Test Analyst

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Test Analyst Jobs in Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland at Confidential

Title: Test Analyst

Company: Confidential

Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

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Background to the role:

New Ireland Assurance is one of the largest Life and Pensions providers in the Irish market and looks after the protection and investment needs of over 500,000 policyholders. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Bank of Ireland Group

This position is an IT Test analyst role working with a team of business analysts, developers, project managers, subject matter experts and product specialists based in New Ireland Assurance. The primary responsibilities of the role include:

• Defining the business problem, scope the business solution and help formulate business cases for IT steering;
• Identifying options to address the business problem and help the business critically assess those options, including, understanding the impact of a proposed change on business processes, on customers and on a commercial basis.
• Developing good working relationships with all stakeholders, including senior business stakeholders, SME’s, development teams, project managers and relevant 3rd party suppliers.

Key Requirements:

• Resource proposed must have the equivalent of 3-5 years’ experience as a Test Analyst for Business Systems development.
• IT related 3rd level qualification (e.g. computer science degree or similar)
• Broad knowledge and understanding of Life and Pensions industry processes
• Must have Life 400 application knowledge
• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – with a particular strength in written communications;
• Takes personal responsibility for accuracy and quality
• A certification in a formal Test or Quality methodology is desirable;
• Demonstrate extensive experience in the delivery of a minimum of one project within the previous four years, which involved Public Application, CRM or Cloud system;
• Responsible for the creation of test cases using own in-depth technical analysis of both functional and non-functional specifications (such as reliability, efficiency, usability, maintainability and portability);
• Creates traceability records from test cases back to requirements;
• Manages/produces test scripts, materials and regression test packs to test new and amended software or services;
• Specifies requirements for environment, data, resources and tools;
• Establish and evolve formal QA processes, ensuring that the team is using industry-accepted best practices.
• Oversee all aspects of quality assurance including establishing metrics, applying industry best practices, and developing new tools and processes to ensure quality goals are met.
• Act as key point of contact for all QA aspects of releases, providing QA services and coordinating QA resources internally and externally.
• Interprets, executes and documents complex test scripts using agreed methods and standards;
• Records and analyses actions and results and maintains a defect register;
• Reviews test results and modifies test, if necessary;
• Provides reports on progress, anomalies, risks and issues associated with the overall project;
• Records and analyses test results, and reports on any unexpected or unsatisfactory outcomes;
• Provides specialist advice to support others.
• Thorough understanding of the software development life cycle, and different software development methodologies and frameworks
• Capable of working independently with minimal supervision, and providing supervision, direction and support to other members of the team
• Excellent continuous improvement experience, including best principles
• Interest and curiosity in learning new systems and skills.
• Strong business acumen and customer focus

Skills / Knowledge:

• An Ability to work to strict deadlines while delivering quality work to our standards and procedures.
• Demonstrate energy and keenness to learn new technologies
• Good communication, interpersonal and team work skills essential.
• Demonstrate ability to work on own initiative and to be self-sufficient.
• Ability to relate to business community and translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Demonstrate personal ownership/responsibility for work with thorough follow through to conclusion along with flexibility and a quality focus.
• Flexibility to deal with changing priorities as required.
• Certifications in application delivery or modern software development and quality practices such as Agile, Product Management, and Quality Assurance are desired.
• Acting professionally, ethically and with integrity.
• Must have broad understanding of the full software development lifecycle
• Self-starter and willing to take initiative in problem identification and solutions provision using a systematic and organised approach to their work
• Very Strong team player
• Highly motivated