Senior Function Test Analyst

Capita have a unique opportunity for a Senior Function Test Analyst to join a new team in the UK supporting a truly exciting project. The primary objective of this position is to oversee the production of test documents, the creation of test procedures, and to ensure the successful completion of testing tasks of their team.

Our ideal candidate will be able to provide guidance to the team as well as training, mentoring and guiding junior colleagues. Given their technical aptitude, they can pick up a task, analyse and complete it with minimal guidance.

To be successful in this role, you will need to have been present in the UK for at least 5 years and must meet the eligibility criteria for SC clearance.

What you'll be doing:

- Design test cases, scripts and data under own direction

- Prioritises testing and documents traceability to test basis

- Recording and reporting test outcomes

- Participating in requirement, design and specification reviews, and uses this information to design test plans and test scripts

- Applying agreed standards to specify and perform manual and automated testing

- Automating testing tasks and builds test coverage through existing or new infrastructure

- Analysing and reporting on test activities, results and issues

- Escalate issues and blockers to Team Lead/Test Manager along with the impact and options to mitigate

- Collaborating in reviews of work with others

- Completing their work with no supervision and given their good technical competencies they should be able to solve problems/ tasks on their own

- Thinking out-of-box, suggesting innovative and practical solutions to resolve issues based on their experience

What we're looking for:

- API Testing; Application Testing; Behaviour-Driven Development (BDD); C#.NET; Java; REST API Testing; Selenium; Testing Methodology; TestNG

- Experience of designing test cases, scripts and data under own direction

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to work effectively with all organisational levels, both internally and externally

- Must be able to work with own initiative with little supervision

- Exceptional communication skills

- Excellent stakeholder management skills

About Capita Technology and Software Solutions

Capita Technology and Software Solutions (TSS) is a newly formed global shared service, responsible for delivering innovation and digital transformation for Capita's businesses and clients. We work collaboratively with Capita's divisions to shape the right digital technology solutions to help clients work differently, engage differently, sell differently and to be resilient to whatever next comes their way. We create innovative technology and software solutions for Capita's clients and businesses while ensuring secure, resilient and predictable service delivery. Technology and Software Solutions brings together 5000+ colleagues from across Capita into a single function to deliver world-class technology and software solutions for Capita's businesses and clients.

What's in it for you?

- Competitive salary

- 23 days' holiday (rising to 27 ) with the opportunity to buy extra leave

- Home based role

- The opportunity to take a paid day out of the office, volunteering for our charity partners or a cause of your choice

- Company matched pension, life assurance, a cycle2work scheme, 15 weeks' fully paid maternity, adoption and shared parental leave, paternity pay of two weeks...and plenty more

- Voluntary benefits designed to suit your lifestyle - from discounts on retail and socialising, to health & wellbeing, travel and technology

- Access to our Employee Network Groups, which represent every strand of diversity and allow colleagues to connect and learn from each other on an open, inclusive platform

You'll get the chance to follow your chosen career path anywhere in Capita. You'll be joining a network of 55,000 experienced, innovative and dedicated individuals across multiple disciplines and sectors. There are countless opportunities to learn new skills and develop in your career, and we'll provide the support you need to do just that. Our purpose is to create a better outcome for you.

What we hope you'll do next

Choose 'Apply now' to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

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Equal Opportunities

We're an equal opportunity employer, which means we'll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we're committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. During the application process, you'll be asked to share your personal characteristics and data with us. This helps us understand our audience so we can make sure we are doing everything we can to attract a diverse range of people and ensure our recruitment processes are fair and inclusive.