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Software Tester Apprenticeship

Employer
CANCER RESEARCH UK
Location
407, St. John Street, London, EC1V 4AD
Salary
£20,000.00 annually
Closing date
13 May 2019

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Specialism
IT
Sector
Unspecified
Role Type
Apprenticeship, Higher
Start Date
June
Duration
Permanent
As an apprentice tester, your key tasks and responsibilities will be to:
  • Designing test strategies and test cases from requirements, design documents and specifications
  • Estimating test case writing and execution effort and keeping track of own progress
  • Test case authoring and holding test case reviews with stakeholders, if needed
  • Execution of test cases including functional and regression tests for both web applications and backend enterprise applications
  • Identifying regression test candidates for automation and automating those test cases
  • Improving and maintaining the existing automated tests and adding new automated tests
  • Understanding and implementing coding standards in test automation
  • Reporting defects, tracking, validating, and closing
  • Recording test results and reporting them
  • Participation in daily scrum meetings and weekly test team meetings
  • Show passion and drive to improve team processes by providing new ideas and solutions
  • Ensure all deliverables are well documented, re-usable, and reviewed


Requirements and prospects

Desired skills

  • Passion for testing. Experience and a desire to focus in Automation Testing using Selenium and Selenium Webdrivers.
  • Scripting and programming abilities in Java
  • SQL Skills
  • Knowledge of software development processes, information architecture, web development and associated technologies
  • Familiarity with automated testing and non-functional testing tools and techniques
  • Experience using bug-tracking software
  • Knowledge of the many different facets of test analysis, functionality, usability, accessibility, load and integration testing, compliance, security and client/user acceptance testing
  • Experience of diagnosing, reporting, tracking and resolving quality issues
  • Accuracy and attention to detail
  • Ability to manage a workload covering a wide range of projects across a team
  • Quick thinker, able to pre-empt and identify problems and carry out solutions quickly
  • Enthusiastic with the ability to be proactive, motivated and autonomous and to work in a collaborative manner with colleagues
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good team player
  • Strong analytical skills


Personal qualities

  • Ability to manage a workload covering a wide range of projects across a team
  • Quick thinker, able to pre-empt and identify problems and carry out solutions quickly
  • Enthusiastic with the ability to be proactive, motivated and autonomous and to work in a collaborative manner with colleagues
  • Strong communication skills
  • Good team player
  • Strong analytical skills


Desired qualifications

  • At least five GCSEs (or equivalent) at Grade C or above including maths, English and either IT or Science.
  • Ideally, you will have either a minimum of two A levels (or equivalent) a Level 3 Apprenticeship qualification or Level 3 BTEC


Future prospects

By working hard and demonstrating your ability, drive and commitment throughout your apprenticeship scheme, upon completion you may be offered a permanent contract dependant on the needs of the business ensuring you have further opportunities to continue growing within this exciting organisation.

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