Junior Test Analyst

Role: Junior Test Analyst
Reporting To: Test Manager
Location: Northampton (Wellingborough)
Salary: £35,000- £45,000 per annum

The Opportunity
An opportunity to join a forward-thinking PE-backed commercial group of companies with a multi-year roadmap and portfolio of projects to deliver across a broad range of products.

Working closely with the Test Manager, Business Analysts and Developers, you will create both automated and manual test scripts to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality projects and change.

The Role
This role will suit a forward-thinking and detail-oriented candidate who is passionate about getting into the Software Testing industry! Below is a list of skills and responsibilities that you will be supported with in your growth throughout the role.

As the Test Analyst you will be responsible for:
, Test Execution (within sprints):
o Preparation and execution of both Automated and Manual test scripts
o Exploratory and regression testing of development work
o Identifying defect trends and problem area within the system
, Strategy:
o Identify test conditions and develop automated test cases and test
o Identify test conditions and develop manual test cases and test
o Analyse functional and non-functional requirements for each project
o Maintain the regression pack
, Analysis:
o Identifying defect trends and problem area within the system
o Early involvement in story refinement - Helping to define testable user stories
, Communication:
o Contributing to agile ceremonies
o Regular and consistent feedback to the Test Manager to ensure work is progressing to schedule
o Raise defects where necessary and ensure test evidence is supplied to the development team
o Ability to communicate with both the development team and business users

The Person

We are looking for someone who can roll their sleeves up and ‘dig in' with the rest of the team.

Have a keen eye for detail and be able to work as a team and individually.

Have the ability and drive to prioritise their work in a fast-paced delivering team.

In addition, the successful candidate should have experience of working in:
, Jira/Confluence
, Automation suites (desirable, but not essential)
, Scrum Software Development Lifecycle

About Us

We are Food alert, a part of the Citation group.

We are far from your average service provider.

Our colleagues bring their brilliant selves to work every day and we create an environment where they can shine.

We are a nice bunch.

We don't do office politics or “that's not my job”.

We listen, support, and take ownership.

The Citation group have been proudly delivering valuable HR and Health and Safety services to SMEs across the UK for over 20 years.

Passionate about service, we're on a mission to revolutionise our colleague's and clients' experience by employing brilliant people who are experts at what they do and smile whilst they are doing it.
Working for Food Alert you will have access to 25 days holiday, plus your birthday off work, gym membership discount, healthcare, childcare vouchers, the opportunity to purchase extra leave, pension contributions and more.


It's a great place to work because of the people we employ.

Fun and professional, we want likeminded individuals who love to love their job (no ‘Mood Hoovers' here thanks!) and want the Company to succeed.

So, if our culture sounds like a good fit for you and you want to be part of our success story, then send us your details.

Interested in finding out more? Hit Apply now.