Functional Tester

Experis UK; Winchester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM is seeking a Functional Tester to support a major DWP transformation programme in Winchester or London. The role requires minimum 5 years’ UK residency and current UK base, with at least 3 days on-site.

Expect to work within a large IBM programme team ensuring thorough testing, validation and quality before deployment. You will contribute to test strategy and planning, create and execute artefacts, manage defects and provide assurance that the refactored applications meet functional and

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Functional Tester or Quality Engineer.
• Experience defining test approaches, strategies or plans.
• Strong experience in creating and executing functional test cases and test scenarios.
• Experience producing test artefacts and maintaining test documentation.
• Experience recording, managing and retesting defects.

Responsibilities

• Support the definition of test approaches, strategies and plans for the migration of key applications.
• Analyse requirements and develop test scenarios and test cases.
• Execute functional testing throughout the migration life cycle.
• Validate that the refactored application meets business, technical and quality requirements.
• Collaborate with IBM, DWP, client and other supplier teams to coordinate testing activities.
• Support continuous improvement of testing processes, standards and best practices.

Skills

Functional testing

Quality engineering

Test planning

Test case design

Defect management

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Agile delivery

UK residency

Tools

AWS

Job description

LOCATION: Winchester or London – IBM office, minimum 3 days per week

INITIAL WORKING PATTERN: 5 days onsite during the first month, subject to project requirements

CLEARANCE: BPSS and client clearance required

MANDATORY: Minimum 5 years’ UK residency; candidates must currently be based in the UK

We are actively looking to secure a Functional Tester to support a major Department for Work and Pensions transformation programme

This role sits within a large IBM programme team supporting the re-factoring and migration of key DWP applications. You will work closely with IBM, client and multi-supplier teams to ensure that the application is thoroughly tested, validated and quality-assured throughout the migration process and before deployment

Job Purpose / The Role

As a Functional Tester, you will support the definition and delivery of testing activities across the programme. You will contribute to test strategy and planning, create and execute test artefacts, manage defects and provide assurance that the refactored application meets functional and quality requirements.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working in a large, complex programme environment and collaborating with technical, business and client stakeholders.

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Your Key Responsibil

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Support the definition of test approaches, strategies and plans for the re-factoring and migration of key applications.

• ions.
  Analyse requirements and develop appropriate test scenarios, test cases and test arte
• facts.Execute functional testing throughout the application migration life
• cycle.Validate that the refactored application meets agreed business, technical and quality require
• ments.Support integration testing across application interfaces and connected sy
• stems.Record, manage and track defects through to resol
• ution.Produce clear and accurate test evidence, reports and document
• ation.Collaborate with IBM, DWP, client and other supplier teams to coordinate testing activ
• ities.Contribute to quality assurance and release-readiness assess
• ments.Identify risks, issues and dependencies that may affect testing or deplo
• yment.Support continuous improvement of testing processes, standards and best pra

ctice.
Essential Skills and Exp

• erienceProven experience working as a Functional Tester or Quality En
• gineer.Experience defining test approaches, test strategies or test
• plans.Strong experience creating and executing functional test cases and test sce
• narios.Experience producing test artefacts and maintaining test documen
• tation.Experience recording, managing and retesting d
• efects.Ability to work effectively within large, complex or multi-disciplinary programme
• teams.Strong communication and stakeholder-management
• skills.Experience collaborating with client teams, technical teams and delivery pa
• rtners.Minimum 5 years’ UK res
• idency.Must be currently based in
• the UK.Ability to complete mandatory BPSS screening and the required client clearance p

rocess.
Nice

• to HaveExperience testing applications being migrated
• to AWS.Experience working in a multi-supplier envi
• ronment.Experience testing integration points or supporting integration-focused p
• rojects.Experience working on public-sector, government or highly regulated transformation pro
• grammes.Experience working within an IBM delivery envi
• ronment.Familiarity with Agile delivery and structured quality-assurance pr