year's commercial experience testing client server (Window) and Web applications (ideally in a .net‐based environment).
Additional Requirement
Technical Skills Required:
- Ability to write simple SQL scripts to create and manipulate data.
- Experience with test automation frameworks
- Ability to document and troubleshoot errors
- Working knowledge of test management software (e.g. qTest, Zephyr) and SQL
- Practical and systematic approach to testing.
- Experience working with financial software or from working in the financial sector.
- Exposure to Microsoft Test Manager.
- Proven experience in a true agile delivery environment (Scrum, XP, TDD, BDD). • Basic coding/scripting skills (VB.net/C#).
Soft Skills Required:
- Familiarity with Agile methodologies (especially Scrum) .
- Enterprise Software Development Lifecycle.
- Direct work in applications that serve a very large number of users along with handling highly secure information.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Able to work well individually as well as in a highly collaborative team.
- Demonstrated interest in learning new technologies.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should forward their CV's to:
[email protected]
Application Deadline 5th September, 2018.